The body of late Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Cathy Merrick will lie in state at Manitoba’s legislative building, a practice the province’s former chief of protocol calls a rare honour. “It is a very special event for those that, you know, the government feels should be recognized as such,” said Dwight MacAulay, who spent almost 20…
What looked like a bounce back for Canada at the Paralympic Games was more of a return to form. Canada’s 10 gold medals in Paris were the most since 19 in Beijing in 2008, and also doubled the output at the Tokyo Games three years ago. The 29 medals overall matched Rio in 2016 and…
University of New Brunswick isn’t just calling its mini-satellite anymore. The team located in Fredericton has taken to yelling at Violet as the window to reach it closes. Violet is the first satellite built and designed in New Brunswick to enter the Earth’s orbit. More than 300 people from the province worked on it over…
Fresh questions are being asked about Toronto’s aging fleet of ferries after another crash was reported while one of the boats was trying to dock downtown. The latest problem — which the city describes as “a mechanical issue” — has forced officials to withdraw the boat from service, even as frustrations over the regularity and…
At the beginning of the annual James Smith Cree Nation powwow, the bowl in the centre of the grounds spiraled with more colour than a rainbow. A group of small children, teens and adults, each in intricately crafted dresses and regalia, jingled and jangled to a thumping drum as they circled the bowl like a tightly…
There is an air of excitement among Edmonton football fans this week as the Elks prepare to host the Calgary Stampeders at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday, a chance to repeat their dominant performance against their provincial rivals in Monday’s Labour Day Classic. “It’s the battle of Alberta — I’m glad to be a part of…
The federal Liberal brand will be put to the test again in a byelection in the Montreal riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun on Sept. 16 — a contest Liberal Party brass hope won’t deliver a repeat of the party’s failure in a Toronto riding earlier this summer. The Liberals’ byelection loss in Toronto-St. Paul’s — a riding the party had held for more…
A Quebec man has been jailed after he admitted masterminding one of the largest ever series of shipments of Chinese-made counterfeit toonies in Canadian history, Global News has learned. Jean-Francois Généreux from Sorel, Que., about 70 kilometres from Montreal, was sentenced to nine months in jail before the Labour Day weekend after he pleaded guilty…
The family of an Edmonton man who was shot and killed by police have filed a more than $1 million lawsuit against four police officers and the city’s police chief. The statement of claim filed August 23 alleges the shooting death of Mathios Arkangelo, 28, in a northeast Edmonton neighbourhood was “unnecessary, unreasonable and without…
The federal New Democrats have pulled their support from the supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberal government. The move puts Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority at risk of falling at any time in the coming weeks or months if it loses any confidence votes, which could trigger a snap election as soon as this fall. NDP…
