The Canadian Country Music Association got its annual award show underway Saturday by handing out the trophy for breakthrough performer of the year to former American Idol contestant Cameron Whitcomb. It was the first nomination for Whitcomb, who hails from Nanaimo, B.C. It follows the release of his track Quitter, a gritty, foot-stomping anthem that croons to…
It was a surreal scene in Halifax on Friday as Canada kicked off its Davis Cup tennis tie against Israel behind closed doors at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. Save for athletes and staff of the two teams and the necessary officials, who were either on the court or courtside, the venue that normally holds over…
Disciplinary action against two Calgary Police Service officers in the fatal shooting of a man in a northeast Calgary motel room ten years ago will be withdrawn. The reasons cited in a letter to Anthony Heffernan’s family for dropping the allegations against the officers included the length of time that has passed since the incident…
The Federal Court of Appeal has denied an application for another stay order to delay a cull of about 400 ostriches at a British Columbia farm that was hit by an outbreak of avian influenza, removing a legal block against the slaughter proceeding. Katie Pasitney, the spokesperson for Universal Ostrich Farms, said Friday’s ruling means an interim stay granted…
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 far as podium appearances go, Canada’s track and field athletes have been pretty consistent at the big global championships so far this decade. They won six medals at the…
With the cost of housing higher in big cities, some Albertans are looking to smaller communities in order to have better quality of living. With that in mind, officials in a town southwest of Edmonton say a new project is just the beginning of the community’s growth. “The whole region is booming, people are moving…
More than three and a half years after six people were killed in one of the deadliest workplace incidents in Ottawa’s history — a 2022 explosion at an Ottawa tank truck manufacturing facility — Ottawa police have laid criminal charges against the company’s owner, Neil Greene. The 54-year-old is facing six counts of criminal negligence causing the deaths of Eastway Tank,…
Citing illness, Canadian rider Mike Woods has pulled out of Sunday’s Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal. Israel-Premier Tech said the 38-year-old from Ottawa has been “suffering from illness in the past week and will require surgery for a hernia, which has made racing impossible.” Sunday’s 209.1-kilometre race in Montreal follows a 216-kilometre race Friday in…
A year and a half after residents were forced out of their affordable housing complex near downtown Kelowna, B.C., the roughly 80 residents received news this week they will never return to the building again. “I was a little caught off-guard to hear that there was a new building intended for Wilson-Hadgraft Place and Pathways,”…
One child has been killed and six other children were injured after a vehicle drove into a daycare in Richmond Hill, Ont., on Wednesday, police say. Police say the child who died was a one and a half-year-old boy. He was pronounced dead in hospital. Of the six other children hurt, one is in hospital with…
