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The arrival of spring in Winnipeg has revealed a pileup of garbage in a number of Winnipeg communities that is frustrating locals. Volunteers came out in force to pick up litter across several North End neighbourhoods on Saturday. One resident said she hopes better city by-law enforcement will also keep …
Read More »‘Perpetual noise’: Kelowna, B.C. resident frustrated with pickleball court – Okanagan
It’s one of the fastest-growing sports in the country and a growing pain for residents in a Kelowna, B.C. neighbourhood. Shane Jamieson bought her house in 2021, unaware of the pickleball court in her neighbour’s yard. But for over a year, she says she has been dealing with a constant …
Read More »B.C. resident frustrated after Flair flight cancellation ‘mess’
A Mackenzie, B.C., resident, Susan Crosby, said she and her partner had just completed a three-hour drive to Prince George to catch a Flair flight to Arizona when the flight was cancelled Friday. “They offered to reschedule, but the rescheduling was having us leave Tuscon on March 17 and have …
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 »Frustrated Fogo Island residents push for new financial institution to set up shop
Fogo Island has been without a bank since August, and residents are pushing for another. (Patrick Morell/CBC) Fogo Island has been without a bank since August and residents are clamouring for a new financial institution to open so they can avoid a ferry ride and a 130-kilometre drive to Gander …
Read More »Alleged victims of disgraced senator frustrated by Red Chamber’s reaction to criminal charges
Two people who have accused former senator Don Meredith of abuse say they’re frustrated by the Senate’s failure to strip the ex-parliamentarian — now charged with sex crimes — of his “honourable” title and other parliamentary privileges. In an interview with CBC News, two of Meredith’s alleged victims — who have accused the former senator of …
Read More »Manitoba RCMP officer appeared frustrated before allegedly assaulting bar patron, court told
The trial of an RCMP officer accused of assaulting a man outside a Thompson, Man., hotel bar opened on Monday with a witness saying the first arriving officer was agitated by police regularly being called to the same establishment. “He just said, ‘Why is there no … security here?’ He said, …
Read More »Shortage of staff leaves parents frustrated, kids without lessons at city pools
Darryl McCoy has tried to register his kids in swimming lessons at City of Calgary facilities at every opportunity over the last couple of years with little success. “It’s been an absolute nightmare,” he said. City pools were closed for good chunks of the pandemic, or limited their offerings, and now …
Read More »Federal public service employees frustrated with ‘vague’ return-to-work plans
As federal employees gradually return to the office in person, some workers and members of the public service union say they want more clarity and consistency from the Treasury Board of Canada about working arrangements. Since early March, federal departments have been gradually returning to on-site or hybrid work after …
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 …
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