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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 9, 2024 1:07 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size If you’re wondering whether there is a Guinness World Record for “largest gathering of people dressed as the sun”, the answer is, yes, and it now belongs to …
Read More »Man dies after shooting in Daniel McIntyre neighbourhood: Winnipeg police – Winnipeg
By Daisy Woelk Global News Posted April 9, 2024 1:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg police are investigating after a man was shot and died. Tuesday morning, officers said they heard gunshots in the Daniel McIntyre neighbourhood. Edison Erskine, 46, was found …
Read More »Gardiner Expressway construction: Closures to resume after brief reopening
Toronto commuters will soon run again into lane closures of parts of the Gardiner Expressway starting Monday night. The expressway, which is undergoing what the city calls “critical rehabilitation work,” will see its one of its eastbound lanes closed between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue for rehabilitation work as of …
Read More »Bus catches fire at Winnipeg Transit garage; no one was injured – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size No one was hurt in a Saturday night fire at a Winnipeg Transit garage. Firefighters were called to the Fort Rouge Garage around 10:37 p.m., finding a bus on fire in one of the bays. Crews worked quickly and declared the fire …
Read More »Trudeau’s national security adviser to testify at foreign interference inquiry – National
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 8, 2024 7:44 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The public inquiry studying alleged meddling in Canada’s most recent elections will hear from the prime minister’s national security adviser on Monday. Nathalie Drouin was named to the …
Read More »Total solar eclipse set to arrive in Canada later today. Here’s the timeline
As a once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse closes in on portions of eastern Canada, several cities across Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick are gearing up for an influx of sightseers that plan on standing in utter darkness across the path of totality on April 8. The celestial event will first hit Ontario …
Read More »Hair straightener to blame for house fire in Winnipeg, officials say – Winnipeg
Winnipeg firefighters were called to a house fire shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, quickly dousing a blaze they believe to have started when an electric hair straightener was placed too close to combustible materials . At the scene, crews found smoke and flames coming from the one-and-a-half storey home on …
Read More »Montreal home sales on upswing in March as prices rise – Montreal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 8, 2024 9:29 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says Montreal-area home sales rose 14.2 per cent in March compared with the same month last year. The association says …
Read More »Nova Scotia town seeking novel approach to dealing with unruly university students – Halifax
A small Nova Scotia town that has struggled to tame its sometimes rowdy population of university students is considering advice from an unlikely source. Last week, the town of Wolfville — home to Acadia University — received a draft study that draws some lessons from the inquiry that investigated the …
Read More »Ontario Premier Doug Ford asks LCBO to bring back paper bags for customers
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Premier Doug Ford has asked the LCBO to reverse its decision to stop giving customers paper bags for their alcohol purchases. “At a time when many Ontario families are already struggling to make ends meet, every additional expense counts,” Ford said in …
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