Author Archives:
Canadian women to host South Korea in Toronto in June soccer friendly
TORONTO - The Canadian women's soccer team will host South Korea on June 26 at Toronto's BMO Field. Canada is ranked sixth in the world compared to No. 17 for South Korea. The Canadian women last play...
May 18, 2022
Wildfire hazard set at moderate in GP region prior to long weekend
The wildfire danger in the Grande Prairie Forest Management area is listed as Moderate going into the long weekend.Since the start of wildfire season on March 1st, there have been eight wildfires in t...
May 18, 2022
Aeroplan-funded flights bringing Ukrainians to Canada expected to begin in June
OTTAWA - The first free commercial flights to Canada for Ukrainian refugees offered through a fundraising drive involving Aeroplan points won't be available until June. The goal was to cover flights t...
May 18, 2022
RCMP say weekend fire in Little Buffalo was deliberately set
Peace Regional RCMP are investigating a fire that occurred Sunday morning in Little Buffalo.Mounties say they, along with the fire department, were called to a log home and adjacent trailer being full...
May 18, 2022
Federal lawyer asks judge to strike out spy service employee's discrimination lawsuit
OTTAWA - A federal lawyer is asking a judge to toss out the claim of a spy service employee who alleges he endured racial discrimination and physical abuse from colleagues. Lawyer Sean Gaudet, represe...
May 18, 2022
Animal welfare advocates ask court to stop white-tailed deer cull south of Montreal
MONTREAL - A well-known Quebec lawyer is going before the Superior Court to prevent the cull of white-tailed deer living in a forest on Montreal's South Shore. Lawyer Anne-France Goldwater, who has pr...
May 18, 2022
Wood Buffalo RCMP looking for two Fairview females
Update on Wednesday, May 18 at 11:40 a.m.: Christa Deanne Noseworthy and Alana Sewepagaham have been located. Fort McMurray RCMP thank the public and the media for their assistance.RCMP from the Wood ...
May 18, 2022
Tory finance critic says Poilievre's bid to fire Macklem hurts party's economic cred
OTTAWA - Conservative finance critic Ed Fast says he believes Pierre Poilievre's pitch to fire the Bank of Canada governor over the country's record-high inflation rate hurts the party's credibility o...
May 18, 2022
DHS pauses disinformation board, director will resign
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Department of Homeland Security paused its new disinformation governance board Wednesday and its board's director will resign, following weeks of criticism from Republicans and q...
May 18, 2022
Chantel Moore shot by N.B. police officer in chest, abdomen and leg, inquest hears
FREDERICTON - The pathologist who conducted an autopsy on Chantel Moore says the 26-year-old Indigenous woman was shot twice in the chest, once in the abdomen and once in her left leg. Moore was kille...
May 18, 2022