Thousands of musicians, dancers and elaborate costumes filled Lakeshore Boulevard on Saturday for the Grande Parade of the annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival. The parade is the highlight of the weeks-long festival, which is hosting a few more events this month. “It’s about the culture,” said Autris Clarke, who grew up in Trinidad and Tobago where she celebrated carnival every year. …
Boating is one of the Okanagan’s s most popular summer attractions, but those in the business of renting watercraft are urging the City of Kelowna to rethink a policy they say not only unfairly targets them but hurts local tourism. “I just feel that as the people who bring. you know, one of the local…
Police in London, Ont. are asking the public to be on the lookout for a man who was accidentally released from custody after he was charged with attempted murder. In hurried announcement Friday evening, police said the man was “erroneously released from custody” almost 24 hours earlier after he had attended a court appearance in relation to…
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that will raise his tariffs on Canada to 35 per cent starting midnight Friday, a deadline he set for a new trade deal that has failed to materialize. Trump also signed an executive order that will have new tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading…
A small aircraft with three people aboard crashed down in Ottawa just west of the city’s airport on Thursday evening. It happened shortly before 6 p.m. in the area of Riverside Drive and Hunt Club Road. A photo shared by one resident showed a plane wedged in the trees. Emergency services responded at 5:55 p.m., according to…
Ten years ago, a speeding BMW driven by an intoxicated man lost control and crashed in front of an apartment building on Whyte Avenue in south Edmonton, killing the young woman inside it and claiming the 30-year-old driver’s life a month later. The story made headlines because of the terrible collision, but what wasn’t known…
A man who admitted to accidentally shooting and killing his stepson during a family barbecue in a small southeastern Manitoba community almost two years ago has been sentenced to six years in prison. Cory Davis sat quietly in the prisoner’s box Wednesday, looking down as members of Dylan Jones’s family got up to describe how…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A tsunami watch for much of the British Columbia coast has been upgraded to an advisory following a powerful earthquake off the coast of eastern Russia. “A tsunami advisory is issued when a tsunami with the potential to generate strong currents or waves dangerous to those in…
A tsunami advisory has been issued for multiple parts of the B.C. coast after a large earthquake in the Pacific basin near Kamchatka, Russia, on Tuesday afternoon. Emergency Info B.C. says there was a magnitude 8.7 earthquake around 135 kilometres southeast of the Russian city of Petropavlovsk around 4:25 p.m. PT on Tuesday. A tsunami advisory, upgraded from…
By Payton Zillich Global News Posted July 28, 2025 9:32 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are studying bats to find a cure for future pandemics. Dr. Arinjay Banerjee says that bats do not get sick, but…
