By Hannah Sangster Global News Posted August 11, 2026 9:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two people are in hospital after a workplace incident in Regina’s downtown. Police arrived on scene along with fire and EMS and found two men injured. They were taken to hospital with what…
For months, residents of Sherwood Park’s Glen Allen neighbourhood have been fed up with a property where an overnight fire this past weekend was the latest in a series of incidents at the home. Around 2 a.m. Sunday, flames could be seen jumping out the front window at 58 Glengarry Crescent. The fire was eventually…
By Dayne Patterson The Canadian Press Posted August 11, 2026 7:13 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Calgary police officer shot twice in a brazen gunfight in a city park on Monday has been released from hospital. Police say the officer is recovering and Edworthy Park has since…
The number of support requests Kids Help Phone receives at night is increasing across Canada, the e-mental health support service said. Demands for reach-outs via text from the hours of 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. eastern time are 183 per cent higher than those received during the day, Kids Help Phone said in a news…
Manitoba’s addictions minister says it’s a special but bittersweet day as the province opens its first supervised consumption site. Bernadette Smith said Tuesday that the site in central Winnipeg is long overdue and will help get people the care they need. “We can’t treat people who aren’t alive,” said Smith. “So this is a place…
Curaleaf Holdings Inc. says it intends to launch a takeover bid for Edmonton-based cannabis company Aurora Cannabis Inc. Curaleaf said in a news release on Tuesday it plans to make an offer to purchase all of Aurora’s issued and outstanding common shares. If successful, the move would create a combined cannabis company with a footprint…
CF Montréal has made a major splash, signing Chilean legend Alexis Sanchez through the abbreviated 2027 Major League Soccer sprint season on Tuesday. The agreement includes a club option for the 2027-28 campaign. The 37-year-old forward becomes the MLS club’s highest-profile signing since former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba joined in 2015. The value of the…
Food producer Taylor Fresh Foods, the parent company of Taylor Farms, said it has voluntarily recalled several of its prepared foods with jalapenos due to possible salmonella contamination, including salsa, taco dip, pico de gallo and guacamole. The announcement comes a few weeks after Taylor Farms voluntarily recalled its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central…
Ontario officials say the wildfire season and response is trending in the right direction, but the province is not yet in the clear. “While we are seeing fewer fire starts, our work does not end here,” Mike Harris, minister of natural resources, said in an update Tuesday. There are currently 152 active fires across Ontario,…
More than 41,000 vehicles crossed the new Gordie Howe International Bridge from the U.S. into Canada in its first five days of operation, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The agency says preliminary inbound traffic figures show 18,900 Canadian resident return trips to Windsor from Detroit between July 27 and 31. During the same period, 18,100 U.S….
