It won’t be easy for Peter Irniq, a residential school survivor, to meet Pope Francis in Iqaluit next week. “It’s going to be scary,” said Irniq, who was abused by a nun at the age of 11 as a student at the school in Chesterfield Inlet in what is now […]
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U.S. President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “very mild symptoms.” In a statement on Thursday, a White House spokesperson said Biden, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots, will continue to work while isolating. “Consistent with CDC guidelines, he will isolate at […]
The annual rate of inflation in Canada hit 8.1 per cent in June as prices on gasoline surged, Statistics Canada reported on Wednesday. And economists are starting to wonder whether price pressures have peaked. Gasoline prices were up 54.6 per cent year-over-year and 6.2 per cent month-to-month in June, contributing […]
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 19, 2022 6:35 am Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Canada’s western provinces are dealing with a number of wildfires caused by warmer and drier weather. The B.C. Wildfire Service is keeping an eye on […]
After two years in a coma, a woman from West Virginia has awoken and identified her brother as the man who beat and left her for dead in a 2020 attack. Since that night, Wanda Palmer has been in a long-term care facility in New Martinsville, W. Va., recovering from […]
As research suggests that COVID-19 has infected roughly half of the Canadian population, the emergence of an even more contagious version of the virus means some people may be in for another round. But questions remain about the prevalence of reinfection, and the short and long-term health impact that subsequent […]
As Hockey Canada remains under intense scrutiny over its handling of a lawsuit alleging a sexual assault involving players from the 2018 national junior team, the organization is reopening its investigation and some of the players have been speaking out. Facing a flight of sponsorship dollars over recent weeks, the […]
Members of a Penticton, B.C., Facebook group say they are fed up with property crime and petty theft and are now taking matters into their own hands. Penticton business owner Jason Reynen and other like-minded individuals recently started Clean Streets Penticton, which now has more than 2,000 members. To date, […]
The Provincial Court of Alberta released documents on Wednesday that provide the public a glimpse behind the curtain on how the UCP government decided when to begin removing Alberta’s COVID-19 restrictions in February. The documents — which were previously marked confidential — were ordered by provincial court to be turned […]
Vancouver firefighters may soon stop responding to a range of emergency medical calls, Global News has learned. The department had originally planned to put the measure into effect as early as 8 a.m. Wednesday. Under the change, Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services crews would only respond to life-threatening calls, overdoses, burns, […]