Former deputy finance minister and businessman Michael Sabia has been named the next head of Canada’s public service. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that he would be tapping Sabia as the next clerk of the Privy Council in a news release on Wednesday. “Mr. Sabia brings over three decades of expertise across the public and…
The defence teams for five former world junior hockey players accused of sexual assault continued making their closing arguments Tuesday. Meanwhile, Justice Maria Carroccia said she’ll deliver her decisions in late July. Source link
The calls to solve the doctor shortage crisis at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) are growing and getting louder by the day. “There is hurt and there’s anger that it took so long and it took a crisis of this level,” said Dr. Alysha MacKenzie-Feder, a Kelowna, B.C., pediatrician who resigned from the hospital in 2024….
Juliette Powell, a former MuchMusic host and the first Black woman to be crowned Miss Canada, has died at the age of 54. Powell, who was born in New York but moved to Montreal as a child with her French Canadian mother, died unexpectedly on June 3 after falling ill with acute bacterial meningitis, according to an obituary posted…
The Florida Panthers have taken control of Game 3, with Sam Bennett scoring seven minutes into the second period to give his team a 4-1 lead. Corey Perry got the Edmonton Oilers on the board with a power play goal early in the period, but the Panthers were quick to respond with Sam Reinhart getting a third…
A 0.5-hectare wildfire is burning out of control in Squamish, B.C., just above some homes in the Northridge area. The BC Wildfire Centre expects the fire to spread. Source link
The RCMP lost a USB key containing personal information about victims, witnesses and informants, and later learned it was being offered for sale by criminals, the federal privacy watchdog says. A detailed report from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada reveals the RCMP told the watchdog about the breach in March 2022, prompting a…
Despite recent evidence to the contrary, Ryan Fox doesn’t consider himself a playoff specialist. The New Zealander beat American Sam Burns in a four-hole playoff to win the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday, the second win of his PGA Tour career. The first also came in a playoff on May 11 when he birdied the…
By Darryl Greer The Canadian Press Posted June 8, 2025 5:51 pm Updated June 8, 2025 6:14 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in North Vancouver say an 11-year-old child is dead and another is in hospital after a speedboat hit them while they were being towed on…
As Alberta gears up to host leaders from some of the world’s most powerful nations at the upcoming G7 summit, we’re looking back at the most newsworthy headlines from the last time the high-profile event was held in Kananaskis, 23 years ago. Former prime minister Jean Chrétien met with world leaders at the 2002 G8 summit, when the…
