The St. Mary’s Academy Flames prep team is getting ready for playoffs, despite it being a very emotional time. The all-girls private Catholic school is cutting the program and this will be the final season. “It took everybody by complete surprise,” Jamie Bettens, who has a daughter on the team, said. This elite sports program…
Loblaw Companies Ltd. is seeing more participation in its popular PC Optimum loyalty program — and more points being redeemed at checkout. Customers redeemed more than a billion dollars’ worth of Optimum points in 2024, according to Loblaw’s annual report. There are more than 17 million active Optimum users. The strength of the program caused…
Fresh off a World Cup silver medal in monobob, Canada’s Cynthia Appiah is feeling a deep sense of national pride after making it onto the podium. “I think a lot of people are digging their heels into what it means to be a Canadian,” Appiah told CBC Sports. “For me, that moment, I did it my…
Saskatchewan passed additional regulations to combat the use of bear spray as a street weapon in December. But Saskatoon police reported 10 bear spray attacks over the long weekend alone, raising concerns of regulation effectiveness and safety in public spaces. Since the implementation of The Safe Public Spaces Act, Saskatoon police reported 23 bear spray…
A Saskatchewan agricultural company is asking Canada’s highest court to rule on whether responding to a contract proposal with a thumbs-up emoji is a legally binding signature. Achter Land & Cattle Ltd, which grows and sells grain, previously unsuccessfully appealed a 2023 decision from the Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench that stated the grower had agreed to sell…
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. As Canada and the United States gear up for their highly anticipated rematch, here are some updates for the 4 Nations Face-Off final on Thursday night in Boston. Two of…
Sunwing Airlines says all flights heading to southern destinations from Toronto Pearson International Airport on Wednesday have been cancelled as the airline works to return customers stranded abroad by a slew of recent flight delays. The airline said in a statement on its website that the cancellations for Feb. 19 are being done to get…
The federal government confirmed that small businesses will have to pay tax on their carbon rebate, despite government promises otherwise, because Parliament can’t currently pass legislation to make the payment exempt from income taxes. But if legislation eventually passes to do that, the government says businesses can apply for a rebate for the taxes paid…
Canada started to wobble Monday afternoon. Having built a commanding 4-0 lead over Finland, and with a spot in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game looking certain, the team in red finally surrendered a goal in the third period. And then two more as the Finns pressed 6-on-5 in the final two minutes to make…
“I thought it was going to ignite.” Those were the words Peter Carlson, a paramedic from Minnesota on board the Delta Air Lines flight that crashed on Monday, told Global News. Passengers aboard Delta Air Lines Flight 4819, which made an emergency crash-landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday, have shared their intense and…
