People in a small southwestern Saskatchewan city are cleaning up after a sudden dump of rain caused parts of the downtown to be flooded. It’s been dry in Swift Current for months, but that all changed when the skies opened up on Tuesday afternoon. Everett Hindley, the legislature member for the area, says the rain […]
Evraz Inc Canada has been fined over $100,000 for the second time in three months in a Saskatchewan court. This time, the Toronto-based company pleaded guilty to one charge with two other charges being withdrawn. The charges stem from an incident on Sept. 30, 2016, in Regina. A worker’s foot was injured when it struck […]
How does a country recover from centuries of slavery and racism? In the US, a growing number of voices are saying the answer is reparations. Reparations are a restitution for slavery – an apology and repayment to black citizens whose ancestors were forced into the slave trade. It’s a policy notion that many black academics […]
Cambridge council approved the location for a new recreational facility on Tuesday night. The facility, which will include a pool, multiple gymnasiums and a fitness track, will be built in the Galt area of the city. “Determining the location and the programming components has been a complicated task,” Cambridge Mayor Kathryn McGarry said in a […]
An appeal is underway for a Moncton woman serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of a teenage friend. Last May, Marissa Shephard was found guilty of first degree murder and arson, with disregard for human life, in connection to the death of 18-year-old Baylee Wylie. During the jury trial, the court heard that […]
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says OC Transpo customers should expect to ride the city’s light-rail transit system by the time school starts up in the fall. The mayor spoke to media after a meeting with members of the Rideau Transit Group, which manufactures the trains. RTG expects to have the trains fully completed by July […]
Two streets in Winnipeg’s St. Vital neighbourhood now permanently honour a young boy who was struck and killed by a vehicle there last spring. Two signs at the corner of Varennes Avenue and St. Anne’s Road now mark the street with an honorary name — Surafiel Way, in memory of Surafiel Musse Tesfamariam. Eight-year-old Surafiel […]
The real estate market in B.C. is one of the most unaffordable real estate markets in the world. In May, a panel of experts found that the impact of alleged money laundering in B.C. pushed up real estate prices by 3.7 to 7.5 per cent. On this episode of Wait, There’s More, host Tamara Khandaker […]
On Tuesday night in Orlando, Florida, Donald Trump “officially” kicked off his presidential re-election bid. Of course, everyone knew he was going to run for re-election. That was hardly a surprise. He filed his 2020 paperwork the day after his January 2017 inauguration, and he’s been holding regular campaign-style rallies across key battleground states ever […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Since as early as the 1960s, defense lawyers have introduced the idea that people accused of violent crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people had acted in a state of temporary insanity caused and justified by their victim’s […]