The Royal Canadian Mint is honouring Canadians who landed at Juno beach 75 years ago with a new $2 coin commemorating the anniversary of D-Day. The first coin has been handed out to a New Brunswick veteran who was among the soldiers who stormed the beach in Normandy, France on June 6th, 1944. 99-year-old Alphonse […]
TORONTO – The Progressive Conservative government plans to rip up an agreement with The Beer Store in order to allow the sale of beer and wine in corner stores, but employees with the alcohol retailer are warning the move will come with a steep cost. The government tabled legislation Monday that would terminate a 10-year contract […]
Legislation to ratify the CUSMA/USMCA trade deal will come within days. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland gave notice of the bill in the House of Commons on Monday, meaning it can be tabled as soon as Wednesday. But there are still some key challenges facing the government in ratifying the renegotiated NAFTA deal including a […]
A Calgary woman has been convicted of Animal Protection Act offences and has been banned from owning or caring for animals for 15 years, according to the Calgary Humane Society. Samantha Zychowski, who was 21 at the time the animals were found and she was charged, was sentenced after officials found her to be responsible […]
When it comes to vehicles, peace of mind is what travellers want, especially when taking a road trip on unfamiliar highways. Before hitting the road, taking your car to a professional should be on the to-do list, according to Frame and Wheel Alignment Regina’s general manager Steve Karch. Related Experts, safety advocates caution self-driving cars […]
MEXICO CITY (AFP) – A Japanese man with 246 packets of cocaine in his stomach and intestines died mid-flight on his way from Bogota to Tokyo, authorities said Monday (May 27) in northern Mexico, where the plane made an emergency landing. The 42-year-old man, identified only as Udo “N,” began having a seizure after the […]
Canada is heading for negotiations over who owns the North Pole. After years of delay and political arm-twisting, Canada has made a claim to a vast portion of the Arctic seabed that includes the North Pole. The claim sets up the federal government for talks with Russian and Denmark, which had already filed their own […]
A man caught trying to cross the Canadian border at the Thousand Islands crossing with several thousand kilograms of undeclared cheese was fined tens of thousands of dollars. According to the Canada Border Services Agency, last year on Jan. 10, 2018, 50-year-old Haissam Azaar entered Canada from the United States, driving a truck carrying eight […]
A dozen Penticton search and rescue members helped evacuate an injured hiker from Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park on Sunday evening. The call came in around 6:15 p.m. Pensar used its helicopter long-line extraction team to bring the 43-year-old man out to a waiting ambulance. The hiker’s friends used a cell phone to call for help. […]
Police say two men were injured after a brick wall collapsed at a construction site in downtown Oshawa. It happened around 10 a.m. Monday morning at a storefront on Division Street and Elgin Street East. Emergency crews responded to the scene where workers appeared to be doing some work on the roof. Witnesses say one […]