1:57 CAA recommends checking car battery health now Clicking ignitions, struggling engines, popping hoods – familiar winter sounds as the cold weather takes a toll on vehicles, sounds CAA Manitoba employee Tiberio Pereira hears when he gets to work. He says most of the service requests he’s receiving these days …
Read More »Man arrested in N.B. after alleged ‘bail bondsman’ scam: Halifax police
Halifax Regional Police have arrested a man accused of being involved in a “bail bondsman” scam targeting seniors that lost victims thousands of dollars. In a release Wednesday, HRP said they, as well as the Halifax District RCMP, received a number of reports in relation to frauds between Nov. 29 …
Read More »Woodbine announces change of $1 million stakes race to King’s Plate for 2023
TORONTO — After 70 years as The Queen’s Plate, Canada’s oldest thoroughbred race is getting a name change next year. The $1 million stakes race will be known as The King’s Plate when it is run for the 164th time on Aug. 20, 2023, at Woodbine Racetrack. The change follows …
Read More »COP15: Biodiversity conference opens in Montreal with focus on conservation targets
A major international conference on preserving the world’s biodiversity is to open Tuesday with speakers including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. COP15 in Montreal brings together 196 countries to refresh the Convention on Biological Diversity and is seen as a crucial attempt to reach a …
Read More »Manitoba Indigenous chiefs frustrated, call for more action over MMIWG – Winnipeg
Dozens of people gathered at Odena Circle at The Forks Sunday night demanding a state of emergency be declared to stop the hurt and trauma for more families in the future. This comes after police charged a Winnipeg man with first-degree murder in the deaths of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran …
Read More »Amnesty International Canada says it was target of Chinese state cyberattack – National
The Canadian branch of human rights organization Amnesty International says it was the target of a cyberattack it believes was sponsored by the Chinese state. In a statement posted on its website, Amnesty International Canada said the digital security breach was first detected on Oct. 5, 2022, when suspicious activity …
Read More »Warm weather to return, but a frigid few days ahead for Winnipeg: Environment Canada – Winnipeg
Winnipeg is in for a frigid few days, but Environment Canada says warmer weather is on its way. The cold roared into the city Monday, with temperatures dropping nearly 20 degrees over 24 hours to hit -24 C by 5 p.m., according to the national weather service. Read more: First …
Read More »RCMP search for missing Red Deer family of 5 after school contacts police
A Red Deer mother and her four children are missing and Alberta RCMP are concerned for their well-being. Police said they were contacted by a local school on Monday after a number of students from the same family, who were seen earlier in the day at the school, had gone …
Read More »Canadian Red Cross to help CHEO hospital staff amid surge in respiratory illnesses
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Read More »COP15: Canada, China jointly host UN biodiversity talks amid rising political tensions
A major UN conference on biodiversity will get underway in Montreal Tuesday with a lofty goal to get every country to agree to protect almost one-third of the world’s land and oceans before the end of this decade. But the environment may be the easy part of a meeting that …
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