Lorne Thurston and Joseph McIntyre were planning to get an up-close look at the Wayne Gretzky statue in downtown Edmonton on Friday, when they realized it had been smeared with what appeared to be — and strongly smelled like — feces. Wearing a white Oilers jersey, McIntyre was visiting from Nova Scotia and had hoped…
A group of mayors from cities and towns hugging the Canada-U.S. border is calling on the Canadian federal government for help as cross-border political tensions and tariff uncertainties create hardship for their communities. The eight mayors comprising the Border Mayors Alliance sounded the alarm at a national online news conference on Friday. They say their…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The manager of a university book store in Halifax is expressing concerns about Canada’s plan to counter-tariff more American goods on April 2nd — saying it could create a ‘disastrous’ situation for book retailers across the country. Paul MacKay, who’s worked at the King’s Co-Op Bookstore for…
Canada has slipped to 18th place in the global World Happiness Report, down three spots from last year and placing it among the “largest losers” in happiness rankings over the last two decades, according to the annual report released Thursday. At its peak, in the 2015 report, Canada had placed fifth. Now, in 18th, Canada has dropped to…
The remnants of the former Viscount Bennett School are coming down, but what may take its place is leaving many residents wary in southwest Calgary. Demolition is underway at the school site along Crowchild Trail, which has been shuttered since 2018. Minto Communities purchased the property from the Calgary Board of Education in 2023. The…
The “erratic and unpredictable” threats of tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have made this year’s Saskatchewan budget difficult to project, according to Finance Minister Jim Reiter. “This budget is being presented at a time of incredible uncertainty caused by the words and actions of the president of the United States on tariffs,” Reiter said as…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Tesla has been removed from the upcoming Vancouver International Auto Show, the executive director confirmed on Tuesday. Eric Nicholl said in a statement that the automaker was provided multiple opportunities to voluntarily withdraw. “The Vancouver Auto Show’s primary concern is the safety of attendees, exhibitors, and staff,”…
The Conservative national campaign director told media outlets Tuesday their journalists won’t be allowed to travel with leader Pierre Poilievre on his campaign plane and bus during the upcoming election, ending a decades-old tradition of reporters embedding with a prospective candidate to lead the country. There is no recent precedent for a major federal party barring…
A B.C. small business is speaking out about a hit its taking to its bottom line due to tariffs placed on goods imported from the U.S. John Sanders is the owner of Origins Coffee Roasters, a wholesale coffee company established in 1999 on Granville Island that sells to cafes and the general public. It currently…
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a government led by him would repeal both the federal consumer carbon tax and standards for pricing greenhouse gas emissions from large industrial emitters. “There will be no taxes on Canadian consumers, no taxes on Canadian industries,” Poilievre said on Monday at a news conference in L’Orignal, Ont. At the…
