CityNews - Toronto (22 minutes ago)
Burlington City Hall is under a hold and secure following a threat received earlier in the day. In a social media post, the City of Burlington said it is actively monitoring the situation and working with Halton Regional Police to resolve the matter. City Hall will remain closed for the rest of the day. Police […]
ReadCityNews - Calgary (22 minutes ago)
An Ontario man who is already facing dozens of charges in his home province has now been charged in connection with a sexual assault in Calgary more than a decade ago. Calgary police say the victim and accused were in a relationship at the time of the incident in January 2015, which involved sexual violence […]
ReadGlobal News - Regina (26 minutes ago)
Saskatchewan signed on to the deal in 2021, with Ottawa providing $1.1 billion over five years for $10-a-day child care.
ReadGlobal News - Regina (26 minutes ago)
If approved by the province, the proposed framework includes a 24/7 call centre for families, friends and communities to report missing people.
ReadGlobal News - Regina (26 minutes ago)
Canadian beekeepers are calling on Ottawa to halt all imports of bees from outside North America to prevent the spread of a parasitic mite that can devastate bee colonies.
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (29 minutes ago)
Former Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk is a self-described huge Stuart Skinner booster, which makes sense because there have rarely been two players with such similar backgrounds. Both are big goalies who take up a massive amount of space in net. Both are Alberta boys who got heavy minutes at a young age in the […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (29 minutes ago)
By Collin Binkley WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s effort to overturn decades-old school desegregation orders is facing pushback from a federal judge in Louisiana. After the judge refused to close the books on a desegregation case dating back to the 1960s, the Concordia Parish school system in central Louisiana and the state on...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (29 minutes ago)
By Danica Coto SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader announced Wednesday that he has authorized the U.S. government to operate inside restricted areas in the Caribbean country to help in its fight against drug trafficking. For a limited time, the U.S. can refuel aircraft and transport equipment and technical...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (29 minutes ago)
By Daniel Johnson TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index finished nearly 280 points higher while U.S. markets also gained ground after a recent period of volatility. Kathrin Forrest, equity investment director at Capital Group, said that North American equity markets saw gains across the board on Wednesday, building on gains from earlier in the...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (29 minutes ago)
By Corey Williams DETROIT (AP) — It’s that time of year — again — when cold air sweeps across the Great Lakes region, dropping huge amounts of lake-effect snow from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula into Western New York. Snow has already started falling Wednesday in and around Houghton, Michigan, and is expected to continue through Thanksgiving...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (29 minutes ago)
HALIFAX — Ottawa’s Rachel Homan edged Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., 7-6 on Wednesday to clinch first in the women’s round robin at the 2025 Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials. The two rinks finished the preliminary round with 6-1 records. Homan earned the direct bye to the best-of-three women’s final with the head-to-head win. “That was...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (29 minutes ago)
By Matthew Brown And Matthew Daly BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A $100-per-person charge for foreigners entering Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and other popular national parks is stoking apprehension among some tourist-oriented businesses that it could discourage travelers, but supporters say the change will generate money for cash-strapped parks. The new...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (29 minutes ago)
By Martin Adames And Danica Coto SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic has authorized the arrival of 800 new flights to accommodate a surge in tourists who were originally planning to vacation in Jamaica and other nearby islands but were rerouted following the devastation of Hurricane Melissa. The flights, a combination...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (29 minutes ago)
By Bill Graveland CALGARY — A $15-million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit filed by former students of a Calgary junior high school who alleged abuse against two former teachers. The lawsuit named the Calgary Board of Education and the teachers at John Ware Junior High School for alleged sexual, physical and psychological...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (29 minutes ago)
By Jeremy Simes REGINA — Saskatchewan is to extend its child-care agreement with the federal government, Premier Scott Moe said Wednesday. Moe told the legislative assembly his government will sign on to the deal Friday. “(We’re) providing certainty for those child-care operators, the certainty for families with young children,” he said...
ReadCBC - Manitoba (31 minutes ago)
Canada's weather warnings have changed to a new colour-coded, risk-tiered system implemented by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The three alert levels — yellow, orange and red — are based on the potential impacts of a weather event and the forecast confidence.
ReadCBC - Newfoundland (31 minutes ago)
Newfoundland and Labrador's sea urchin fishery is on the verge of collapse, as the fish harvesters and divers are confined to certain overfished areas, says Jerry and Alisha Hodder, owners of one of the province's last urchin plants. They say DFO could fix the problem with the stroke of a pen.
