The Canadian government has purchased a strategically located aircraft hangar in Inuvik, N.W.T., for $8.6 million — a move that’s being met with relief by northerners and experts on Arctic security who were alarmed by foreign interest in the facility. “I think it’s the best idea the government of Canada has had in a long…
Leylah Fernandez will have plenty of competition at the National Bank Open. “Tennis Canada unveiled a star-studded entry list Wednesday, which included the 21-year-old from Laval, Que., for the women’s side of the national tournament set to run Aug. 4 to 12 in Toronto. Currently ranked No. 25 on the WTA Tour, Fernandez will be…
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has named Candace Laing its new president and CEO, effective Sept. 1. Laing has served as chair of the chamber’s board of directors since 2022 after joining the board in 2019, serving as its vice-chair from 2021 to 2022. The chamber said she has resigned from that role as she…
McGill University announced the closure of its downtown campus Wednesday morning for a dismantling operation of the pro-Palestinian encampment that was set up more than 10 weeks ago. In a statement on its website, McGill said the university has been subject to “ongoing and escalating acts of violence and vandalism associated with the encampment” and said…
Watch as some of the world’s top athletes head to the Bregyo Athletic Center in Hungary to take part in the latest stop of the Continental Tour. Source link
Ontario municipalities have been forced to turn down thousands of child-care spaces in the $10-a-day system because of a limit on the percentage of for-profit spaces in the province’s deal with the federal government, the provincial government says. The province has so far created less than a third of the new spaces it committed to by…
Late on July 26, 2022, a Metro Vancouver Transit Police officer driving an unmarked Toyota Highlander tried to pull over a speeding Nissan Altima near the Burnaby-New Westminster border. Minutes later, the Altima would hit another car, killing two teenage occupants, Samir Olyad Suleiman Ali and Yasbrat Habtamu, who were driving home from soccer practice. The…
Christina Litz, whose resume includes executive stints with the Canadian Football League, Woodbine Entertainment and Manitoba’s True North Sports and Entertainment, has been named president of the Northern Super League. The new professional women’s soccer league is slated to begin next April with franchises in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax. “We’re really excited…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two people were arrested after a bus slammed into an electrical transmission tower in a weekend crash that left thousands in the dark on Montreal’s south shore. Longueuil police say the driver of the bus, a man in his 60s, is accused of dangerous driving causing injury….
Late last month, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, stating that Alberta would pull out of the federal government’s dental care plan by 2026. Instead, the province would seek a negotiation to secure Alberta’s share of federal funding to reshape dental care coverage as it sees fit. The Canadian…
