A Saskatchewan agricultural company is asking Canada’s highest court to rule on whether responding to a contract proposal with a thumbs-up emoji is a legally binding signature. Achter Land & Cattle Ltd, which grows and sells grain, previously unsuccessfully appealed a 2023 decision from the Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench that stated the grower had agreed to sell…
Sunwing Airlines says all flights heading to southern destinations from Toronto Pearson International Airport on Wednesday have been cancelled as the airline works to return customers stranded abroad by a slew of recent flight delays. The airline said in a statement on its website that the cancellations for Feb. 19 are being done to get…
The federal government confirmed that small businesses will have to pay tax on their carbon rebate, despite government promises otherwise, because Parliament can’t currently pass legislation to make the payment exempt from income taxes. But if legislation eventually passes to do that, the government says businesses can apply for a rebate for the taxes paid…
“I thought it was going to ignite.” Those were the words Peter Carlson, a paramedic from Minnesota on board the Delta Air Lines flight that crashed on Monday, told Global News. Passengers aboard Delta Air Lines Flight 4819, which made an emergency crash-landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday, have shared their intense and…
A group of residents in B.C.’s Okanagan region spent hours in the cold, meticulously sculpting a patriotic display. The result is a frozen Canadian flag carved into the snow on Ellison Lake, just north of Kelowna. Measuring just under 100 metres by 25 meters, the display — big enough to be seen by airplanes flying…
By Jack Farrell and Aaron Sousa The Canadian Press Posted February 17, 2025 5:01 pm Updated February 17, 2025 5:37 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A two-week-old boy who was bitten by a pet dog at a home west of Edmonton on the weekend has died in hospital,…
For the last 10 years, Christine Moore has been advocating for her adult son who, she says, struggles with mental illness and addiction, but privacy laws have made it challenging for her to get the information she needs to care for him. Since her son went missing more than a year ago, she says those issues…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 16, 2025 3:28 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Coast Guard says the cargo ship MSC Baltic III reported a loss of power then ran aground on the western coast of Newfoundland. All 20 people on board the ship were safely…
The Maple Leaf turned 60 years old on Saturday and, in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s continued jabs at Canada, the nation’s flag and its special day are gaining more attention than usual. Source link
The one-room Shiloh Baptist Church, constructed from hand-hewn poplar logs nestled in a small grove near a cemetery with 37 white crosses, is a poignant reminder of Saskatchewan’s first Black settlement. There are still descendants of the Shiloh people, who moved 29 kilometres north of Maidstone, Sask., from Oklahoma in the early 1900s as part…
