The Humboldt Broncos released their 2017-18 financial statement and revealed they received nearly $1.6 million in donations in just seven weeks after the April 6 tragedy. Sixteen people were killed and 13 injured when the team’s bus and a semi collided at an intersection in eastern Saskatchewan. The statement, which runs from April 1, 2017, […]
The long lineups outside of the Société québécoise du cannabis stores (SQDC) have become a problem for neighbouring businesses. Tutti Va Bene, a store at the corner of Mansfield and Ste-Catherine streets, has even resorted to installing stanchions to create a path to their doorway. Allan Landry, a salesman at the store, says that having their […]
A group of Montreal-area residents is determined to halt the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) light-rail train project and they claim the venture should be more environmentally friendly. They appeared before the Quebec Court of Appeal Friday in an effort to reverse a Quebec Superior Court decision last December that dismissed the group’s efforts to delay […]
The video from September shows police in Boca Raton, Florida, finding Sayoc asleep in his van, which was covered with political stickers. He had been parked at a gym and told officers he was resting after his shift and before working out. The officers speak with Sayoc for some minutes and he seems cooperative, telling […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) -US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday (Oct 31) Washington hoped the second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would take place early next year “where we can make a substantial breakthrough in taking down the nuclear threat from North Korea”. Washington has demanded […]
Two people have been killed in a highway collision involving four vehicles just south of Regina. RCMP say the crash happened last evening on Highway 6 and initially involved a van and a truck. A 78-year-old woman at the wheel of the van and an 83-year-old man who was driving the truck died at the […]
For one night, the Swift Current and Humboldt Broncos will wear the same jersey in a fundraiser for STARS. It’s no small feat to capture the legacy and loss of the storied franchises in one image. So when the teams decided to create a specialty jersey that honoured both clubs, who better to turn to […]
Agricultural experts say jobs in the industry today go beyond just driving a tractor as farmers embrace new technologies. According to Farm and Food Care — a lobby group for farmers across Ontario — the agriculture and food and beverage sector industry provides about $34 billion to the province’s economy. And according to Steve Brackenridge, the director of […]
Canada’s unemployment rate edged back down to its four-decade low of 5.8 per cent last month as job growth was essentially flat and fewer people searched for work, Statistics Canada said Friday. The latest labour force survey says the country added 11,200 net new jobs in October — including a gain of 33,900 full-time positions — but […]
A special trick-or-treater stopped for candy in Headingley, just outside of Winnipeg, for Halloween this year. Canadian country singer Brett Kissel posted on social media thanking the Manitoba community for letting his family of five (including the dog) go door-to-door for candy. Watch: Brett Kissel talks fatherhood Kissel said he knew being on tour would […]