There are concerns being raised about government spending in B.C. in connection with some struggling businesses and an almost empty SRO hotel. The Broadway Subway Project has already caused business owners in the area to express frustration with long delays and declining revenue. Now, SportCheck has announced it is about to close its Mount Pleasant…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The feud between the City of Wetaskiwin and its mayor, Joe Branco, found some middle ground on Tuesday, announcing they came to a court-approved interim agreement to lift his ban. The court order states that Branco can officially return after he retakes a respectful workplace training course…
Manitoba has gained a net 4,725 health-care workers since October 2023, according to the provincial government. Among the new full-time and part-time workers were 370 physicians, 1,464 nurses, 2,152 health-care aides and 607 allied health professionals, the government said in a news release. Fifty-nine new medical residents, 67 physician or clinical assistants and six midwives…
A woman who drove the wrong way on a highway and collided with another vehicle, killing the two people inside and injuring her own children, has been pre-approved for day parole. Brittany Barry, 35, pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death following the crash near Saskatoon on Oct. 19, 2024. Following the crash, she provided…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Live Younger, Medical Aesthetics Calgary, on Talk to the Experts at 12 p.m. on QR Calgary. What if aging didn’t have to mean slowing down? Live Younger is a private wellness clinic in Calgary specializing in personalized, preventive, and precision-based health solutions. Their approach focuses on identifying the…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A temporary emergency department is expected to open within three weeks in a western Manitoba city that was hit by extreme flooding earlier this summer. Premier Wab Kinew says ER services in Dauphin, Man., will be set up at a temporary facility. The city’s health centre closed when heavy rainfalls caused flooding to the basement and took out power. “We’ve heard you loud and clear, Dauphin. You need these…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Crown prosecutors have filed an appeal to overturn a rare post-verdict mistrial declared last month in Frank Stronach’s sexual assault conviction. The mistrial relates to a sexual assault charge involving someone who had worked at a business Stronach owned and who filed a civil complaint that was…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen says about 150 structures have been damaged or destroyed by the Bald Range wildfire, 40 of which are in the district of Summerland. The Bald Range wildfire is still listed as out of control and has now grown to 21,391 hectares since…
Pop star Selena Gomez’s legal team is speaking out after she was accused of fraud in a lawsuit by investors who say she failed to fulfil her duties to build and promote her mental health startup. Gomez’s lawyer, Mathew S. Rosengart, shared a statement with People and Rolling Stone, saying, “The allegations that Selena Gomez…
A single-vehicle crash knocked over a number of hydro poles in Brampton, Ont., Tuesday morning, causing thousands of homes and businesses to lose power. Peel police were called to the scene on Rosedale Avenue just off Main Street North around 1:15 a.m. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so…
