Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s the first official day of summer, and the province is encouraging Manitobans to focus on safety when hitting the beach or the lake this season. In an announcement Thursday, Environment Minister Tracy Schmidt said $7.4 million will be spent on the …

British Columbia needs to develop a new energy plan as the province’s current power supply has raised concerns among experts, a former B.C. minister says. Former minister of environment, minister of Aboriginal relations and attorney general Barry Penner, who is now the chair of the Energy Futures Institute, says the …

In Beatrice Schneider’s seventh grade classroom in Toronto, there are two fans in opposite corners of the room. One of them is broken. When temperatures soar – as they have this week while much of Ontario experiences a heat wave – the class gets stuffy, the students get sweaty and learning can …

Victim impact statements read at court Thursday described various ways Petronella McNorgan’s actions have changed the lives of those involved, but the common thread was that their grief was made worse by her lack of remorse over a crash that killed a little girl and injured several others in London, …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Three Winnipeggers are in custody after a raid on a Boyd Avenue home turned up multiple firearms and ammunition, as well as meth, cocaine and crack, police say. Officers searched the home just after 6 p.m. and arrested the three occupants. Police …

Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani says he isn’t going anywhere without a mobile duress alarm in his pocket. He doesn’t move around without first informing someone, including when he attends public events. And he doesn’t just work with a security team at the Department of Justice, but a separate one …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police believe surveillance video of a sedan seen near the area where a Hamilton man was killed in mid-June may be a lead in a homicide investigation. Investigators are seeking witnesses who may have seen two men in a four-door red Hyundai …