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It was July 23, 1983. Dave Brown was tending to the grill with a beer in his hand after a day at the Gimli Motorsports Park in Gimli, Man. It was a Winnipeg Sports Car Club family day and campers hung out behind the strip – once a Royal Canadian …
Read More »Canadian intelligence raised alarm of Chinese meddling 37 years ago: report – National
A newly released document shows intelligence officials have been tracking China’s attempts to meddle in Canadian affairs for more than one-third of a century. The February 1986 intelligence report warned that Beijing was using open political tactics and secret operations to influence and exploit the Chinese diaspora in Canada. It …
Read More »Toronto hosts informal gathering to mark five years since Danforth shooting – Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 22, 2023 9:11 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Survivors of the Danforth shooting and their families are expected to be among those who gather today to mark five years since the deadly attack in Toronto’s Greektown. Eighteen-year-old …
Read More »5 years on, Danforth shooting vivid for those affected, gun control key issue – Toronto
TORONTO — The passage of time can feel disjointed for Ali Demircan. It may have been five years since a gunman went on a shooting rampage through Toronto’s Greektown, but the horror of what Demircan saw after being grazed by a bullet that night still hits hard. “The images are …
Read More »Ontario hospital nurses awarded average raises of 11% over two years, union says
Ontario hospital nurses will be getting raises of what their union says amounts to an average of 11 per cent over two years, with the arbitrator citing a staffing crisis and high inflation. It’s the first contract since the nurses — and other broader public sector workers — were subject …
Read More »Gimli, Man. to mark 40 years since harrowing plane incident Sunday – Winnipeg
Its fateful voyage was four decades ago this weekend, but few in the town of Gimli, Man., can forget the story of the Gimli Glider. On July 23, 1983, the small Interlake community’s racing strip was the site of an emergency landing, when an Air Canada Boeing 767 destined for …
Read More »Sun Valley grocery store to close after nearly 40 years, condo building to be built – Toronto
Sun Valley Market, a local institution in Toronto’s Birchmount Park, will be closing its doors for good at the end of July. The grocery store, which has been located at Danforth Avenue and Birchmount Road, first opened its doors in 1986 and will close on July 29th. The original Sun …
Read More »Winnipeg man accused of child porn was teacher for 15 years, police say – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Winnipeg man who worked as a teacher for a decade and a half has been arrested for possessing child pornography. Police say an investigation that began in January led to a raid at a home in the Seven Oaks neighbourhood Wednesday, …
Read More »Fish not biting ‘like they used to’ in Lac-Mégantic 10 years after rail disaster
Pierre Grenier says that ever since the 2013 train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Que. spilled 100,000 litres of crude oil into the Chaudière River, fishing hasn’t been the same. Anglers like him are catching fewer fish, and their catches are increasingly adult fish — a sign that fewer fish are being born. …
Read More »Nova Scotia hasn’t built public housing in 30 years. Why that was a ‘huge mistake’
As Nova Scotia continues to grapple with affordability and housing crises, experts are questioning the government’s failure to build new public housing units in nearly three decades. “If you consider housing as a human right – as a basic foundational structure for your citizenship – yes, it’s a huge mistake,” …
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