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Mayors ask federal Liberals for help covering transit shortfalls
OTTAWA - The mayors of Canada's largest cities say they need federal aid to cover tens of millions in ridership revenue shortfalls to stave off a stalling of the country's economic recovery. The COVID...
Oct 13, 2021
Charge laid over PPC event in Saskatoon
A charge has been laid in connection to an election night event in Saskatoon where people were flaunting masking rules.Saskatoon police spokesperson, Alyson Edwards says one person has received a tick...
Oct 13, 2021
Veteran rider Hugo Houle latest Canadian to join Israel Start-Up Nation
Veteran Canadian Hugo Houle will ride for Israel Start-Up Nation next year. The 31-year-old from Sainte-Perpetue, Que., joins fellow Canadians Michael Woods, Alex Cataford, Guillaume Boivin and James ...
Oct 13, 2021
WATCH:William Shatner becomes oldest person to travel to space
The last time William Shatner experienced space, it was aboard the fictional spacecraft, Starship Enterprise as Captain Kirk.The 90-year-old Canadian actor got to experience the real thing on Wednesda...
Oct 13, 2021
B.C. civil rights group sues federal government over prolonged confinement in prisons
VANCOUVER - A civil liberties group has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over prolonged solitary confinement two years after British Columbia's top court ruled it is a violation of priso...
Oct 13, 2021
Oilers sign Sceviour, put Kassian and Archibald on injured reserve
EDMONTON - Forward Colton Sceviour signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. The deal has an average annual value of $750,000. Forward Zack Kassian was placed on injur...
Oct 13, 2021
FSIN says allegations are false, elections to continue
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) says it will go ahead with the organization's elections despite calls from within to postpone it.A number of candidate hopefuls claimed they were ...
Oct 13, 2021
Iqaluit residents collect river water, city fills up tanks as tap water may be unsafe
Iqaluit residents are filling jugs and bottles at a river outside the city after they were told tap water in the Nunavut capital may be unsafe to drink. The city declared a local state of emergency la...
Oct 13, 2021
Canada to make special envoy on antisemitism a permanent post, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Canada plans to make its special envoy for preserving Holocaust remembrance and fighting antisemitism a permanent position. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making the announcement today in a...
Oct 13, 2021
'They are trying to kill us': Alberta city at odds with homeless outreach group
WETASKIWIN, Alta. - An outreach worker and a nurse lean overan orange mesh fence to speak to a woman on the other side as tents flap in the cold wind at a homeless camp in central Alberta. Someone is ...
Oct 13, 2021