Calgarians are growing further dissatisfied with city services, with more questioning the value they get for their tax dollars according to a new city survey. According to the City of Calgary’s Fall Research Results, 63 per cent of Calgarians are satisfied with city services, which is a decline of six per cent since last fall’s…
Whole Foods Market is joining the growing list of brands whose frozen waffles have been recalled in Canada this week because of possible listeria contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says the newest recall spans the Amazon-owned grocer’s organic homestyle and blueberry waffles sold under the 365 Whole Foods Market label. The agency says the waffles recalled by Horizon…
By Rosa Saba The Canadian Press Posted October 25, 2024 3:06 pm Updated October 25, 2024 3:17 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says the world has become more prone to supply shocks, creating more risks to inflation. He said now that inflation is under…
Saskatchewan’s 2024 provincial election features an increase of racialized immigrant candidates, which an expert says makes strategic sense. In the 2020 provincial elections, the NDP ran many racialized immigrant candidates in Saskatoon and Regina. This time the Sask. Party has 13 such candidates to the NDP’s three. Those numbers don’t include Indigenous candidates on either side; only candidates who immigrated to…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 24, 2024 2:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s Health Department says it will be ready to meet the expected demand for advanced applications for medical assistance in dying when it begins accepting those requests next week. Dr. Stéphane Bergeron, an…
Curling is a sport marked more by its politeness than its competitiveness, but in 2015, a seemingly simple change to a piece of equipment set off an uproar that still cuts deep for many in the sport. It was called Broomgate, and as a competitive curler, I found myself in the middle of it. I was one of…
Ukraine will receive $50 billion in loans, backed by frozen Russian assets, from Group of Seven allies, the White House said Wednesday. Distribution of the money will begin by year’s end, according to American officials who said the United States is providing $20 billion of the total. Leaders of the wealthy democracies agreed earlier this…
There’ll soon be a new Indigenous astronomy show at McMaster University’s planetarium, but the story it tells is an old one. “This is our knowledge that has been in this country for thousands of years,” Thomas Deer, one of the program’s creators said. He told CBC Hamilton he’s been pushing to share Indigenous stories about…
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 22, 2024 2:58 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man who died trying to save three people trapped by floodwaters is among eight Nova Scotians awarded the province’s Medal of Bravery. On July 22, 2023, Nicholas Holland, 52, and three…
Since at least September, there’s been an open question as to whether the Ontario New Democratic Party might bring Independent Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama back into the fold. Today, party leader Marit Stiles said the NDP is planning to run a candidate in Jama’s Hamilton-Centre riding, but, “as far as I know — and I’m…
