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He was their ‘miracle baby’: Horseshoe Bay rallies around family after 4-year-old killed – BC
All Silvana de Oliveira Schramm ever wanted was to become a mom. She and Cilneu Machado had met in her hometown in Brazil and she had moved to Canada in 2014 before they got married. They welcomed what Machado called “their one per cent miracle baby” Leonardo in 2021. The …
Read More »Scotiabank holds customer responsible for almost $20K in credit card fraud
Jordon Judge’s cellphone rang as he sat in his local Vancouver coffee shop last October — caller ID said the person was from Scotiabank. He had no idea it was actually a fraudster who had manipulated the call display, a practice known as phone call “spoofing.” The fraudster said he …
Read More »ETFs are outpacing mutual funds despite market volatility. Are rookie retail investors at risk?
Canadian investors are putting more of their money into exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to recent data, even as the U.S.-led trade war rocks global stock markets, and some experts say rookie retail investors could be at higher risk. Net sales of exchange-traded funds — a basket of stocks that can be bought and sold …
Read More »Flin Flon wildfire situation ‘a timebomb’ but so far no structures lost, mayor says
The wildfire gnawing at the edge of Flin Flon is being fought by some 200 firefighters, but the battle is really in the hands of Mother Nature, the mayor says. “Generally, it depends which way the winds blow and how hard they blow and what direction they’re going to come from. …
Read More »Skin crawling surprise: Alberta woman says camping trip was ruined by dozens of ticks
A Calgary woman says a trip to a provincial campground turned into “a nightmare,” after finding out her family was covered in about 30 ticks. In May, Gerri Kunneke, her husband Lloyd Rose, and their two dogs visited Gooseberry Lake Provincial Park in eastern Alberta near Consort, about 290 kilometres southeast of …
Read More »Ontario signs deals with Saskatchewan, P.E.I. and Alberta to reduce trade barriers
Amid economic uncertainty in Canada due in part to U.S. tariffs, the Ontario government has reached agreements with Saskatchewan, Alberta and Prince Edward Island, with the aim of taking steps to reduce trade barriers among the provinces. Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed separate memorandums of understanding (MOU) with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, …
Read More »Premiers seem cautiously optimistic as they prepare to pitch major projects to Carney
There was cautious optimism in the air as provincial and territorial premiers began arriving in Saskatoon to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney. The first ministers are meeting on Monday, and Carney has said he wants to hear provincial ideas for “nation-building projects.” The premiers and other stakeholders joined Carney for …
Read More »The time when foreign invasions were impossible is over, former diplomats tell defence conference
At the onset of the First World War, Britain’s venerable foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey, remarked that the lamps were going out all over Europe and “we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.” The metaphor has long been considered as the unofficial epitaph to what at the …
Read More »Vancouver Whitecaps suffer blowout 5-0 defeat at CONCACAF Champions Cup
The Vancouver Whitecaps couldn’t make history as the first Canadian team to win the CONCACAF Champions Cup Sunday. Instead, Ángel Sepúlveda scored twice and Cruz Azul routed the Whitecaps 5-0 to win its seventh CONCACAF title. Sepúlveda finished with a tournament-best nine goals. Ignacio Rivero, Lorenzo Faravelli and Mateusz Bogusz also …
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