Police have released the name of the man charged in connection with Tuesday’s savage assault on a nurse at Abbotsford Regional Hospital. Neale Rex Heath has been charged with aggravated assault and was set to appear in Abbotsford provincial court Thursday. Online court records list Heath’s birth year as 1957,...
Emergency crews say no one was injured when a large section of the Scarborough Bluffs stone face collapsed into Lake Ontario on Sunday afternoon, forcing police to cordon off the area. Just before 4 p.m. Sunday, beachgoers beneath the cliff side scrambled out of the way as a section of...
IKEA Canada kicks off its Black Friday campaign, redefining what it means to 'save' with a series of initiatives enabling Canadians to not only save money, but also water, energy, waste and resources. From November 16th to December 2nd, the retailer will offer double the assessed value back to...
The order closes non-essential businesses and child-care centres until May 12. Premier Doug Ford says Ontario's schools will not re-open on May 4. All business except those deemed essential have been shut down. The province will allow curbside pick up and delivery of cannabis. All industrial construction except for essential projects, such as...
Premier Scott Moe is set to make a historic apology on Monday morning for Saskatchewan’s role in the Sixties Scoop. The Sixties Scoop refers to a period of Canadian history between the 1950s and 1980s when an estimated 20,000 Indigenous children were taken from their families and placed in non-Indigenous...
Health officials in British Columbia responded to concern about people in the province going outside over the past weekend and not maintaining the two metre physical distancing measure. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, said she saw most people following the rules. “I did see lots of people but...
A survey by the Alberta Medical Association suggests more than 40 per cent of the province’s physicians have at least considered looking for work elsewhere in Canada. The group blames the potential exodus on the United Conservative government’s announced changes to how doctors are paid. Some of the measures announced in...
Funeral services were held Thursday night for a 5-year-old boy who was shot and killed in North Carolina. Cannon Hinnant was fatally shot in the head around 5:30 p.m. Monday in the city of Wilson. Police say a neighbor, Darius Sessoms, 25, was identified as a suspect and was arrested about...
The sole occupant of a small plane performing in the Smith Fall Fair in northern Alberta has died after the aircraft crashed. Just after noon Saturday, Slave Lake officers were called to the fair after an incident at the air show. Two small planes were performing acrobatic manoeuvres when one...
The Alberta government has terminated its funding contract with doctors and will impose 11 changes to physician rules and fees in what it calls a necessary move to control ballooning health-care costs in the province. Health Minister Tyler Shandro said the province will maintain physician funding at current levels while...