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Early, intense wildfire season makes Canada-U.S. resource-sharing impossible: Ottawa
WASHINGTON - The federal government says neither Canada nor the United States can lend each other any extra firefighters as they deal with one of the most severe wildfire seasons in recent memory. Las...
Aug 4, 2021
No COVID restrictions for Rider shuttles
As the Saskatchewan Roughriders take to the field for the first time in nearly two years and Mosaic Stadium will be able to be full for the first time in 16 months, those won't be the only things near...
Aug 4, 2021
No losses of public money according to provincial reports
The most recent quarterly reports on losses of public money have been released, showing no losses by the Ministry of Advanced Education and the Ministry of Health in the most recent fiscal quarter.The...
Aug 4, 2021
MLCN man accused of arson and attempted murder following early morning house fire
RCMP say three people were inside a home that was deliberately set on fire early Monday morning on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation.Fortunately no one was hurt, but the house was extensively damaged.Wask...
Aug 4, 2021
Quebec to create permanent unit of provincial and Montreal police to fight gun crime
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it will create a mixed unit of provincial and Montreal police to fight a rise in gun violence in the province's biggest city. Genevive Guilbault told reporters to...
Aug 4, 2021
Search in Nova Scotia fails to find any unmarked graves linked to residential school
SHUBENACADIE, N.S. - A team of Nova Scotia researchers confirmed today they were unable to find any unmarked graves for students who died while attending the largest residential school in Atlantic Can...
Aug 4, 2021
10 cases of legionnaires' disease in Montreal, two people have died: public health
Montreal public health officials say they are investigating after two people died of legionnaires' disease in the eastern part of the city. The public health department says 10 cases of the disease, w...
Aug 4, 2021
Fixing long-term care in Canada could cost $13.7B, budget watchdog estimates
OTTAWA - Canada's national budget watchdog says fixing the country's long-term care system would come with a hefty price tag. A report published this morning by parliamentary budget officer Yves Girou...
Aug 4, 2021
Ticats relish the opportunity to end lengthy Grey Cup drought at Tim Hortons Field
Much of the sting might be gone, but Brandon Banks will draw upon the pain of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' 2019 Grey Cup loss when the CFL finally resumes play. Banks and the Ticats will kick off the '21 ...
Aug 4, 2021
High winds put off Royal St. John's Regatta and civic holiday in N.L.'s capital
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A historic rowing race and a civic holiday in Newfoundland and Labrador's capital have been postponed today because of high winds. The Royal St. John's Regatta committee said this m...
Aug 4, 2021
