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...
Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira is officially the Guinness World Record holder for the largest wave surfed – unlimited, for a female. The previous record holder? Maya Gabeira. That's right, the 33-year-old broke her own record by five and a half feet, surfing a 73.5-foot wave (22.4 meters).
The video...
The SPVM has declared a state of emergency for an indeterminate period in order to use their resources to “maximum effect” during the COVID crisis. The service declared it will be using its new extraordinary powers granted under Cabinet decree giving officers the right to break up gatherings of...
A lawyer representing Manitoba says a “Star Trek” fan wasn’t allowed to keep his personalized ASIMIL8 licence plate because the word cannot be dissociated from the history of forced assimilation of Indigenous people in the province.
Manitoba Justice lawyer Charles Murray told court Monday that licence plates are owned...
Three more people have died in British Columbia after contracting COVID-19, which includes an inmate at a correctional institution in Mission, B.C.
According to Correctional Service Canada, it’s the first death related to COVID-19 among federally sentenced inmates.
The individual is among the 61 people who have tested positive at the...
The Edmonton Police Service is reviewing an incident in which an officer posted a photo of two officers posing with a shirtless and handcuffed man who was arrested while allegedly high on drugs.
"This fine young man was so thrilled with the service we provided him that he wanted to...
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) has agreed to settle a transvaginal mesh class action lawsuit brought by women in Canada for $21.5 million, according to a report by the Canadian Press.
The proposed settlement involves about 325 women whose share of the money would depend on the severity of their medical issues,...
Public health officials in Ottawa are reporting five deaths from COVID-19 Sunday and 132 new cases — the highest one-day total since early October.
The city's daily numbers haven't been this high since Ottawa Public Health (OPH) confirmed 183 cases on Oct. 8.
Ottawa's death toll now stands at 328.
There have...
While Alberta has been a hotbed of anti-lockdown sentiment for some time, a handful of businesses around the province have begun flouting restrictions in recent weeks.
The presence in Alberta of roughly two-dozen cases of COVID-19 variants first discovered in the United Kingdom and South Africa will delay any...
After going six straight days without a new fatality, B.C. health officials reported a recent victim in the Vancouver Coastal health region.
It increases the province’s death toll to 168.
In its latest 24-hour stretch, B.C. health officials also identified 16 new cases of COVID-19, increasing its total to 2,709.
Of...
