Author: Silas Reed
Picking up a new sport came easy to Nicholas Rush. “At first I was a little skeptical cause I heard pickleball was for a certain age,” Rush said.The former competitive badminton player traded his racket for a paddle about five years ago and hasn’t looked back.“It’s a lot of fun and I was still able to get my competitive juices flowing,” Rush, who’s also the president of the Pickleball Club of Winnipeg, said.Rush is just one of many who are part of the pickleball craze.“I got into pickleball, tennis was sort of dying out for my generation,” Cole Lacap said.Pickleball…
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A local council east of Toronto says it’s cancelling in-person sessions and moving meetings online citing “increasingly hostile threats” to its members as an internal battle around one councillor escalates. The mayor and councillors in the City of Pickering have been engaged in a growing battle with one member of council, whom they claim is linked to alt-right figures and has repeatedly disrupted meetings.Ward 1 Coun. Lisa Robinson has been docked nine months of pay by her colleagues over the past year after three successive integrity commissioner investigations found she had broken the code of conduct.Robinson has denied wrongdoing, asked…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Most of the children who attend Les Trésors de Marie-Claire in Montreal’s West Island are too young to know exactly who Marie-Claire Martin is and what she has done for the community. Martin’s journey began in 1980.After the tragic and sudden loss of her husband, the young mother of two was forced to find a way to support her family. Her love and passion for children led her to open a home daycare.“We basically put together a little flyer at home and we drew it, went to a copy company, photocopied a…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size At Global Coin Solutions, the painstaking process of sorting through currency from around the world is done largely by hand. The Ontario company, which specializes in cash management and foreign currency fundraising, is looking to effect change for those most in need.“Our estimates are that there’s between two and three billion dollars in foreign currency in Canada doing nothing,” company founder and president Scott Hutchings said.Hutchings estimates his business has processed around $25 million through its Toronto facility. He tells Global News the lion’s share of that has been for charities. Get…
A retired firefighter who suffered significant injuries after being hit by a car while cycling says due to the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia’s (ICBC) no-fault insurance system, he’s not getting the care he needs. On May 16, 2023, Wakefield was hit by a vehicle while riding his ebike in Vernon, B.C., leaving him with multiple broken ribs, a broken scapula, a broken collar bone, and a concussion.Wakefield has been getting care for his injuries, including mental health support, but at the end of December 2023, he says ICBC cut his funding.“They decided they had enough and just cut me…
China is accusing Canada of hypocrisy for criticizing Beijing’s human-rights record, pointing to issues faced by Indigenous Peoples. The blowback comes after Ottawa sanctioned eight Chinese officials it accuses of “grave human rights violations” against ethnic and religious minorities, and voiced concern about democracy in Hong Kong.Ottawa issued a statement last month that cited reports of arbitrary and violent detainment of Uyghur people, as well as repression toward Tibetans and Falun Gong practitioners.Global Affairs Canada also says it “deplores” that authorities are issuing international bounties for Hong Kong democracy activists and former lawmakers from the territory, including Canadians.Beijing says those…
By Jack Farrell The Canadian Press Posted January 2, 2025 6:46 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A judge is asking the Alberta government to consider developing minimum safety standards for clothing donation bins after three people got stuck trying to get inside and died. Justice Jayme Williams reviewed the accidental deaths in Calgary and Medicine Hat between 2017 and 2019.She says in a report that the benefits of the donation bins programs are significant and should be continued, if not expanded, but not at the expense of safety. Get daily National news Get…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Nēwo-Yōtina Friendship Centre has been operating Wâhkôhtowin Harm Reduction under an urgent need’s exemption for its overdose prevention since 2021. However, in a Facebook post made on December 31st, the center announced they received a new exemption to operate as a supervised consumption site (SCS) under the guidelines laid out by Health Canada.That makes it the City of Regina’s first and only supervised consumption site.The Nēwo-Yōtina Friendship Centre shared over social media, “Supervised consumption sites have been proven to save lives and benefit communities. Our supervised consumption site offers a range…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 2, 2025 3:42 pm Updated January 2, 2025 3:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A new study suggests Canadian forests are increasingly primed for severe wildfires, underlining the pressing need to proactively mitigate the increased threat posed by climate change. The study by Canadian researchers, published in the journal Science, looked at fire severity from 1981 to 2020.Co-author Xianli Wang, a scientist with the Canadian Forest Service, says there were on average an additional two days conducive to high-severity fires in 2000 to 2020, compared to…