CityNews - Toronto (52 minutes ago)
The Toronto Blue Jays have added a distinctive weapon to their bullpen, signing veteran reliever Tyler Rogers to a three‑year, $37 million contract. The deal, which the team made official on Monday, includes a vesting option that could extend the agreement to four years and $48 million. Lefty reliever Justin Bruihl was designated for assignment...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (53 minutes ago)
Re. “Residents have no right to free street parking,” Opinion, Dec. 13 Here we go again: Another infill developer trying to justify his projects (in this case, Mr. John Clarke). The key points of contention he states regarding the changes that will occur in older established neighbourhoods are very true. He states that homes in […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (53 minutes ago)
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are retired and happy. Each of us was married before. We’re not rich, but we get by without help from anyone. We have been blessed with a big family. Between us, we have six children, 15 grandchildren and a great grandchild. This does not include the in-laws, because quite […]
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
Parents across Regina are facing significant difficulties enrolling their children in city-run swimming lessons. Registration opened early Tuesday morning. As of Wednesday afternoon, the City of Regina said there were just under 900 people on the waitlist.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes is investigating two suspicious deaths after officers were called to a home in North Battleford on Sunday morning.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
'We're not going to stand down': Canada's Jewish communities respond to attack in Australia
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
Rich Pilon originally applied for a business licence to operate his Horses and Hockey business inside Saskatoon on Dec. 5, 2023. It was never processed, because there was no protocol to grant a business licence for an unregulated vehicle on city streets.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
Sudanese families in Regina say the world is not paying enough attention to what is happening in their home country.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
The country's highest court has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of Soaring Eagle Whitstone, the gang leader at the centre of the 2019 murder of Tiki Laverdiere in Saskatchewan.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
Christmas is big business for Saskatchewan chocolate makers as people grab treats for stocking stuffers and holiday parties. But it's been a volatile year, given the U.S. tariffs, inflation, shipping disruptions and general economic malaise.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
Cory Smith, who allegedly stole thousands of dollars from the Esterhazy Minor Hockey Association, had his first appearance in court this week.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
The Prince Albert Police Service is investigating what led to a man being found lying on the ground near Prince Albert Victoria Hospital in a vulnerable state.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
A Saskatoon glass artist's creations are helping people deal with their grief. Brandon Vukelic began creating glass art in his 20s, after being inspired by the vibrant and colourful world of glass. Eventually, he was asked to infuse the ashes of his friend's parents into a special piece. The memorial brought her comfort and connection, and he's...
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
The town of Outlook has shut down its water distribution and declared a local state of emergency after a staff member discovered the hatch to the distribution reservoir had been tampered with on Monday morning.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
A Saskatoon teen is admitting she planned and executed a fiery assault on a classmate at Evan Hardy Collegiate in September 2024.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
According to a statement issued by the Mosaic Company, the incident happened at the K3 underground mine in Esterhazy, approximately 90 kilometres southeast of Yorkton, Sask.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
Retail theft is on the rise right across Saskatchewan. Police say shoplifters are using knives, bear spray and bats more often when stealing items. Saskatoon police have started quarterly, intensive blitzes to arrest people, finding many repeat offenders.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
Charles Birt and Merilee Mollard are doing what many other Canadians have decided to do — pulling the plug on their annual trip to Texas and spending their time and money in Canada and Mexico instead.
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (55 minutes ago)
Christmas came early at the North Central Family Centre in Regina for sisters Mya and Kimberly Kirkness-Henry. They were the first to receive Barbies with handmade ribbon skirts that were anonymously donated by two women.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (55 minutes ago)
Family members of a man who was in the throes of a mental health crisis when he died at the hands of guards inside an Ontario correctional facility in 2016 say they are still waiting for an apology from provincial officials and for recommendations of a coroner's inquest into his death to be implemented.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (55 minutes ago)
More than a third of complaints filed by prisoners in Ontario jails this year were health-related, as medical staffing dropped by nearly 50 per cent and inmate populations kept rising, a CBC data analysis shows. One former inmate suffered a septic wound and a miscarriage while incarcerated.
