City councillors will be talking about several major civic projects on Monday, including the BMO centre, Arts Commons renovations and a new event centre and arena in Victoria Park. Related ‘Arts Commons’ announced as new name for performing arts centre Calgary council officially invites Flames to reignite arena talks $500M funding plan for BMO Centre expansion […]
If you bought a lawnmower in Canada between 1994 and 2012, you could be entitled to some lawsuit money. A class-action lawsuit against a handful of major lawnmower companies has been settled. The suit alleges the companies mislabelled their products to show a higher horsepower rating than what was actually in the lawnmower. Now $7.5 million […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – President Donald Trump said on Friday (Jan 25) he has reached a deal with US lawmakers for three weeks in stop-gap funding that would end a partial US government shutdown now in its 35th day, with a senior Democratic aide saying that money the president demanded for a border wall is not […]
After so many years spent serving the community, Dr. Shelley Rinehart is somewhat uncomfortable with the attention that comes with her latest accolade. Rinehart is the 2019 recipient of the Red Triangle Award, given out by the Saint John YMCA to “recognize long and meritorious service, outstanding contributions and achievement in the community.” The award […]
Hamilton’s Medical Officer of Health has issued a cold weather alert effective overnight Friday into Saturday. An alert is issued when current or anticipated weather conditions are at or below -15 C or -20 C with wind chill. Environment Canada is forecasting a low of -16 C Friday night and it will feel like -25 […]
The Allan and District Communiplex is where Logan Schatz started his hockey journey. “He was three-years-old when he started his first year of hockey in Allan,” Logan’s mom Bonnie Schatz explained. Logan started playing novice hockey for the Allan Flames, but later played in various communities. Eventually, his love for the game took him to […]
SAN FRANCISCO (NYTIMES) – Mr Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, plans to integrate the social network’s messaging services – WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger – asserting his control over the company’s sprawling divisions at a time when its business has been battered by scandals. The move, described by four people involved in the effort, requires […]
She remembered her older cousin urging her to keep it a secret. He had said she would get in trouble if she told anyone that he had touched her. How her grandmother would be upset. A year later, as she walked home from school, two boys forced her into a Victorian house and raped her. […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continued a tour of New Brunswick Thursday. The prime minister began the day with pre-school students at Origins Natural Learning Childcare in Quispamsis, N.B. He was there to promote the Canada Child Benefit but an undertone of an impending election was in the air. Trudeau attended an event Wednesday for Fundy […]
LIMA (AFP) – A Peruvian passenger bus plunged into a river bed on Friday (Jan 25), killing at least 10 people and injuring 30, rescue services said. The bus was transporting about 50 passengers from Lima to Tarapoto, a 20-hour drive north, when it careened into the Huallaga, in a forested region less than halfway […]