TORONTO – Ontario’s government plans to launch a review of speed limits on provincial highways, with the transportation minister musing that some of those roads can safely handle traffic at 120 kilometres per hour. Here’s a look at the context around the issue: HOW ARE SPEED LIMITS DETERMINED? According to Mohamed Hussein, a transportation engineering […]
Police in the US have issued an urgent Amber Alert for missing five-year-old girl Maleah Davis who was reportedly kidnapped by three men in Texas. Houston Police are asking for the public's help to trace Maleah ,who they said was taken by three "unknown males" in north Houston, Texas on Friday and last seen yesterday […]
A group of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac flood victims are filing a class action lawsuit against the municipality. Steven Proulx, who is involved in the lawsuit, says that the goal is to give residents what they deserve. “I lost everything,” he told Global News. Hundreds of residents gathered Friday night in the off-island suburb to discuss the class […]
It can happen suddenly — a workplace accident. Every year in Canada, nearly 1,000 workers die as a result of their jobs. For the families left behind, they face a tough road. But there is one organization, Threads of Life, that offers support to 2,500 families across Canada and awareness to employers on workplace safety. […]
Writing off Western anger over federal energy policies as “alienation” is overly simplistic — it runs a whole lot deeper than that, one professor argues. In an interview with the West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, political scientist Barry Cooper from the University of Calgary said the term minimizes the frustrations of Albertans and Western Canadians while […]
A woman who claims to be the "hottest gran in the world" has celebrated her 40th birthday by visited a strip club in Las Vegas to "support single mums who dance for a living". Alica Vasquez, who works as a yoga teacher, shocked fans when she told them she had turned 40 but insists she's […]
Millions of pounds of chicken strips have been recalled following concerns they might be contaminated with metal. Tyson Foods, a US food processor, has recalled 11.8 million pounds (5.3m kg) of frozen chicken strips. Six people have complained after finding pieces of metal in the products, with three suffering injuries to their mouths. Tyson also […]
One man is dead after an incident that involved a Regina police officer on Saturday. Police say they received a disturbance call to an apartment complex on the 1900 block of Halifax Street just after 5:40 a.m. Once police arrived on the scene, they found a man armed with a knife allegedly holding a woman […]
A rugby tournament that honours the life of a former coach happened in Dartmouth on Saturday, just days after the federation that overlooks the sport tried to ban it throughout Nova Scotia high schools. The Davin Moxsom Rugby Tournament was hosted by the Dartmouth Pigdogs RFC in Burnside. The tournament is in support of the […]
After years of planning and a lot of construction, the Cor Van Raay YMCA has finally opened its doors to the public. “What an outstanding day this is for us; this has been a four-year journey for the YMCA in partnership with the city,” said Jennifer Petracek-Kolb, YMCA CEO. “I don’t have words to put […]