A new report by Vibrant Communities Calgary found that social disorder is on the rise in Calgary, and they are increasingly happening in public spaces like transit. The 58-page report, titled “No Place To Go”, found that calls for police related to social disorder at LRT stations across Calgary have sharply increased in 2021 and…
Premier Doug Ford’s push to get beer and wine into convenience stores ahead of schedule will cost Ontario taxpayers at least $225 million, but there’s evidence the full price tag actually adds up to hundreds of millions more. When the Ford government announced that it will pay the multinational owners of The Beer Store to allow…
Alina Müller scored 18:36 into the second overtime to give Boston a 1-0 win over host Minnesota on Sunday night, sending the battle for the Walter Cup as the first Professional Women’s Hockey League champion to a fifth and deciding game. The do-or-die game is Wednesday at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass. Theresa Schafzahl picked off a loose…
Connor McDavid didn’t have an answer. His head coach, meanwhile, took a long, deliberate pause to ponder the same question — why haven’t the Oilers been able to draw penalties against the Dallas Stars in the NHL’s Western Conference final? “I’ve heard a lot about the past, being a spectator, not a part of the NHL, not…
It may come as a scoop of white powder to add to a latte or smoothie, promising to help achy joints and sagging skin. Or, as an ingredient in face masks and moisturizers, claiming to offer a youthful glow. It’s marine collagen, a buzzword in beauty and supplement circles, often derived from fish skin, scales…
The Canadian women’s eight rowing team are the reigning Olympic champions – and they’re showing why they’re a threat to repeat. The team won gold on Sunday at a World Cup regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, that’s serving as an international tune-up ahead of the Paris Games. Jessica Sevick, Caileigh Filmer, Maya Meschkuleit, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Kristen Siermachesky, Sydney Payne,…
In the past few years, there have been a variety of cases of space debris falling to Earth, with one object crashing through the roof of a Florida home in March and most recently, a piece of debris from a SpaceX spacecraft landing in a Saskatchewan farmer’s field. That farmer is Barry Sawchuk and though…
Pride groups and some health-care providers are harshly criticizing the Alberta government’s latest attempt to get feedback on its proposed gender identity policies — a private invite that requires participants to sign a non-disclosure agreement. “If [Premier Danielle Smith] really wants to hear what we have to say, she can schedule a public hearing where those…
The Current15:54Could walking backward push you to better health? Janet Nevala has walked for exercise her whole life, but about 10 years ago she added a new element to her jaunts — walking backwards. “Every time I walk, I just do a little twirl and walk backwards for a bit, and I’ll do it just…
Better training and information-processing tools are needed to help the intelligence program at Canada’s border agency fight everything from firearms smuggling to human trafficking, says an internal evaluation. The recently released Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) evaluation report also found the sensitive nature of the activities and a lack of data made it difficult to…
