Manitoba’s Accessibility Minister is apologizing after she was heard on video using “demeaning” language while questioning why a sign-language interpreter had been placed on the stage with her at a recent event.
Nahanni Fontaine was preparing to speak with reporters during a gala celebrating Indigenous graduates last week when she made the off-the-cuff comments, voicing her frustrations using an expletive with a member of her staff, which was captured on a hot mic.
The man charged by police in the late-night sexual assault of a 62-year-old woman in one of Toronto’s most popular parks was on probation at the time of the incident.
Earlier this week, Toronto police announced that they have laid charges in connection with a sexual assault that took place in High Park on June 4 – an attack that has left the surrounding community on alert. Cortny Henry, 35, was charged with multiple offences, including sexual assault with bodily harm.
Residents of a First Nation in northern Ontario will start returning home Friday after a wildfire threatened the community early last month and forced more than 2,000 people to evacuate, officials said.
Sandy Lake First Nation said in a social media post on Tuesday that repatriation will start Friday evening, with security and essential service providers going first to help prepare for the arrival of other residents.
Saskatchewan’s justice minister says he wants answers on why the RCMP’s commanding officer in the province was abruptly removed.
A spokesperson for Tim McLeod’s office said in a statement Friday the minister has requested Ottawa provide further information and rationale on the decision involving Rhonda Blackmore.
Shania Twain, country music’s top-selling female artist, led the Calgary Stampede's signature opening day parade on Friday.
Country music superstar Shania Twain, in a white hat and white fringed jacket, sat on top of a white horse that clip-clopped to cheers through the downtown Friday as she kicked off the Calgary Stampede and its signature parade.
“It’s exhilarating. I just have to stay calm for my horse. I don’t want him to read my energy. I’m sure I’ll just have a smile stuck to my face the whole time,” Ms. Twain told reporters after she was given her official marshal badge to lead the parade.
Led by country music superstar Shania Twain, the Calgary Stampede officially began with its signature opening day parade. About 300,000 spectators jammed downtown sidewalks to watch marching bands, antique tractors and dancers go by on the first day of the 10-day festival of parties, pancakes and rodeo.
The federal minister of Indigenous services says her government plans to reintroduce legislation to ensure First Nations’ rights to clean drinking water – despite calls from Alberta and Ontario for it to scrap the bill altogether.
Two provincial environment ministers sent a letter to their federal counterpart this week calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to abandon legislation they see as undermining competitiveness and delaying project development.
A 41-year-old Halifax man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his mother after the two argued over the subtitles on a video she was watching.
Jonathan William Pinsky pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in April, admitting he experienced a “fit of rage” when he punched and kicked his 71-year-old mother, before stabbing her neck.
Politicians of all stripes from Alberta gathered on Thursday morning to flip the first pancakes of the Calgary Stampede. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek were among those chucking pancakes into an aluminum tin for a crowd of Stampede-goers, marking the beginning of the 10-day rodeo. Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi was also in attendance, saying he has encouraged his caucus to visit every pancake breakfast they can.
The company operating a major Quebec aluminum smelter says it will invest at least $1.5-billion in its North Shore facilities over the next 20 years.
Representatives of Aluminerie Alouette say the announcement is tied to an agreement in principle with the province’s hydro utility on electricity rates until Dec. 31, 2045.
CF Montréal is bracing for a visit from Lionel Messi.
Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano said Friday the Argentine great is expected to travel to Montreal and be available to play in Saturday’s Major League Soccer match at Stade Saputo.
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the federal government is talking to mining and metals giant Rio Tinto RIO-N about helping the company with liquidity problems caused by the United States’ global steel and aluminum tariffs.
During a visit to Saguenay, Que., on Thursday to meet with businesses in the province’s critical aluminum sector, Joly told reporters in French that Ottawa had started talks with the firm earlier this week.
The Calgary Stampede will kick off Friday morning with a parade led by country music superstar Shania Twain. Stampede CEO Joel Cowley says the 10-day celebration of the western way of life attracted 1.47 million visitors last year.
A group of Canadian academics is calling on the federal government to speed up approvals of student visas for Palestinians after two students who were accepted at a Canadian university died before they could leave the region.
Ayman Oweida, chair of the Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk Network, said the two students, twin sisters, were killed in an airstrike in Gaza in December.
The party tents are up, straw bales are scattered around sidewalks and the most crucial 10 days of the year are in full swing for one Calgary bar and restaurant operator.
The Calgary Stampede is a yearly celebration of western culture that kicks off Friday with a parade and includes rodeo events, concerts, carnival games, midway rides, neighbourhood pancake breakfasts, corporate shindigs and a whole lot of cowboy cosplay.
They work on gruesome scenes of death, sometimes traversing rough terrain to access bodies in various states of decomposition.
British Columbia field coroner Leena Chandi said the things that she and her colleagues encounter “are not what most people see, and nobody should have to see that.”
Good morning. Burnout since the onset of the pandemic has led to hospital staff shortages across the country, with rural communities hit the hardest. More on that below, updates to our reporting on tuberculosis, ticks and tennis. But first:
This project aims to document every instance in which a hospital emergency department (ER) in Canada closed its doors – temporarily or permanently – since 2019. For each closure, The Globe and Mail captured the ER’s name, start and end times, and the reason for the disruption.
Explore the interactive map below to browse ER closures across Canada, as compiled by The Globe and Mail.
The northern Manitoba town of Lynn Lake has issued a mandatory evacuation order as a nearby wildfire threatens to cause an imminent loss of power to the community.
The evacuation begins Friday, though officials haven’t provided a time for when residents must be out of their homes.
An RCMP equipment failure is responsible for igniting a wildfire near Lytton, B.C., stirring painful memories for a community that is still rebuilding after being levelled by fire four years earlier.
A Mountie who was in the area searching for a missing swimmer was towing a police boat along Highway 12 northeast of the village in B.C.’s Interior on Canada Day when a wheel ejected from the right side of the trailer, causing a fire in a grass-filled ditch, said B.C. RCMP spokesman Staff Sergeant Kris Clark.
Two suspects have been arrested in British Columbia in an investigation into widespread extortion of South Asian business figures, crimes that police and politicians say reach back to India.
RCMP in Surrey, B.C., say the suspects were arrested Thursday on arson and firearms allegations dating from late 2023 into 2024.
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