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Manitoba’s newly elected NDP government is set to lay out its legislative agenda Tuesday in its first throne speech. Premier Wab Kinew is expected to repeat many of the promises he made during the election campaign, including a temporary suspension of the provincial fuel tax, and making the National Day …
Read More »Police lay attempted murder charge in connection to University of Waterloo stabbings
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Waterloo Regional Police say the man accused in stabbing attack at the University of Waterloo has had an additional charge laid against him. Police say that they laid a charge of attempt to commit murder against Geovanny Villalba-Aleman in connection to the …
Read More »Olymel to lay off nearly 1,000 workers in closure of Quebec pork plant
Quebec pork producer Olymel says it will close a major slaughterhouse south of Quebec City and lay off 994 workers. The company said Friday the Vallée-Jonction plant in the Beauce region will be the latest factory to shutter, after previously announcing the closure of several other facilities in recent months. …
Read More »Review will look at decision to not lay charges against fashion mogul Nygard in Manitoba
The Manitoba government is taking a second look at a decision to not lay charges against former fashion mogul Peter Nygard. Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen said Thursday the government will seek Crown attorneys from another province to review the evidence that was brought forward more than a year ago. Read …
Read More »How a Canadian team solved a century-old mystery to lay WW I soldier to rest
A young soldier from Newfoundland killed during the First World War has finally been laid to rest by the Canadian military after a century-long mystery into his death. Archeologists unearthed the remains of Pte. John Lambert in a Belgian farmer’s wheat field in 2016, almost 100 years after he died. But it wasn’t …
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