At least three political parties will run candidates in Calgary’s upcoming municipal election, with the third officially certified this week. A Better Calgary (ABC) announced it has been certified by Elections Calgary as a municipal political party, with candidates confirmed in seven of Calgary’s 14 wards in October’s election. So far those candidates are Gordon Elliott in…
Hundreds of protests at Tesla showrooms around the world are expected on Saturday, including multiple demonstrations organized across Canada. Dubbed the Tesla Takedown’s Global Day of Action, it is the latest demonstration by those who object to the role Tesla CEO Elon Musk has played in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Demonstrators say they…
Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier sit second at the figure skating world championships after scoring 86.44 points in the rhythm dance on Friday in Boston. Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States earned a season-best score of 90.18 to take the lead as they chase a third consecutive world title. In what has fast become the…
With the summer season only a couple of months away, residents of tent encampments throughout the city have seen an increase in population. William Thompson has been a resident of the Geary Street encampment for a month but has been sleeping rough for the past year. “In the past week, we’ve had at least three,…
A prominent legal organization is facing criticism for cancelling a speech by a noted entrepreneur and humanitarian advocate after, it says, some members expressed concerns about his position on Israel’s war in Gaza. Tareq Hadhad, the founder of Peace by Chocolate, had been selected by the Advocates’ Society, a national non-profit group made up of some 6,000 judges, lawyers and…
The war of words over Alphonso Davies’ knee injury cooled somewhat Thursday with a conciliatory communique from the Canada captain’s agent. In the wake of Bayern Munich’s announcement Wednesday that Davies had torn his anterior cruciate ligament in Canada’s 2-1 weekend win over the U.S. in the CONCACAF Nations League third-place game in Inglewood, Calif.,…
A Vancouver Island curling club is going viral on Tiktok, and not for throwing rocks. Instead, it’s a video of steel beer kegs sliding down the sheet that’s blowing up the internet, racking up more than 4 million views in just three days. The Comox Valley Curling Centre held its fifth beer keg curling event…
The country’s most wanted fugitive, Dave “Pik” Turmel, has been arrested in Italy, police sources have confirmed to Radio-Canada. The 28-year-old, who has been on the run for over a year, is believed to be the leader of the Blood Family Mafia (BFM). The notorious street gang is involved in brutal turf wars in Quebec during…
American figure skater Alysa Liu assumed the lead after the short program on the opening night of the world championships on Wednesday, proving that the Olympian is much farther along in her comeback from retirement than almost anyone thought. The 19-year-old from Clovis, Calif., had to fight back some tears — and stop some lips…
There was a heavy RCMP and city bylaw presence at Kelowna, B.C.’s tent city Wednesday morning as residents sheltering on site woke up to some major changes. “We woke up and the fence was around us, all the way around the entirety of this place,” said tent city resident Blake Mercury. The city conducts a…
