Winnipeg Sun - Local (57 minutes ago)
A Toronto-area Conservative MP has crossed the floor to join the governing Liberals. This move strengthens Prime Minister Mark Carney's minority government and delivers a setback to the Conservative opposition. Michael Ma, the MP for Markham–Unionville, announced Thursday that he is leaving the Conservative caucus to sit with the Liberals. The...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (57 minutes ago)
By Yuras Karmanau Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West. Lukashenko met with U.S. special envoy for Belarus John Coale, according to state news agency Belta and the presidential press […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (57 minutes ago)
Across Canada, there are millions of dollars worth of U.S.-made alcoholic products gathering dust in warehouses, all of it pulled from liquor store shelves in most provinces in retaliation for sweeping U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports. If the idea of some of those products finding their way back to market leaves a bitter taste in […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (57 minutes ago)
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has named Snoop Dogg an honorary coach for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, Italy. The USOPC announced the rapper will join its "Team Behind the Team,” a ceremonial role focused on supporting athletes and staff rather than coaching competition. Snoop, 54, previously worked...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (57 minutes ago)
Thompson Rural RCMP arrested four individuals from Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan, on December 7, 2025, after they were located near Paint Lake in connection with a report of gas theft in Flin Flon and an earlier armed vehicle robbery in Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan. The incident began at 8:10 AM on December 7, 2025, when Flin Flon […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (57 minutes ago)
By Dasha Litvinova And Illia Novikov KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior Kremlin official says that the Russian police and National Guard will remain in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas to oversee the prized industrial region, even if a peace settlement ends the nearly four-year war — a possibility that is likely to be rejected by Ukrainian […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (57 minutes ago)
Ross Duffer says the final stretch of Stranger Things is finished — and promises it will hit harder than anything the show has done before. The co-creator of the Netflix series revealed that production on chapters five, six, and seven of the fifth and final season is complete. In an Instagram post, Duffer confirmed the […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (57 minutes ago)
An Ontario man kept his wife and four children confined in their home for years through intimidation and fear while cloaking abuse as protection that kept them healthy “in the eyes of the Lord.” A jury in Owen Sound, Ont., found a father guilty of five counts of unlawful confinement — one count each for […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (57 minutes ago)
A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has been arrested and charged as part of a joint police operation investigating foreign interference and the security of information. Master Warrant Officer Matthew Robar, a member of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command, has been charged with multiple offences under the National Defence Act and other...
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (57 minutes ago)
There was a dark cloud on the horizon. I mean literally on the horizon. I was aiming the camera northward at the soft blue sky and wispy clouds over a bright yellow stubble field and saw a heavy grey streak right at the line where the yellow met the blue. I already knew a cold […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (57 minutes ago)
Ontario Provincial Police are urging "extreme caution” near bodies of water as winter weather conditions set in. Police officials warn that even when lakes or rivers appear frozen, no ice is safe ice. "The OPP encourages the public to avoid travelling on frozen waterways altogether, as there is no guarantee that ice is completely safe,”...
ReadWindsor Star - Local (57 minutes ago)
A local orthopedic surgeon says the region's above-average wait times prove Windsor-Essex can benefit from newly approved private surgery clinics, but area critics argue the province should strengthen hospitals instead. The Windsor Surgical Centre is one of four clinics in the province approved to offer hip and knee replacements next year. On...
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (57 minutes ago)
Jails in northern Ontario are facing some of the worst overcrowding pressures in the province, with population data showing dramatic increases since 2019. Frontline workers and inmates are warning the conditions inside many facilities are increasingly unsafe.
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (57 minutes 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.
ReadCBC - Thunder Bay (57 minutes ago)
Ontario's police watchdog has cleared a Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) officer of wrongdoing in connection with the death of a Deer Lake First Nation man who was shot five times. The decision comes a year after the 40-year-old's father was also shot and killed by police.
ReadCBC - Canada (58 minutes ago)
A seven-year-old boy is dead after being struck by a Hamilton bus, police said Thursday. A city manager told CBC Hamilton said they couldn't comment on specific circumstances of what happened due to the investigation, but called it an "extremely unfortunate tragedy."
ReadCBC - Canada (58 minutes ago)
Environmental activists say a recent agreement between the Beer Store and grocers puts the future of Ontario's successful deposit return program at risk. Grocers with alcohol licences were expected to start accepting empties in the new year, but now they won't have to after all.
ReadCBC - Montreal (58 minutes ago)
Quebec's Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière tabled a bill Wednesday aiming to create a public registry for high-risk sex offenders, prevent protests from taking place too close to the homes of elected officials and crack down on members of organized crime groups who show off their groups' logos or patches.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (58 minutes ago)
A Summerside lobster processing plant has hired a legal team to challenge a federal government decision denying its application to bring in temporary foreign workers, arguing it's connected to penalties levied at its sister company in New Brunswick.
ReadCBC - Ottawa (58 minutes ago)
A central question throughout the weeks-long trial for Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber of Burlington, Ont., has been why, in the last year of his life, 12-year-old L.L. was so severely malnourished. The Crown argues they were intentionally restricting what the boy ate.
