One of four survivors who was trapped inside the cabin of a motorized boat that crashed near Outer Harbour Marina on May 31, 2022, recalled the panic and fear she experienced that night in court Thursday. “When the boat crashed, we were stuck down there for probably 45 minutes. The boat was slanted. It was … Read more
By n The Canadian Pressn The Canadian Press Posted March 20, 2025 4:06 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size DUNEDIN – Bowden Francis earned a win with by far his best outing this spring, Anthony Santander drove in three runs, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay … Read more
Ontario business and education leaders are calling on the Ford government to increase funding to colleges and universities as a strategy to defend the province from the looming threat of U.S. tariffs. After Doug Ford swore in his new cabinet on Wednesday, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, Colleges Ontario and the Council of Ontario Universities … Read more
The two men vying for the leadership of Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative party squared off Wednesday night in a debate that touched on crime, health care, taxes and other issues. Obby Khan, a former cabinet minister who now sits on the Opposition side of the legislature, again pitched himself as a big-tent conservative who could help … Read more
The 2025 Saskatchewan budget is working to improve health care throughout the province by increasing funding, working on improving access and hiring more professionals. Emergency medical services will be getting $6.6 million in funding for new paramedics. Diagnostic imaging will be receiving $6 million to increase specialized medical imaging in an attempt to help reduce wait … Read more
In the Saskatchewan provincial budget announced on Wednesday the education sector will be receiving an overall budget of $3.5 billion – an increase of $183.5 million or 5.5 per cent from last year’s budget. “We really feel that the government has responded to some of the things we’ve been advocating for,” said Shawn Davidson, Saskatchewan School … Read more
It’s a common joke that college kids survive on cheap ramen noodles and Kraft Dinner, but food insecurity is a very real problem post-secondary students face across Canada. According to Kathleen Massey, the vice-provost students at the University of Lethbridge, 20 per cent of students on campus are devoid of food on a regular basis, … Read more
It was an extended vacation in Mexico — the kind no one asked for. Instead of extra hours on the beach, hundreds of WestJet passengers spent the better part of two days in the Cancun airport, after facing repeated delays beginning with their scheduled flight home on Thursday, Jan. 31. Some 55 hours later, they … Read more
By Joshua Clipperton The Canadian Press Posted March 19, 2025 9:50 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Joseph Woll was outstanding in making 38 saves and Steven Lorentz scored short-handed early in the third period as the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Wednesday … Read more
On the second floor of the Luugat SRO in the former Howard Johnson hotel on Vancouver’s Granville strip, a memorial wall honours the lives lost since the building became supportive housing. “Those are most of my friends from Strathcona,” resident Douglas Ehret told Global News as he recited a handful of some of the two … Read more