Members of Calgary’s mountain biking community are mourning the loss of one of their own. On Sept. 12, Jordan Phillip Goheen, 40, was riding his e-bike when a vehicle struck him as he was crossing the intersection at 17 Avenue and 101 Street southwest. According to the Calgary Police Service, a SUV driven by a…
Three years into working toward his goal of running every street in the city, one Toronto runner was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. He kept going, aiming to raise money for a cause close to his heart. And on Friday afternoon, he completed his goal. “It’s been a real journey that has involved a lot of…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obtained by The Canadian Press. The internal document sent Sept. 10 by the justice department asks other departments to assemble information as per a directive from Smith’s office to…
Manitoba has filed its intervention in the Supreme Court fight over Quebec’s controversial secularism law, arguing that courts across Canada should be able to issue opinions on whether other jurisdictions’ laws — including those that use the notwithstanding clause — violate the rights of Canadians. Courts should be able to declare whether laws like Quebec’s Bill 21 violate the…
Kelowna, B.C., saw a surge in travel this summer, with airline traffic climbing to new heights. According to Kelowna International Airport, passenger numbers were up significantly, breaking previous records. “We’ve had a very busy summer — very positive,” said Sam Samaddar, CEO of Kelowna International Airport. The airport reported a 7.6-per cent increase in passengers…
The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) broke up a cross-border drug ring tied to Mexican cartels and seized what it says is its largest amount of cocaine ever. The two-year-long Project Cerberus — which takes its name from the three-headed hound that guards the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology — began in May 2023, with the…
”Twas the months before Christmas and all through the region, people were wondering if Bright Nights was leavin’. Well, it’s gone from Vancouver, but not finished altogether. Bright Nights is moving to Surrey. Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke said the location will not be revealed until a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. One obvious possibility is…
The Alberta government’s plan to add Canadian citizenship markers to provincial driver’s licences has been met with skepticism by some legal and immigration experts, who worry the measure is a “disproportionate” solution that the province might have a hard time justifying. Meanwhile, the minister in charge of the change, Dale Nally, said Tuesday that “because we live…
Summer may be coming to an end in the Okanagan, but the drought that came with it is still going strong — and according to local experts, it’s not going away anytime soon. “We’re in Drought Level 3 because we’re experiencing warm waters and lower-than-normal stream flows,” said Sandra Shira, a water scientist for the…
Canadian children’s author Robert Munsch says he has decided on a medically assisted death after being diagnosed with dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Source link