ReadCBC - Toronto (58 minutes ago)
Ontario's municipal affairs minister says the province will move forward with a much-delayed mandatory review of the Greenbelt, but opposition critics say there's still no word on when the study of the ecologically sensitive zone will take place or who will conduct it.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (58 minutes ago)
A new report from Inclusion Saskatchewan says one in every nine students labelled as having intensive support needs was excluded from school, on a part-time or full-time basis, last year.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (58 minutes ago)
Provincial auditor Tara Clemett says the Ministry of Health is giving too much notice to special care homes ahead of inspections and her office has found instances where patient care plans had suddenly been updated.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (59 minutes ago)
Environmental advocates want to protect peatland in Saskatchewan's north, saying it's a climate-critical ecosystem threatened by mining.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (59 minutes ago)
A group promoting the idea of Saskatchewan separating from Canada says its public information sessions are drawing crowds. About 200 people showed up to a recent Saskatchewan Prosperity Project meeting just outside Saskatoon.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (59 minutes ago)
Indigenous models and vendors say they're out hundreds of dollars after participating in a Regina fashion show this fall. The event's organizer says the money is on the way.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (59 minutes ago)
A third teenager has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the killing of four people on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation earlier this year.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (59 minutes ago)
Police say the thefts included more than $250,000 worth of shoplifted items, stolen trailers, appliances and other goods, some of which were stored at abandoned rural farmyards.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (59 minutes ago)
An international policy expert says an American pundit's recent commentary on a Regina woman's medical situation is a distraction from the real issues in Canada's health-care system.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (59 minutes ago)
A man convicted of manslaughter in a fatal 2020 stabbing on Mistawasis First Nation has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (59 minutes ago)
Jill Finn suspects thieves used AI to recreate her granddaughter's voice in the latest phone scam targeting seniors in Regina and Saskatoon.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (59 minutes ago)
A number of Regina organizations and community members gathered at the Wascana Street Complex Thursday to speak out about the number of social housing units sitting vacant as temperatures drop.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (59 minutes ago)
Elders Melanie Fisher and Calvin Pelletier say their employment was terminated after they contacted the corrections ministry with concerns about breaches of Indigenous protocol at a centre-run cultural camp in the fall.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (59 minutes ago)
People who need to surrender pets have better options than this drastic measure, the society says.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (59 minutes ago)
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety got a new name in Thursday's cabinet shuffle. It is now called the Ministry of Community Safety, and has a new minister at its head: Michael Weger.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (2 hours ago)
Clear, cold winter nights may keep you inside, but there are an infinite number of reasons why you may want to go outside this month, including the chance to see a dazzling meteor shower. Royal City Science's Orbax is a science educator at the University of Guelph. He spoke to CBC K-W's Aastha Shetty about what to expect in the night sky this...
ReadCBC - British Columbia (2 hours ago)
Harsh winter conditions have gripped northeast B.C., with temperatures expected to drop below –30 C.A low of –34 is expected Thursday night, with wind chill pushing it to –40. People could suffer from "frostbite in minutes," according to an Environment Canada outlook. Despite this, there are no official warming centres in Fort St. John, and...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 hours ago)
When if comes to direct democracy mechanisms, such as recall and citizens' initiatives (referendums), the UCP resemble the 1930s Social Credit provincial government of William Aberhart. In 1936, the Socreds passed legislation that allowed citizens to force MLAs into byelections between general elections. When Aberhart himself was the subject of the...
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (2 hours ago)
Die Harsh: A Christmas Musical: If there's one thing Grindstone Theatre is near perfect at, it's absurdist musical theatre that sticks to your brain for years to come. From Gums at this year's Fringe to last year's impressive Rocky Horror Show — plus of course the very long run of Jason Kenney's Hot Boy Summer — one of their...
ReadSaskatoon Star-Phoenix - Local (2 hours ago)
Take in a holiday concert, a seasonal market, choral and instrumental music, an annual lights show and a Christmas display.
ReadSaskatoon Star-Phoenix - Local (2 hours ago)
"It was a blessing for him to come home. He always said the real heroes are the ones that never made it back."
ReadCalgary Herald - Local (2 hours ago)
The Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission released its interim report, and while boundary reviews rarely make front-page news, this one should matter to every Calgarian. The report proposes increasing the number of provincial constituencies from 87 to 89 and redrawing many of the boundaries that determine how our city — and all of Alberta —...
