Ottawa Public Health is reporting five new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, one of the lowest one-day increases in cases since last August. No new deaths linked to the virus were reported. Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11, 2020, there have been 27,676 laboratory-confirmed...
Maybe it was a slip of the tongue but when Justin Trudeau called Canada “one of the very best countries in the world”, he may inadvertently have revealed that on the eve of the nation’s birthday, the country’s political leader thinks there are better places in the world to...
More than 40 years after his body was discovered in a septic tank in Tofield, the unknown murder victim, known as “Septic Tank Sam,” finally has a name. Gordon “Gordie” Edwin Sanderson, from Edmonton, was identified with the help of a Texas DNA lab that uses genetic genealogy, a novel...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and some Indigenous leaders say they understand people are angry about the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential schools, but burning churches is not the way to proceed. “This is not the way to go. The destruction of places of worship is unacceptable. And it...
RCMP in Morinville, Alta., are working to determine what sparked a fire Wednesday at a historic Catholic church and say they are treating it as suspicious. St. Jean Baptiste Parish church went up in flames in the early morning hours — emergency crews were called to the building at the...
Two more Catholic churches on First Nations reserve land in B.C. have burned to the ground. The churches, both in the Similkameen region, went up in flames early Saturday morning and both were destroyed completely, say Penticton RCMP. RCMP say that just before 4 a.m. they received a call about a...
Ottawa Public Health is reporting six new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, the lowest one-day increase in new cases since last August. Two new deaths linked to the virus were also announced. Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11, 2020, there have been 27,641 laboratory-confirmed cases of...
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities. Most of the plans are based on each jurisdiction reaching vaccination targets at certain dates, while also keeping the number of cases...
Vancouver has the highest gas prices in North America, said president of Canadians for Affordable Energy. As the cost of gas hit $1.70 per litre across much of Metro Vancouver this weekend, a marketing expert says prices could get even worse over the summer. Simon Fraser University professor emeritus Lindsay Meredith...
A UCP cabinet minister has shared details about an alleged attack on her daughter that occurred on a downtown Calgary street that she says was motivated by hate. Rajan Sawhney, Alberta's minister for community and social services and representative of the riding of Calgary-Northeast, posted on social media about the...