1 person dead after house fire in Regina’s east end
A house fire Tuesday morning has left one person dead in Regina’s east end. Source link
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Hamilton encampment residents seek $445K from city over tent ban they say violated Charter rights
A group of Hamilton residents who’ve lived in encampments are taking the city to court over its ban of tents in parks, arguing their Charter rights were violated. The hearing began Monday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and will last three days. The 14 applicants seek a total of $445,000 from the city for…
After Chrystia Freeland resigns, new finance minister set to be sworn in – National
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Just hours after Chrystia Freeland resigned from cabinet, a new finance minister is set to be sworn in, sources tell Global News. Three sources told Global News there would be a swearing in at Rideau Hall at 4 p.m. Eastern. Earlier on Monday, Freeland advised Trudeau in…
Mount Polley disaster’s toxic impact continues to filter through B.C. waters, 10 years later: researchers
Former Xatsull First Nation chief Bev Sellars recalls an emergency meeting after the Mount Polley Mine disaster, where elders were in tears as they thought of fish swimming through the toxic waste that had inundated their territorial waters. She thinks of the 2014 disaster often. “There are physical changes you can still see,” Sellars said….
‘Don’t make us pay’: Northern Ontario mayors say immigration cuts hurt their cities
As the federal government looks to drastically reduce its immigration targets over the next few years, the mayors of northern Ontario’s largest cities say they need more immigrants to sustain local economies and population. The mayors of Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay and Sudbury are calling on Ottawa to deliver on its promise to make…
B.C.’s Sea to Sky Highway reopens after landslide that knocked 1 home off foundation
The Sea to Sky Highway (Highway 99) has reopened between Lions Bay and Brunswick Beach, B.C., after a landslide Saturday that officials say swept one home off its foundations. DriveBC reported the road connecting Vancouver to Whistler, B.C., reopened in both directions around 5 a.m. PT Sunday morning, ahead of an estimated reopening at 9 a.m. PT. Emergency officials…
B.C. medical charity ‘Operation Rainbow’ brings smiles, changes lives in Kenya
With a baby on her back, Zawadi Maringa came in quietly to the Utange Field Hospital in Mombasa, Kenya, in early November. She had heard about a cleft lip and palate camp offering surgery free of charge by a Canadian medical team called Operation Rainbow Canada. But the help she needed wasn’t for her child….
Tariffs threatened by Trump could undermine food and energy security, Sask. premier warns
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is warning a 25 per cent tariff U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is threatening would hurt Canada’s food and energy sectors and be “disastrous” for economic stability and security on both sides of the border. “We’ve dealt with this in the past, and we need to approach it the same way now…
Member of Edmonton Police Commission to complete his term in Portgual, lawyer raises concerns – Edmonton
A member of the Edmonton Police Commission plans to serve the remainder of his term from Portugal and says he believes living abroad will not interfere with his role, even though a member of a local lawyers association has concerns. On Friday, Global News spoke with John McDougall from his home in the European country….
Labour minister asks Canada Industrial Relations Board to step into Canada Post contract dispute
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is sending the labour dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) to the Canada Industrial Relations Board. MacKinnon said Friday that if the board determines negotiations between the parties are at an impasse, it has been directed to order striking CUPW members back to work under the existing collective agreement…