A year and a half after residents were forced out of their affordable housing complex near downtown Kelowna, B.C., the roughly 80 residents received news this week they will never return to the building again. “I was a little caught off-guard to hear that there was a new building intended for Wilson-Hadgraft Place and Pathways,”…
One child has been killed and six other children were injured after a vehicle drove into a daycare in Richmond Hill, Ont., on Wednesday, police say. Police say the child who died was a one and a half-year-old boy. He was pronounced dead in hospital. Of the six other children hurt, one is in hospital with…
Backlash against a new Harry Potter-themed attraction in Stanley Park has one Park Board commissioner looking into cancelling the contract. “I have learned a great deal in the last five days about the linkage of the Harry Potter franchise with J.K. Rowling and I am very surprised at what I’ve learned and I was not…
Electric vehicle manufacturer LION says it’s looking into what happened after the heating system on one of its buses caught fire. Five children and a driver managed to exit the bus unharmed. Source link
After a few days’ break due to rain, Korey Peters is back harvesting his crops. “Two-thirds done wheat,” he told Global News Thursday, adding that amounts to roughly 25 per cent of the total harvest at Herbsigwil Farms in Randolph, Man. “You never really know until you start harvesting,” Peters said. “We thought our wheat…
The union representing airport screeners in Calgary is reporting its members have hit a “breaking point,” leading the federal authority overseeing security screening to weigh in that their concerns must be taken seriously. Screening officers working at the Calgary International Airport, represented by Unifor Local 2002, have filed thousands of complaints in the past 17 months, said Harold…
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Sarah Mitton regained her winning form in the shot put circle and teammate Andre De Grasse looked healthy on the track after nearly a three-month absence as the Canadians delivered solid performances ahead of the World Athletics Championships on Sunday in China. Mitton had a best throw of 19.81 metres to defeat Sweden’s Fanny Roos…
WINNIPEG – Brett Lauther should have been pumped after connecting on five field goals in the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 21-13 Banjo Bowl victory over the Blue Bombers on Saturday, but it was his one mistake he focused on. “It wasn’t perfect tonight by any means, missed a crucial extra point still, but a win’s a win…
A B.C. ostrich farm fighting to stop a cull of its 400-strong flock over an avian flu outbreak has been granted an interim stay order by the Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa, delaying the execution of the birds. Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., has been attempting to stop the Canadian Food Inspection Agency…