ReadCalgary Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
Could be worse Just a comment on the state of our wonderful country. Many are upset with our new PM and the way he is governing. I have no loyalty to any political party but I will give Mr. Carney his flowers for the way he is going about his daily job trying to forge […]
ReadWindsor Star - Local (2 hours ago)
By: Dr. Pierre Blier and Dr. Serge Lessard "I can live with my depression, but I can't live without my sleep.” For hundreds of thousands of people in Ontario, chronic insomnia is a daily struggle. In medical terms, chronic insomnia disorder is a serious condition that affects our work, social lives, and both mental and […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
WATCH: Sun Editor-in-Chief Adrienne Batra talks with political columnists Warren Kinsella and Brian Lilley on why Prime Minister Mark Carney's trip to Egypt cost $736,466.11? 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...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
Tokyo (AFP) — The watch of a Japanese hiker killed by a bear has revealed harrowing details about his last moments, including that the animal returned to his body the next day, a newspaper report said. Bears have killed a record 13 people in Japan this year and injured more than 200 others, while reports […]
ReadToronto Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
It was nominated in a record number of categories, winning many despite squaring up against heavyweights like "Death Stranding 2" from industry legend Hideo Kojima of "Metal Gear Solid" fame, or Nintendo's "Donkey Kong Bananza" starring the eponymous gorilla
ReadToronto Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
SHOW YOUR PRIDE In light of the fact that Iran and Egypt will be playing the Pride Match in Seattle during the World Cup, I’m issuing a challenge to the LGBTQ community of North America. What I want to see at this game is the gayest of gay extravaganzas the world has ever seen. I […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
By Neil Davidson Canadian strawweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson’s message was simple in the wake of her TKO win over Marina Rodriguez in May. “I want Amanda Lemos next,” Robertson said. She gets her wish Saturday in Las Vegas, although the road to the matchup with the fifth-ranked Brazilian proved to be circuitous. Robertson, ranked...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
Food banks across Manitoba are preparing for what many expect will be one of their most challenging winter seasons yet, as rising living costs drive a steady surge in demand and stretch already limited resources. Community organizations in Winnipeg, along with food programs in mid-sized centres and smaller rural towns, report that demand began...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
By Josh Boak And Amelia Thomson-deveaux WASHINGTON (AP) — This holiday season isn’t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds. The vast majority of U.S. adults […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
I spent years watching how some members of city council behave when the cameras are off and the pressure is on. It is not something most residents ever see. Many would be shocked. I certainly was when I first took office. In time I learned to tune it out, but that should never be necessary […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
By Jamey Keaten GENEVA (AP) — Former Iraqi President Barham Salih is on track to become the next head of the U.N. refugee agency, according to a letter from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shared with The Associated Press on Friday. Salih, 65, is set to succeed longtime UNHCR veteran Filippo Grandi as the U.N. High […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
By Peter Smith Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra. In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication.” The holiday marks the...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
By Krysta Fauria LOS ANGELES (AP) — Often when a potential convert walks through the doors of his church, one of the first things the Very Rev. Andreas Blom encourages them to do is give up the thing that brought them there. “You discovered Orthodoxy online. You learned about it online. Now you’re here, the […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
By Tara Deschamps TORONTO — In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the royal charter that created Canada’s oldest company was loaded onto a private plane in Toronto. Protected by a durable case that was not too hot, not too cold and sheltered from bright light, the 350-year-old document that birthed the Hudson’s Bay Co. […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (2 hours ago)
By Terry Tang When high school students in the West Hartford Public Schools district study World War II in the coming year, they will learn about more than just the typical hallmarks like Japanese American detention camps. They will also hear about Sadao Munemori, a soldier who died protecting comrades from a grenade. The 22-year-old […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (3 hours ago)
An assault rifle uses an intermediate cartridge, has a detachable magazine, and allows the user to switch between semi-automatic, burst, and automatic rates of fire. Civilian ownership of assault rifles has been banned in Canada since the 1970s. None of the firearms affected by the Liberals' orders-in-council, regulations, and legislation since May...
ReadToronto Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
DEAR ABBY: As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions. It has increasingly gotten on my mom’s nerves (she has also become more impatient and snappy lately), and she has been yelling at him in response. Sometimes, he responds back, but usually he doesn’t. My sister snapped at […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian Parliament on Friday approved the resignation of the coalition government of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov amid nationwide anti-corruption protests, and weeks ahead of the country’s scheduled euro zone entry. Protesters, many of them young Bulgarians, have been protesting in the tens of thousands across the...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
As December settles in, the city finds its rhythm somewhere between early-winter chill and the glow of holiday traditions. Whether you're into intimate concerts, full-scale orchestral productions, or simply wandering spaces that feel festive, this weekend offers something for every pace and mood. Here are five things happening around Winnipeg from...
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
By Shane Jones EDMONTON — Having a healthy Zach Hyman back and finding his game again bodes very well for the Edmonton Oilers. Hyman scored three goals and Connor McDavid had four primary assists as the Oilers emerged with a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday. The veteran forward suffered a wrist […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
By Corey Williams DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. has stepped up technology in its popular F-150 pickup to combat the ever-evolving techniques car thieves have at their disposal. It is the latest cat-and-mouse move that the automaker hopes will help customers avoid the costly and frustrating process that occurs when vehicles are swiped and […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year. As Republicans and […]
ReadWinnipeg Sun - Local (3 hours ago)
By Danica Kirka LONDON (AP) — King Charles III will speak about his cancer diagnosis and recovery during a TV broadcast on Friday as the monarch continues to use his personal story to encourage others to get the early screening that can boost their chances of survival. The recorded message will be broadcast at 8 […]
ReadCBC - Saskatoon (3 hours ago)
City hall confirmed Thursday that the structures, which housed buses until 2017, are too old and updating them to meet current safety standards would be too expensive.
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