Unemployment is on the rise in Kelowna as businesses are forced to make difficult decisions amid current economic conditions. The Salt and Brick restaurant, once a thriving dining spot in downtown Kelowna, closed for good last month after the owner cited a tough business climate. “It just didn’t make business sense to be open any…
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Nearly 60 years after she went missing in the Nevada desert, a Calgary woman’s remains have been identified, but the circumstances surrounding her death remain murky. Anna Sylvia Just was initially reported…
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Owen Goodman feels as though he’s always been Canadian. To play for the men’s national soccer team, he needed to prove it. Last month, the 21-year-old goalkeeper received an email from his…
On Remembrance Day, Bruno Plourde said his thoughts were with a comrade he lost while the two were deployed in Afghanistan. “We have a special place in our heart for him today,” he said Tuesday morning from Montreal’s Place du Canada. “For all the people that lost their lives — or who sometimes came back,…
The Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) in southern Ontario was a toxic workplace where officials failed to adequately address harassment and management aggressively fought officers seeking mental health support, according to newly released records. The findings by investigators are included in the Ontario Civilian Police Commission’s (OCPC) report into the workplace culture, policies and procedures…
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Esther Okoronkwo’s goal of making it to the Northern Super League inaugural championship game has been achieved. The 28-year-old attacker scored three times in the first 27 minutes of Monday’s semifinal match…
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says his goal is to help make Canada the NATO partner of choice when it comes to supplying critical minerals as defence becomes a focus for many countries. Refining is the “name of the game” and Canada can do better than just shipping those high-demand materials south in their raw form,…
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccine. Source link
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Atlético Ottawa have claimed their first ever Canadian Premier League title, winning a chilly November thriller 2-1 in extra time over Calgary-based Cavalry FC. David Rodriguez scored the game winner in the…
Recent solar activity has Calgary photographer Matt Melnyk excited to capture shots of the night sky. “The sun is extremely active right now. There are massively big sunspots that are coming into view,” explained Melnyk. “Just this morning one of those sunspots caused an ex-flare (solar flare), which produced a full halo CME (coronal mass…
