On the final day before G7 leaders gather in Kananaskis, Alta., activists and community groups met in downtown Calgary on Saturday afternoon for a “people’s forum” that took aim at the priorities of G7 leaders. They also discussed plans for a demonstration and march near city hall in Calgary on Sunday. Organizers said the goal was to unify fragmented activist groups…
One week after an expansion draft threw PWHL rosters into a blender, teams will have the chance to start rebuilding with free agents. Teams can sign players on expiring contracts and make trades beginning Monday at 9 a.m. ET. The league also has an entry draft scheduled for June 24, which will provide an injection of…
Most deep-sea divers will spend a lifetime underwater without finding treasure at the bottom of the sea. Not so for B.C. couple Cailin Lindsay and Maxwel Hohn, whose recent diving expedition included a treasure chest, a gold ring — and the promise of a lifetime of love. It was the culmination of an elaborate marriage…
The family of a Saskatchewan man says he died in the crash of an Air India plane bound for London on Thursday. The crash in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad killed at least 240 people. The plane hit a college hostel building shortly after takeoff. Only one passenger survived. Piyushkumar Patel, a permanent resident who lived in Regina with his…
Vancouver Whitecaps defender Sam Adekugbe tore his Achilles tendon with Canada at the Canadian Shield Tournament and has been replaced by Sporting Kansas City’s Zorhan Bassong on Jesse Marsch’s CONCACAF Gold Cup roster. Adekugbe had to be helped off the field after going down with an apparent non-contact injury in the 81st minute of the…
Performance-based pay increases given to top Interior Health (IH) brass amid a physician shortage crisis at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) are being criticized by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). “Taxpayers should be deeply concerned at the culture in Interior Health that’s allowing this to happen,” said Carson Binda, B.C.’s director with the CTF. A shortage…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government broke its legal, record-keeping obligations amid its now-reversed decision to open up parts of the protected Greenbelt lands for housing, the province’s information and privacy commissioner has found. Political staff were using code words to thwart document requests and left a surprisingly small paper trail for such a consequential policy,…
Ethan Katzberg wasn’t a model of consistency Wednesday, but he only needed one strong throw to win his fifth consecutive men’s hammer throw competition to start the 2025 season. The reigning world and Olympic champion from Nanaimo, B.C., was the lone athlete in the field of seven to surpass 80 metres, throwing 80.19 in his…
Rylie Nicholls spent a lot of time in the pediatric ward at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) before the five-year-old Lake Country girl died from an aggressive form of cancer in 2023. “We had about 10 different admissions through Kelowna General Hospital,” Nicholls said. The Lake Country mother, who also has an eight-year-old son, is upset…
Former deputy finance minister and businessman Michael Sabia has been named the next head of Canada’s public service. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that he would be tapping Sabia as the next clerk of the Privy Council in a news release on Wednesday. “Mr. Sabia brings over three decades of expertise across the public and…
