Calgary city council has approved a multi-million dollar funding boost for maintenance and upgrades at several city facilities, but the timing of the move has drawn the ire of some on council. The motion, from Mayor Jyoti Gondek, proposed to use $20 million from the 2024 Enmax dividend surplus to support maintenance and upgrades of…
After a five-week sprint campaign, more than 19.5 million Canadians cast their ballots in the 2025 federal election, ultimately choosing to elect a Liberal minority government led by Mark Carney. But how does Parliament work when there’s a minority government, and what comes next for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and the NDP? Here’s what you’ve…
The Philippine-Canadian Centre of Manitoba is held a vigil Tuesday honouring the victims of Saturday’s tragedy in Vancouver, in which a man drove into a crowd with an SUV, killing 11 people. It’s one of many ways Manitoba’s Filipino community has supported each other since the events at the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party in…
Once again, a federal election call was made well before western votes had a chance to be considered, leaving some voters feeling disenfranchised, as if their votes don’t matter. On Monday night, at about 7:15 p.m. PT, media outlets, including CBC News, projected the Liberals would form the next government. That was 15 minutes after…
A business owner in Lethbridge is calling on the southern Alberta community to show their support for a young girl awaiting open heart surgery. When Wax Me Ltd. owner Linda Nowak was purchasing pet food at Feed Sam, a locally owned pet food store on the city’s north side, she noticed the store was selling…
Alex Deslauriers and Melanie Bitner’s home was one of 56 properties destroyed by the Downton Lake wildfire two years ago. A fire tornado — a combination of extreme fire intensity, lower humidity and a low dew point — swept through the community of Gun Lake, about 61 kilometres north of Pemberton, B.C., in August 2023,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brayden Schenn, Tyler Tucker and Justin Faulk each scored second period goals to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 on Sunday to tie their playoff series at 2-all after dropping the first two games in Winnipeg. Robert Thomas and Jake Neighbours also scored, and Jordan Binnington…
As reports emerge of a tightening race in Pierre Poilievre’s Ottawa-area riding, Liberal and Conservative supporters are confident of their respective candidate’s chances of winning. Supporters of the Liberals’ Bruce Fanjoy believe they have a chance of unseating the Conservative leader in Carleton, which Poilievre has held since 2004. Meanwhile, Poilievre’s supporters say they’re confident he’ll keep the seat. Still,…
A 21-year-old male is dead after a fight broke out in front of Commonwealth Bar & Stage early Saturday morning. In a release, the Calgary Police Service says they got the call at around 1:55 a.m., and Calgary police homicide unit Staff Sgt. Sean Gregson says the initial investigation is ongoing. “It was at the…
Manitoba Progressive Conservatives have narrowly selected Fort Whyte MLA Obby Khan to serve as the party’s new leader. After a six-month leadership contest, Khan defeated Wally Daudrich, who owns a hotel and ecotourism business in Churchill, in a vote conducted through mail-in ballots. Khan won 2,198 points in the weighted ballot to Daudrich’s 2,163, the Official Opposition party announced Saturday…
