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TORONTO – As the clock wound down on a demoralizing loss to the lowly San Antonio Spurs, Scottie Barnes left the Toronto Raptors’ bench and headed to the locker room. Barnes’s frustration was obvious after rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama had a triple-double to power San Antonio past Toronto 122-99 on …
Read More »ANALYSIS: ‘Culture’ no longer a bad word with Winnipeg Jets – Winnipeg
Over the last two seasons, we’ve heard a lot about the culture of the Winnipeg Jets. Most of it, frankly, has been derived from the media, and by extension, echoed through the fanbase. And the perception of it is not always favourable. Of course, there have been moments when players …
Read More »Bad press prompted Metrolinx CEO to complain about government control
As the Ford government faces questions about the muzzling of Metrolinx, Global News can reveal how escalating internal concerns over public perception drove the agency’s CEO to vent his frustrations with top staffers at Queen’s Park. As Global News first reported, the provincial government has a firm grip on how …
Read More »Bad fuel at Selkirk, Man. gas station causes cars to break down over long weekend – Winnipeg
Water-contaminated fuel at an Esso station in Selkirk, Man., caused some customers’ cars to break down shortly after fuelling over the long weekend. Brandon resident Tim Case said he was in Selkirk with his wife and daughter to see family but things went south after his daughter went out to …
Read More »Feng Shui master advises on fallen Calgary headstones, warns of bad omen at downtown skyscraper
A Vancouver Feng Shui master toured Calgary’s Chinese Cemetery on Saturday and made some recommendations on what to do with toppled headstones. The Chinese Cemetery dates back to 1908 and includes many of Calgary’s early Chinese pioneers. In the 1980s, LRT construction resulted in 39 bodies being unearthed, which …
Read More »Rural Alberta frustrated with oil and gas ‘bad actors’ not paying tax as industry swims in cash
As questions loom about how Canada’s oilpatch will spend its record profits, Alberta’s rural municipalities are once again calling for what they’re owed in outstanding property taxes. Jason Schneider, a director with the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA), says the oil boom is good news, and the majority of companies are paying their …
Read More »My eating disorder told me fat was bad. Healing taught me to accept my body
This First Person column is written by Karli Jahn, a master’s student at Athabasca University who is writing her thesis on weight stigma in counselling interventions. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. “Are you sure you have an eating disorder?” the doctor asked me. …
Read More »Canada’s weather personalities forced to get ‘comfortable with giving bad news’ amid worsening climate change
Warren Dean recalls feeling helpless as a deadly heat dome hovered over British Columbia last summer. The CTV News weather anchor for Vancouver Island says he and his colleagues tried to hammer home the seriousness of the unprecedented extreme heat event to the public but there were still those who failed to …
Read More »Downtown Calgary office vacancies hit new high – but it’s not all bad news
More than a third of office spaces were vacant in downtown Calgary in the second quarter of this year, which is a record high, according to a new report from commercial realty firm CBRE. It was also the highest vacancy rate in all of Canada, said the firm’s regional managing director …
Read More »‘As bad as it gets’: Why what hit Ottawa was worse than the ice storm or 2018 tornadoes
Four massive steel transmission towers that sit crumpled around Ottawa hint at the scope of the challenge facing crews in the wake of Saturday’s massive storm as they work to restore power to tens of thousands of customers. Those Hydro One towers, or what’s left of them, also stand as proof just how ferocious the …
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