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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 19, 2024 12:05 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Kira Lewis Jr. has been sent down to the G-League by the Raptors two days after he was traded to Toronto. Lewis was one of the pieces in a …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Jets’ Scheifele leads his team by playing more complete game – Winnipeg
It was six years ago that Mark Scheifele bulled his way through the Stanley Cup playoffs and led his team to the Western Conference final, pacing the Winnipeg Jets in goals with 14 and playing like a true franchise player. Since that moment, though, it could be argued he’s left …
Read More »High school football team suspended 1 week over hazing reports in London, Ont. – London
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The superintendent of student achievement with the Thames Valley District School Board has confirmed the senior football program at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School in London, Ont., has been suspended until Oct. 10 over concerns about hazing. Additionally, Tracy Langelaan says all …
Read More »Manitoba RCMP, anthropology team investigating human remains – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A team of anthropologists are helping Mounties search an area near Killarney, Man., after a crew of workers discovered human remains while excavating gravel. On Sept. 19 at 4:30 pm, Killarney RCMP went to a field off Highway 3 and Road 105 …
Read More »Toronto high school teacher bargaining team doesn’t support deal to avoid strikes
The largest local bargaining unit of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation has told members it opposes a tentative agreement between the provincial union and the government that would avoid the possibility of strikes. The OSSTF reached a deal last month with the province that would see the parties keep …
Read More »Ontario professor part of NASA’s geology team for Artemis III moon mission
Gordon Osinski has spent the last two decades studying craters left behind by meteorites. The analysis of planetary geology has taken the Ontario university professor around the world and will now see him work on the NASA team that will develop the lunar surface science plan for the first people …
Read More »Permanent emergency response team needed, B.C. Premier David Eby says
B.C.’s top elected official, Premier David Eby, took a tour in West Kelowna to see the wildfire devastation first-hand and talk to local officials and evacuees. He joined the Global BC News Morning show to talk about the tour in a live interview Wednesday morning. “There were a couple of …
Read More »Team Rubicon back in N.S. after wildfires to help with flood recovery – Halifax
Team Rubicon has returned to Nova Scotia to help with the recovery from last month’s devastating floods. This marks the third time in a year that volunteers with the veteran-led organization have descended on the province to provide disaster relief. Since September 2022, they’ve assisted with the cleanup after post-tropical …
Read More »Black History Manitoba, human rights museum team up for Emancipation Day event – Winnipeg
An event this Friday at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights aims to celebrate the accomplishments of Black Canadians and recognize an important historical day on the calendar. Aug. 1, known as Emancipation Day, marks the anniversary of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, which ended slavery throughout the British Empire …
Read More »Middlesex-London health team says doctor recruitment program nixed by committee is needed – London
With tens of thousands of Londoners lacking a primary care doctor, a local team of health providers say their planned recruitment and retention program has been misunderstood and is desperately needed. The Middlesex London Ontario Health Team (MLOHT) requested $80,000 annually for three years from the city of London to …
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