Alberta’s government is looking to add conditions to funding it committed to Calgary’s Green Line LRT project, according to the province’s transportation minister. In a letter obtained by Global News, Minster Devin Dreeshen told Calgary’s mayor the province’s $1.53-billion share of the funding is contingent on the Green Line’s final design “fully integrating” with the…
Women’s professional basketball is coming to Toronto. CBC Sports has learned that Kilmer Sports Inc., headed by Toronto billionaire Larry Tanenbaum, has been granted an expansion franchise with the Women’s National Basketball Association. An announcement is expected May 23 in Toronto, with the team to begin play in May 2026, according to four people with…
A Canadian diplomat and an RCMP officer heaped praise and gratitude on a sanctioned Haitian businessman that Global Affairs accuses of gangland connections, after he allowed a helicopter airlift of Canadian citizens and police at his luxury golf course last month, emails provided by his lawyers suggest. Emails attributed to consul Catherine Brazeau show her…
For Natalie Lent, every day in her home feels like a boil water advisory since she only uses bottled water, even for cooking. But there has been no official warning. In fact, the Nova Scotia woman has three new filtration systems for her well water, valued at nearly $12,000, collecting dust. “It’s really just an ornament…
One of the suspects accused of gunning down B.C. Sikh temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar entered Canada using a study permit that he said took only days to obtain. In a video posted online in 2019, Karan Brar said he applied for a student visa through EthicWorks Immigration Services in Bathinda, in India’s Punjab state….
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Jeremy Skibicki unexpectedly confessed to killing three more women in Winnipeg during a lengthy police interrogation as police grilled him about the discovery of the remains of Rebecca Contois in 2022. Part of that 20-hour interrogation video is expected to be shown as evidence this week, as Skibicki’s first-degree…
Nine-year-old piano prodigy Murasaki Matsutani will perform with members of the KW Symphony at the St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Kitchener on May 11. Source link
Dr. Sarah Giles got hooked on rural medicine by spending a summer volunteering in the Northwest Territories. Giles, who was still a student at the time, flew in and out of seven different communities, providing care “with the most amazing doctor ever.” “I thought to myself, ‘This is real medicine. This is what I want…
Dozens of posters were held high with the names and pictures of those missing and murdered. Many walking have been personally impacted. Source link
In a vast quarry on New Brunswick’s north shore, Réjean Carrier looks up at towering walls of ashen-grey rock, cut deep into the landscape. “We have this presence of volcanic ashes in a zone around Dalhousie,” he explains in French, pointing out a rock called pozzolan. “It will bring good jobs to the area.” Carrier,…