ReadCBC - Calgary (31 minutes ago)
With Prime Minister Mark Carney expected to lay out a path forward for an oil pipeline to northwest B.C. on Thursday, senior people around him have had to assuage skittish MPs and at least one cabinet minister about the virtues of the forthcoming "grand bargain" with Alberta.
ReadCBC - Calgary (31 minutes ago)
A week after RCMP officers seized more than eight million illegal cigarettes, the Alberta government is planning to get tougher on contraband tobacco, with legislation that includes mandatory reporting of seizures and harsher financial penalties for buyers, sellers and distributors.
ReadCBC - Calgary (31 minutes ago)
The notwithstanding clause allows for premiers or prime ministers to override rulings on legislation that judges have determined would violate sections of the Charter. But the use of the clause, once viewed by many as a political taboo, has become more frequent in recent years.
ReadCBC - Calgary (31 minutes ago)
A historic oil pipeline deal between the federal and Alberta governments — set to be announced on Thursday — could lead to more production in the oilsands, cementing Canada's position as one of the world's largest fossil fuel producers while pushing its climate targets even further out of reach.
ReadCBC - North (31 minutes ago)
A report from the federal spending watchdog shows that although funding has increased for First Nations and Inuit policing services, spending for the programs hasn't caught up, while Indigenous communities say their police services are going underfunded.
ReadCBC - Montreal (31 minutes ago)
The Siebel Institute of Technology, North America's oldest brewing school, is moving from Chicago to Montreal in January 2026. The relocation is aimed at improving accessibility for international students and expanding educational programs, including a new baking academy.
ReadCBC - Montreal (31 minutes ago)
Advocates and the widow of a quadriplegic Quebec man are preparing to file a class-action lawsuit against the province after the 66-year-old requested medical assistance in dying following a hospital stay last year that left him with a severe bedsore.
ReadCBC - Montreal (31 minutes ago)
A joint investigation by CBC News and the Investigative Journalism Foundation has found that transit violence in some of Canada's biggest municipalities remains well above pre-pandemic levels, despite recent decreases. It has roughly doubled over the past decade in eight major Canadian cities.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
Ottawa and the provinces raked in more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
The Crown has stayed a 2023 charge against a Regina man who was accused of threatening to ruin a local MLA if he did not support him in an upcoming election.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
The latest point-in-time count in Saskatoon took place on Oct. 16 and tallied 1,931 people experiencing homelessness. That's roughly 30 per cent more than one year ago, when a one-day count found 1,499 people.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
The Saskatchewan-based potash giant announced last week it plans to build a new terminal at the Port of Longview, WA to handle expected growth in international demand for its fertilizer products.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
The Saskatchewan SPCA is concerned over proposed changes to the province's Animal Welfare Enforcement Act. The contract for Animal Protection Services of Saskatchewan, which provides animal welfare enforcement for most of the province, expires in March, and the province says it will allow others to bid.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
Saskatchewan's auditor's office says it plans to look into the preparedness of the province's public safety agency responsible for fighting wildfires.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association says shortages are driving up prices for pet medication, calling on the federal government to step in.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
Surplus long gone: Sask. government says budget on course for $427M deficit at year's end
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
RCMP say Jason Pacik, 42, told several victims his company, Prairie Timber Group Limited, was affiliated with a well-known and trusted timber home-building company in Ontario, but there was no connection. He took people's money, then ghosted them.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday afternoon a suite of new measures to help Canada's steel and lumber sectors that have been battered by U.S. tariffs, including financial assistance and tightening up the Canadian market from foreign products.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
Personal tragedies related to alcohol are propelling some Prince Albert citizens, including the mayor, to support alcohol-free activities.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal will hear arguments from provincial lawyers Wednesday on why an appeal should go forward in a class action lawsuit against the province for its use of birth alerts.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
Madison Jimmy describes the events that led to her being charged with second-degree murder after a triple homicide on a farm near Turtleford, Sask.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (31 minutes ago)
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (32 minutes ago)
Pupils of the independent school run by Nuxalk First Nation were not being allowed to leave the grounds, and the bus was doing door-to-door service in the wake of the attack on a group of about 20 people last Thursday that badly injured three pupils and a staff member.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (32 minutes ago)
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim defended the city's budget on CBC's The Early Edition. He says the $2.4 billion budget heavily prioritizes public safety, including a $50 million boost for the police, which he called a necessary measure until the province addresses mental health and addiction issues.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (An hour ago)
The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) has reached a $15.77 million settlement in a class action lawsuit involving allegations of sexual and physical abuse by two former teachers at John Ware Junior High School between 1988 and 2004. The agreement, announced Wednesday, is subject to court approval. It resolves claims brought by three former students...
