A Montreal couple is preparing to take on the Montreal Marathon together this weekend, years after an ALS diagnosis dramatically changed their lives. Spencer Levine will run the 42.2-kilometre course while pushing his wife, Amanda Tam, in a specially adapted wheelchair. The idea came last spring, when Tam went to cheer on Levine at an…
The head of a provincial body that governs organized hockey in Nova Scotia is touting a new educational program that targets players after a series of hazing incidents and assaults have rocked the sport. “There’s been several incidents in hockey over the years and it’s been an area of need,” said Michael Field, the executive…
With less than two weeks to go until the Alberta referendum, the province’s election administrator says more than 3,000 mail-in ballots have been returned with errors that make them invalid. Elections Alberta says some ballot packages were returned with either declaration forms missing, errors or issues with identification. But they say there’s still time to…
A Saskatchewan First Nation wants more information, including potential environmental impacts, as Bell Canada continues construction of an AI data centre outside of Regina. The Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation in Fort Qu’appelle, Sask., penned the letter to Bell Canada and Bell Canada Enterprises, or BCE Inc., Oct. 2. It called on the company to allow…
For 22 years, the disappearance of Frank Davis remained an unanswered mystery for his family. Davis was 40 when he went missing from Creston, B.C., leaving behind loved ones who would spend years wondering what happened to him. Now, a team of divers called Adventures with Purpose uncovered a discovery beneath the waters of the…
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a Hamilton-based air ambulance carrying six people that went missing off the coast of Nantucket. The Federal Aviation Administration told Global News in a statement it issued a Search and Rescue Alert for a Gulfstream G-100 around 1:20 a.m. Saturday. The flight departed from L.F. Wade International Airport…
REGINA – Dave Dickenson may feel jinxed with challenges but the Calgary Stampeders head coach and general manager nailed two crucial challenges in Friday’s 37-31 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders. With Calgary leading 20-13 late in the third quarter, Riders quarterback Trevor Harris connected with KeeSean Johnson on a 15-yard pass. Dickenson challenged for an…
Indigenous communities along the route for the newly announced West Coast oil pipeline were given just two months for consultations on whether the pipeline should be designated a project of national interest — and that was still more than the government had planned. At first, the consultations were to take place over one month. They…
It’s pipeline deadline day and Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith are set to make an announcement in the heartland of Alberta’s oil and gas industry. The Prime Minister’s Office said the two will reveal the next step to accelerate a “major infrastructure project.” The two are set to speak Thursday morning in…
Mary Louie remembers wanting only one thing when she was a young girl at residential school: to get home. Louie says she did not understand everything happening around her, but she noticed changes in the friends and became increasingly uneasy. Mary Louie who escaped a Residential school when she was a young girl. She took…
