The family of an Edmonton woman who was shot and killed by Calgary police during a confrontation on Deerfoot Trail in June says she was struggling with her mental health at the time of her death. Adam Vaananen says he was horrified when police officers showed up at his door to tell him the mother…
Passengers at a downtown Toronto subway station have recently been greeted by a pop of Calgary-coded colours as part of a new effort to encourage visitors to the city. Although TMU station isn’t where Laura Carwardine typically gets off the train, the palette prompted a detour in her commute to get a closer look. “I…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Winnipeg Jets and the Manitoba Moose are getting a new ECHL affiliate after the end of their partnership with the Norfolk Admirals. The Jets announced a new ECHL affiliation agreement with the Bloomington Bison in Illinois, but it’s only for one year. This will be just…
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What ought to have been a routine begin to the work day shortly was heartbreak for Chloe Kook and her co-workers, who discovered a lot of their strawberry crop decimated once they arrived at their Saskatoon-area farm Monday morning. “Once we confirmed up, we noticed much more hail injury than we had been anticipating,” Kook,…
Alberta’s new auditor general, Phil Peters, says he expects his investigation into a health-care contracting scandal to be complete by the end of this year. The province’s previous auditor general, Doug Wylie, finished his term in the spring, after Premier Danielle Smith’s government opted not to extend his contract. Wylie had offered to stay on…
A new report from the World Health Organization warns that the number of people diagnosed with cancer each year is expected to surge over the next quarter-century. The report projects annual cancer diagnoses will climb from about 20 million today to nearly 35 million by 2050. While some cancers are declining thanks to prevention efforts,…
The man convicted in the 2006 killing of Misha Pavelick is appealing the seven-year youth sentence he was handed by a Saskatchewan court last month, court documents say. His identity is protected by a publication ban. The Regina man was 17 years old when Pavelick, 19, was stabbed and died at a graduation party at Kinookimaw…
Personal support workers with the Canadian Union of Public Employees gathered in Etobicoke on Wednesday to rally outside Premier Doug Ford’s office as unions continue to direct their anger at the Progressive Conservative leader. At the latest rally, attendees said they were worried about Ontario’s new regulatory body for personal support workers, fearing it could…
A document prepared for the federal artificial intelligence minister to use when pitching international investors on Canada’s AI ecosystem identifies a massive proposed increase in Canada’s data centre capacity. But spokespeople for the government pushed back strongly on the figure, saying it is not a projection of the capacity Canada expects to build, and the…
