By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 20, 2023 7:02 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Eight of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories are celebrating a regional holiday today. It’s Family Day in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick, while Manitoba is celebrating Louis Riel Day.Nova Scotia residents have the
Raising children – or choosing to even have them – can be daunting with the high cost of living in Canada. After giving birth to her first child in August of last year, 24-year-old Autumn Oliver-Giasson has decided to hold off on having more children until the high cost of living in Canada eases.“It’s just
Canadians are hitting their limit when it comes to tipping, new polling from the Angus Reid Institute appears to show. “People feel like tipping is getting out of control,” Angus Reid Institute Research Director David Korinski told The Roy Green Show on Sunday.“I think that it’s compounded by the fact that everything is more expensive.”
The federal government met the “very high threshold” for invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history during the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests in Ottawa last year, the public inquiry that probed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision has found. Justice Paul Rouleau, who led the independent public inquiry into the federal government’s use of
A Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by American forces earlier this month flew over a Canadian territory and province before re-entering U.S. airspace, defence officials say. The surveillance balloon unlawfully entered Canadian airspace between Jan. 30 and 31 – just a few days before its discovery was announced by the Pentagon on Feb.
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said Wednesday she is stepping down as the head of Canada’s national police force. Lucki will exit the top job on March 17, she said in a statement. She was appointed in 2018 and was the first woman to permanently hold the role.She has faced intense criticism in recent years for
A convenience store giant is facing growing criticism in Alberta over its identification-scanning policy for certain items. A number of 7-Eleven’s customers have reached out to Motorcycle accident toronto today with concerns over having to hand over their government ID to be scanned in order to buy certain items.Carl Spenard said he was surprised to be asked
Three Ukrainian children who escaped the war and moved to Edmonton are now stuck in Mexico. Their legal guardian was surprised to learn the kids could not get back into Canada and is begging the government for help.“Now everything is broken again,” Olga Ostapiv said. She adopted the kids to help them escape war-torn Ukraine.
After days of shooting down unidentified “objects,” fighter jets from Canada and the United States were scrambled Monday night to intercept four Russian military aircraft as they buzzed North American airspace. The North American Aerospace Defence Command, which detected the group comprised of Russian long-range bombers and fighter escorts as it approached Alaska, painted the
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 13, 2023 12:19 pm Updated February 13, 2023 12:22 pm