Descrease article font size Increase article font size With a brutal flooding season across Saskatchewan, many roads and bridges in rural municipalities are still underwater. With 35 local states of emergency declared, affected communities in the province are concerned with the amount of time and money repairs will take. “We’re a very small community in…
Asymmetric Obligations, Unequal Concessions and Pakistan’s Weaponisation Part I: The Architecture of Inequity — How India’s Goodwill Was Codified into Concession 1. Background: The Partition of a River System The Indus River System comprises six major rivers—the Indus, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej—flowing through the territories of both India and Pakistan. The system sustains…
By Hannah Sangster Global News Posted May 6, 2026 11:06 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size International leaders from Mexico, Canada and the United States gathered at Hotel Saskatchewan on May 6, 2026, to discuss energy, food and manufacturing security at the NASCO Conference. Premier Scott Moe took to…
The sounds of drums filled downtown Kelowna, B.C., Tuesday morning as part of a national day of awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. Kelowna’s Red Dress event was organized by the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society but took place across B.C., Canada and beyond. “Today is just an important day to think about…
As residents at the Crown Villa mobile home park in Vernon, B.C., begin a fourth week without power, some are trying to still make do as best they can. “We are just hanging in there,” said resident Lisa Cantafio-Anderson. Cantafio-Anderson said they are using a fire pit and camping stove to cook and using bottled…
A popular social media trend of racing through the hallways of Church of Scientology locations has come to Vancouver, with one teenager arrested though later released. Known as “speed running,” participants have entered the church’s Hollywood, Calif., locations and raced through hallways while attempting to avoid security guards and see how far they can get…
The Toronto Police Service is asking for the public’s help identifying a vehicle linked to a suspected hate-motivated assault in the city’s north end. Police say the incident happened April 30 in the Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue West area, where a suspect in a vehicle allegedly fired an Orbeez-style replica gun at victims who…
Thursday was a night to forget for the Edmonton Oilers, dropping their first-round series to the Anaheim Ducks and making an early exit from the Stanley Cup playoffs. The air was a little heavy for fans the day after, still coming to terms with the loss. “Obviously a tough Friday for everybody this morning,” said…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size One of music’s most successful artists is wading into the debate over lifeguards at Vancouver beaches. Peter Gabriel, originally part of Genesis, might never have reached the “Big Time” in 1986 if it had not been for a Vancouver lifeguard three years earlier. In a Facebook post,…
While relieved a dumpster fire behind his Kelowna, B.C., furniture store didn’t spread, it’s just the latest blaze Gaeten Benoit says he’s had to contend with. “I extinguished two fires last year,” said Benoit, who owns Treehouse Interiors on Windsor Road off of Spall Road. Sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, a fire broke…
