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As the Salvation Army’s Bayside Mission Meal Program ends, other social services providers are concerned about the gap it leaves in the community. The community meal program was started in 2013 in Barrie at the request of the County of Simcoe, initially providing 60 healthy meals a day, and at …
Read More »ANALYSIS: With a month left, Jets control their own playoff destiny – Winnipeg
There are 14 games remaining on the regular-season schedule for the Winnipeg Jets — less than 20 per cent of their 82-game docket — and at this point, it’s difficult to know how it will conclude. Simply put, there are two options from here to there: playoff qualification or playoff …
Read More »Winnipeg police investigate 3 a.m. hotel fire that left woman in hospital
Police are investigating after a woman was hospitalized following a hotel fire that happened close to 3 a.m. Sunday. News Source link
Read More »Plans afoot to raise wrecked ship that may have left B.C. with millions in gold aboard
Nearly 150 years after it left Victoria, B.C., for a final doomed voyage, preparations are being made to raise the wreck of the SS Pacific. The 225-foot paddlewheeler went down off the coast of Washington state on the rainy night of Nov. 4, 1875, en route from Victoria to San …
Read More »Ontario promised to overhaul abortion care – but clinics say they’ve been left out
2:59 Ontario excludes clinics in plan to change abortion care funding, workers say This is the second part of a series on abortion care in Ontario. Read the first story here. Ontario’s abortion care system has been in a state of disrepair for years, and last December, Queen’s Park decided …
Read More »Glaring safety issues in group home fire that left 2 men with disabilities dead: report
By the time a fire truck pulled up in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve 2018, flames were erupting from the windows and shooting up over the roofline. Trapped inside the small, west Edmonton bungalow were three men, all developmentally disabled, unable to escape. The group home’s sole worker …
Read More »Chinese seniors left behind as many Chinese-language newspapers stop printing across Canada
As the world came to a standstill two years ago, they sat unread on dusty newsstands in empty restaurants and grocery stores. Chinese-language newspapers, vital to the community, became largely inaccessible during the pandemic as people were restricted from visiting the places where they were distributed. It’s part of why …
Read More »Husband who survived fatal Calgary shooting that left wife dead was on bail for organized crime offences
A Calgary man who remains in hospital after being shot alongside his wife who was fatally injured, was out on bail awaiting trial on organized crime charges alongside his brother and sister, according to court records obtained by CBC News. Nakita Baron, 31, and her husband, Talal Fouani, 46, were shot …
Read More »Ontario man left ‘powerless’ after ‘ISIS’ licence plates made him a target
An Ontario man who fled Afghanistan amid the threat of a militant takeover says his life was endangered multiple times because of a licence plate resembling the word ISIS that he never asked for and that the province refused to change until he was nearly killed. Nouman, 26, came to Canada as a refugee …
Read More »Winnipeg-bound passengers given mats, left to sleep on floor at Toronto Pearson airport
After several flight delays, passengers flying out of Toronto’s Pearson airport were given mats and left to sleep on the floor when their flights to Winnipeg were eventually cancelled — and many said the airline didn’t offer proper accommodations at all. Fatima Sherefa, 17, was flying back from a trip to Ann Arbor, Mich. She was told …
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