Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Vancouver SRO, operated by Atira, which receives most of its funding from the B.C. government, was recently kept open for months for only two tenants. Now, the Gastown rooming house only has one tenant. Robert, who did not provide his last name, is the last tenant…
Siblings Joseph Lambert and Donna Morin wait anxiously at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport for a sister they’ve never met. “I’ll probably just be crying, it’s hard to say what’s going to happen because I’m in shock still,” said Morin. They and their sister, Melody Roberts, are ’60s Scoop survivors, and were separated from their family…
By Bella Finn Global News Posted May 20, 2026 12:35 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Fifteen-year-old Calgary student, Ania Udofia, has placed at this year’s World of 8 Billion International Student Video Contest. Anie was one of 5,000 students to enter the competition, but her project examining methods…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Nakon’i’a with Kunsi is a TV puppet show to hit the screens in the coming year about learning the Nakoda language. The show is currently in production in Saskatoon, and it was all inspired by a close friend of the director. “She teaches children, you know, teaches…
Canada’s agriculture minister says he had dialog with a bunch of Saskatchewan agriculture stakeholders Tuesday, as he continues session with stakeholders from throughout the nation on the federal government’s framework for future agriculture insurance policies. Minister Heath MacDonald says sitting down with trade leaders, together with administrators of analysis councils, producer associations and college deans,…
The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has spent years digging in provincial archives, looking for death records of children from the time a residential school operated on the nation. Now, it says it has evidence dozens of children died while attending the St. Francis Xavier Residential School that was operated on the First Nation in the…
A weekend fire at the Fairview homeless encampment in Penticton, B.C., has renewed concerns about public safety and prompted more calls for immediate action to mitigate the risks. On Saturday evening, fast-moving flames erupted at the site along a busy stretch of Highway 97. Black plumes of smoke billowed in the sky while sounds of…
With the injuries really starting to pile up, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers added three more players to their training camp roster on Tuesday. The club called in some reinforcements for week two of camp with the number of injured players now in the double digits. The Bombers signed former Manitoba Bisons quarterback Jackson Tachinski, former…
Prime Minister Mark Carney is touting the start of construction at a Quebec graphite mine that is slated to become the largest of its kind in North America, once completed. The Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Matawinie mine in Quebec’s Lanaudière region is expected to produce 106,000 tonnes of graphite annually. Speaking to reporters at the mine, Carney said that no other…
Multiple tornado warnings are in effect across parts of southern Ontario Tuesday evening as severe thunderstorms move through the region, prompting Environment Canada to warn of possible tornadoes, destructive winds and large hail. Environment Canada has issued tornado warnings for areas including Brantford and the County of Brant, Simcoe-Delhi-Norfolk, and Woodstock-Tillsonburg-Oxford County. Anthony Farnell, Global…
