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Descrease article font size Increase article font size One of Manitoba’s top-ranked men’s curling teams made a new addition on Friday. Team Reid Carruthers announced Saskatchewan’s Catlin Schneider is joining the Manitoba-based rink to be their new third. TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 Team Carruthers is incredibly excited to announce Catlin Schneider …
Read More »Design Jam brings new ideas for Downsview airport lands – Toronto
Seventy students put their heads together over the weekend to come up with a new use for the Downsview airport lands. The two-day Design Jam was to allow high school students the opportunity to get more involved in city building. The event was held by Urban Minds, a local non-profit …
Read More »Air Canada plane leaving Halifax receives mid-flight threat, lands safely in U.S.
Descrease article font size Increase article font size American officials are investigating after a threat was made against an Air Canada flight from Halifax to Newark, New Jersey, on Monday. In a statement, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Newark Airport Police received a report around …
Read More »First stage of demolition begins at Edmonton’s Exhibition Lands – Edmonton
After years of sitting untouched, work has finally started on the Exhibition Lands in central Edmonton. Slowly, each building will be knocked down, making way for the future of the former Northlands area — which some residents say has been a long time coming. The main stables at the horse …
Read More »Ontario expected to introduce bill to return lands to the Greenbelt
TORONTO — Ontario’s municipal affairs and housing minister is expected to introduce legislation today to return parcels of land to the protected Greenbelt. Premier Doug Ford’s government announced in November 2022 that it was removing 15 sites from the Greenbelt in order to build 50,000 homes. But after months of …
Read More »A chronology of key events following Ontario’s decision to develop Greenbelt lands
Ontario Housing Minister Steve Clark apologized Thursday for his role in the government’s Greenbelt land swap, a day after the province’s integrity commissioner found he violated two sections of the Members Integrity Act. Here is a timeline of events in the controversy: Nov. 4, 2022: Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister …
Read More »Historic military aircraft lands at Penticton, B.C. airport
The first of two iconic military planes arrived in Penticton, B.C., Monday morning, soon to be followed by another aircraft later this week. The B-17 Flying Fortress touched down at Penticton Regional Airport and will be joined by a B-25 Mitchell on Thursday. “The B-17, it’s a Flying Fortress called …
Read More »WNBA lands in Toronto for first game ever on Canadian soil
On Friday, at the OVO Athletic Centre in Toronto, basketball players from the Minnesota Lynx could be seen practicing hard, gearing up to make history. Come Saturday, this team and their opponents, the Chicago Sky, will face off at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto for the first-ever WNBA game to be …
Read More »Pope lands in Edmonton to start ‘penitential’ trip aimed at Indigenous reconciliation
Pope Francis arrived in Canada on Sunday to an honour drum song ahead of what he describes as a “penitential” trip aimed at advancing reconciliation with Indigenous people over the lasting harm suffered in residential schools. The drum group from Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation sang in front of Francis as …
Read More »Saudi-backed golf tour lures PGA pros, but backlash lands them in the rough
The world of professional golf is embroiled in a very messy, very public divorce with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Thursday in London, 17 of the world’s top golfers, including Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson, teed off in the first event on the new Saudi-sponsored LIV Golf tour. …
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