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Monday marks exactly two months until British Columbia’s provincial election, and while the official campaign hasn’t begun parties are already making their pitch to voters. “We are in the pre-election period, there is no question about it,” NDP Leader David Eby said Monday, as he campaigned with Oak Bay-Gordon Head …
Read More »CrowdStrike outage hits Canadian hospitals and clinics impacted. Here’s where
A widespread technology outage on Friday, seemingly linked to issues at global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and Microsoft, disrupted operations at airports, airlines, banks and even hospitals, including several in Canada. A software update by CrowdStrike appeared to have triggered systems problems across the world, and many hospitals said they were …
Read More »More WestJet flight cancellations as strike hits tens of thousands of travellers
WestJet has cancelled more than 800 flights, upending plans for thousands of passengers as an unexpected strike by aircraft maintenance engineers entered its third day on the busiest travel weekend of the season. Some 680 workers, whose daily inspections and repairs are essential to airline operations, walked off the job …
Read More »Tire hits tour bus on QEW, killing 1 person and injuring 3, paramedics say
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A loose tire hit a tour bus on the Queen Elizabeth Way in Niagara Region, leaving one person dead and three others injured, paramedics say. It happened Friday afternoon on the Toronto-bound QEW around the Garden City Skyway, prompting a closure of …
Read More »Woman in critical condition after passenger train hits vehicle near Montreal – Montreal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 20, 2024 12:21 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 35-year-old woman is in critical condition after her vehicle was struck by a passenger train in Coteau-du-Lac in Quebec’s Montérégie region. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said …
Read More »Major winter storm hits much of southern, central Ontario
A major winter storm dumped a mix of snow, rain and ice pellets on large parts of Ontario on Tuesday, as Environment Canada warned of another possible storm still to come later in the week. Freezing rain, heavy snow and possible flash floods were part of the forecast across parts …
Read More »28-year-old man dead after vehicle hits tree in Halton Hills, Ont.
Police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle collision that occurred in the town of Halton Hills early Saturday evening. Halton Regional Police said they were notified around 5:22 p.m. Saturday of a collision on Fallbrook Trail, north of 27 Sideroad. According to police, a 28-year-old man from Erin was driving a …
Read More »Wells hits two-run homer, Yankees beat Jays 2-0
TORONTO – Whatever the Toronto Blue Jays need Kevin Gausman to do over the next few days, he’ll do it. Austin Wells smashed a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the New York Yankees over the Blue Jays 2-0 on Tuesday. That loss meant that Toronto will have …
Read More »Flights delayed at YVR after Air Canada plane hits another on the tarmac – BC
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Passengers were switched off two Air Canada flight after the plane clipped the wing of another plane as it was being pushed back from the gate, a spokeperson for Air Canada told Global News in a statement. The carrier confirms an Air …
Read More »Lethbridge and District Pro Rodeo hits the ground running – Lethbridge
For the second year in a row, the Lethbridge and District Pro Rodeo has welcomed top athletes to compete during Whoop-Up Days. Over three days, spectators are treated to jam-packed evenings that include ladies barrel racing, steer wrestling, tie-down roping, breakaways, and bull riding. Tanner Girletz, rodeo administrator with the …
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