ReadCityNews - Calgary (An hour ago)
Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating after a woman in custody lost a tooth in an altercation with an RCMP officer last month. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) says RCMP officers in Gleichen, around 80 kilometres east of Calgary, arrested a woman for mischief on the evening of Oct. 30. At the time of […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (An hour ago)
Toronto police are expanding the Neighbourhood Community Officer program to include a portion of the subway system. Police Chief Myron Demkiw says four dedicated officers will patrol stations between Wellesley and Union, while another four officers will patrol stations between Bloor and Eglinton on the Yonge line, seven days a week. Demkiw says...
ReadCityNews - Toronto (An hour ago)
A third suspect has been charged in a homicide in Bolton and a Vaughan attempted murder that are connected. On Nov. 12, 2020, at approximately 6:30 p.m., York Regional Police responded to a shooting on Steeles Avenue West in Vaughan. One victim was located and transported to the hospital. Just over two months later, on […]
ReadCityNews - Toronto (An hour ago)
Toronto police are investigating after a transit worker was allegedly stabbed at TMU Station. Emergency responders were called to the area of Yonge Street and Dundas Street East after receiving reports of a stabbing in the subway station, previously known as Dundas Station, just after 1 p.m. on Wednesday. When police arrived, they located two […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (An hour ago)
British Columbia’s police watchdog agency says officers in an Interior community could have done more in the search for a missing Indigenous woman who was later found dead. However, the Independent Investigations Office says in a report on the case that RCMP in Vanderhoof, B.C., did take many steps in the search and followed policing […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (An hour ago)
WATCH: Sun political columnist Lorne Gunter on how the Liberal's want to defeat pipelines without being the bad guy. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for possible publication to [email protected]. Letters must be 250 words or less and signed. And […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (An hour ago)
It's always a great day for talk radio, except when the news happens to be that one of the greats plans to hang up his microphone way sooner than his fans wanted. Say it ain't so, but John Oakley will host his final afternoon drive show for Toronto 640 AM on Friday. "When it comes […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
Two members of the U.S. National Guard were shot Wednesday afternoon in downtown Washington, D.C., near the White House. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the incident, which occurred near the entrance to the Farragut West Metro station. The Metropolitan Police Department reported an active-shooter call at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET....
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
Winnipeg police are investigating after partial human remains were discovered in a North End back lane over the weekend. Officers were called to the 600 block of Selkirk Avenue on Nov. 23 at about 1:30 p.m., following a report of possible human remains. North District officers secured the scene, and the Winnipeg Police Service Forensic […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
By Michael MacDonald HALIFAX — A new study shows the decline in opioid-related deaths reported in Nova Scotia early in the COVID-19 pandemic was followed by a significant increase in deaths linked to illicit versions of the drug as the pandemic waned. Researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax took a close look at data related […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
I’ll see your Alex Ovechkin, and raise you a Sidney Crosby. That would have been a good line for Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dylan Samberg to throw at his new partner, Elias Salomonsson, going into Wednesday night’s game in Washington. Salomonsson was making his long-awaited and highly anticipated NHL debut. It just so happened to be […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
By Sam Mcneil BRUSSELS (AP) — Money is as central to Europe’s vital support of Ukraine as ammunition and intelligence. Yet, the bloc’s most viable funding mechanism involves seizing billions of dollars worth of Russian assets that U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed taking over. The first draft of Trump’s 28-point peace plan called for...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
By Michael R. Sisak And Larry Neumeister NEW YORK (AP) — As the Justice Department gets ready to release its files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell, a court battle over sealed documents in Maxwell’s criminal case is offering clues about what could be in those files. Government lawyers asked […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
By Morgan Lowrie MONTREAL — Robert Bellefleur says he was drinking his second cup of coffee in his home in Lac-Megantic, Que. on the morning of July 21 when he received a visit from two armed Canadian Pacific Kansas City police officers. They parked, “put on the bulletproof vests, put on the baton, put on […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (An hour ago)
By Emily Baron Cadloff HALIFAX — The Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers says it’s disappointed and surprised that a farmers lobby group is calling for caps on the profits of major grocery chains. Gary Sands, senior vice-president of the federation, says his members are also unhappy with the National Farmers Union’s push for publicly...
ReadRegina Leader-Post - Local (An hour ago)
Premier Scott Moe says the deal will be signed Friday, extending $10-a-day daycare for another five years.
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