Several groups of good Samaritans came to the aid of commuters during the harrowing snowstorm that rocked BC’s Lower Mainland Tuesday night. For Alisha and Carl DeLeon, it was a night filled with distress as they both attempted to make it back to their North Delta home. For Alisha, who is 36 weeks pregnant, her … Read more
Ottawa’s new mayor has vowed to improve accountability and transparency around the city’s light rail network and implement “key recommendations” from a scathing report issued Wednesday by the LRT inquiry. At a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe said the 664-page report issued a few hours earlier by the Ottawa Light Rail Transit Public … Read more
Content item A group of civic employees who were fired by the city of Quesnel for failing to comply with a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy have had a lawsuit they filed against the authorities thrown out of court. Content item In November 2021, the city announced that it was important to act in alignment with … Read more
Photo: @Sodium229. The Alex Fraser Bridge was congested and closed for several hours Nov. 29, 2022, after a storm rolled through. BC’s Ministry of Transportation says a “full force” of de-icing crews and snowplows was still not enough to clear the Alex Fraser Bridge of snow Tuesday evening, leading to several car crashes that ultimately … Read more
Toronto got a lifeline Wednesday as it struggles to shore up its budget against ongoing damage from COVID-19 and the unexpected fallout from the province’s new housing bill. Premier Doug Ford’s government announced Wednesday it would fund one-third of the provincial capital’s 2022 pandemic-related operating budget shortfall, which the city’s latest estimates peg at more … Read more
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones said the province has “not seen a mass exodus of nurses” leaving the profession – a remark some nurses say is “dismissive” and “painful” to hear. “In fact, we have not seen a mass exodus of nurses leaving the system,” Jones said while speaking to reporters at Queen’s Park on … Read more
Like hundreds of Canadian seniors this year, Ilene Lawson received a terrifying phone call she won’t soon forget. She was told her granddaughter had been in a car accident and a loaded gun was found in the trunk. She was now in police custody. “I was freaking out. I was totally freaking out,” said Lawson … Read more
A spa village east of Toronto that made headlines last month after it was forced to close some of its facilities due to a ‘health hazard’ will reopen its pools on Thursday. In a post to social media Wednesday evening, the team behind Thermëa Spa Village in Whitby, Ont. provided the public with an update … Read more
Break-in caught on camera Rob Gibson – Nov 30, 2022 / 7:00 pm | Story: 399138 Photo: Erin Moore Stills from surveillance video of break-in Sunday. A Kelowna business owner is frustrated after being broken into last weekend. Erin Moore, owner of is. Salon on Ellis Street, says her salon was broken into on Sunday … Read more
Alberta RCMP are still investigating several people they believe were issuing orders to the men now accused of plotting to murder Mounties at an anti-pandemic restriction border blockade last winter, newly released court documents show. Police have identified a suspected leadership team outside of the Coutts border protest site that wanted to see not only … Read more