ReadCBC - Toronto (56 minutes ago)
A commercial real estate developer well known for his philanthropic work, along with a ratepayers group and a local refugee shelter, are floating a plan to transform 10 vacant houses in a tiny north Toronto neighbourhood into temporary homes for low-income families.
ReadCBC - Calgary (56 minutes ago)
Canadians under 35 are seeking debt relief services in higher numbers and missing credit payments at higher rates. Student loans, first credit cards and slow wage growth aren't helping, but experts say the ubiquity of "buy now, pay later" plans are making the problem worse.
ReadCBC - Calgary (56 minutes ago)
WestJet is pressing pause on its overhaul of the seating arrangements, after completing about half of its fleet. One passenger says she noticed a considerable difference in legroom on her two WestJet flights on the same type of plane about a week apart.
ReadCBC - Calgary (56 minutes ago)
The provincial government is taking steps toward improving Alberta's lucrative sand and gravel industry. But concerned residents of aggregate hot spot Rocky View County say those changes are more geared toward speeding up gravel development than addressing longstanding quality of life concerns from those negatively impacted by gravel pits.
ReadCBC - North (56 minutes ago)
Small communities in the Northwest Territories still aren't getting regular visits from dentists, more than five years after the service was temporarily suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. The N.W.T.'s health minister says there is still no timeline for when visits will resume.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (2 hours ago)
Charlottetown residents now have a new tool to help them follow the progress P.E.I.'s capital is making on its climate action plan. The climate action tracker shows how the city doing in its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — both community and corporate — as well as progress on each action outlined in the plan.
ReadCBC - Sudbury (2 hours ago)
Correctional workers across northern Ontario say chronic staffing shortages, lower wages than comparable public-sector jobs, and the emotional toll of the work are contributing to a worsening mental-health crisis among people working in provincial jails.
ReadCityNews - Toronto (2 hours ago)
Brandon Ingram scored 28 points, and the Toronto Raptors snapped a four-game skid with a 106-96 victory Monday night over Miami, extending the Heat’s losing streak to five. Miami lost forward Nikola Jovic to an elbow injury in the first quarter. Jovic took a hard foul from Collin Murray-Boyles while driving to the basket and […]
ReadCBC - Newfoundland (3 hours ago)
Life in the small town of Flatrock, N.L. used to revolve around the church — until it was put up for sale. Although they couldn't save their beloved church, Sonya Power-Parsons and a group of volunteers now dedicate much of their time to reviving the community cemetery where generations of family members are laid to rest.
ReadCBC - Montreal (3 hours ago)
Nearly half of Quebec seniors' residences that house people at risk of wandering still lack the provincially mandated security measures meant to reduce that risk, Radio-Canada has learned. The recent death of an 88-year-old woman outside a seniors' residence in Laval, Que., has raised questions about compliance with regulations first announced in...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (6 hours ago)
VICTORIA — A former grocery executive known for offering weekly deals says he is taking out a flyer on becoming the next leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. Darrell Jones, former president of the Pattison Food Group and known for the Darrell’s Deals advertising campaign at Save-On-Foods, says he is “giving serious consideration” to...
ReadCBC - Manitoba (6 hours ago)
A Manitoba judge has ordered Winnipeg developer Andrew Marquess to cover $800,000 of the City of Winnipeg's legal costs in its defence against his claims that planning officials deliberately slowed the progress of residential housing planned for the Parker lands in Fort Garry.
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (8 hours ago)
Senior Rabbi Menachem Matusof of Chabad Lubavitch of Alberta said the Hanukkah celebration is about spreading a message of 'light over darkness, freedom of expression, freedom of religion and celebrating the miracle of the few that won over the many'
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