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Global News has been exploring youth and technology. As parents strive to keep kids safe online, a piece of federal legislation exploring online safety won’t be moving forward. Source link
Instead of preparing to start off season training, the University of Winnipeg women soccer players are rallying together for another reason — to figure out their next step. “They brought our team in on Tuesday morning. We thought it [was] going to be about who the coach was going to be for next year…but they told us the news: the program was being cut,” team captain Sydney Arnold said.It was a decision the student-athletes never saw coming, their beloved sport suddenly taken away.“Our team has been often undermined in the past,” Arnold said.The University of Winnipeg announced it’s discontinuing women’s…
By Nicole Healey Global News Posted January 24, 2025 6:25 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Inflation, tariffs, and access to fresh foods. All are top discussion points local and experts were talking about this week at the Saskatchewan Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association’s annual conference. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Global News’ Nicole Healey spoke to industry leaders, who say they are feeling the agrifood sector is moving in the right direction. Trending…
WARNING: This story contains details that may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised. A documentary following an investigation into allegations of abuse and missing kids at the former St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School in Williams Lake has been nominated for an Oscar.Sugarcane is up for the Best Documentary Feature award at the Academy Awards later this winter.Secwepemc filmmaker, Julian Brave NoiseCat, and Toronto journalist, director, producer and cinematographer, Emily Kassie, explore allegations that the priests who fathered children with students at the school sent the infants to be killed in the incinerator.“This film has meant the world to…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 24, 2025 5:27 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Saskatchewan woman says she’s been compensated after she came forward with allegations that staff at a resort in Mexico pressured her to sign a non-disclosure agreement in order to receive medical help. Allison Field says her family’s December vacation became a nightmare when she, her husband and their son fell ill while staying at the Royalton Splash Riviera Cancun.She previously told The Canadian Press that a resort manager began “pestering” her to sign an NDA while she…
Long before Brenda Tatlock-Burke was killed by her husband in October, there were signs of his controlling and coercive behaviour. “As my mom’s kids, if we said something he disapproved of, we were literally not allowed to go and see her,” Tatlock-Burke’s daughter, Tara Graham, said of her stepfather, retired RCMP officer Mike Burke. “He did that with friendships and relatives of hers over the years. He was controlling the money, the finances.”Graham, 41, does not think her mother was physically abused during her marriage, but Burke’s coercive behaviour escalated over time. And now she is urging people to recognize…
Police say the driver of a school bus is facing charges after a 22-year-old woman was struck and killed while walking in a crosswalk in Toronto, and the woman’s family lawyer says legal action has been launched against the driver and the bus company. On Oct. 9, 2024, police said a young woman was struck by a school bus making a left-hand turn while crossing at the crosswalk at Kingston and Kingswood roads. She was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries and died a few days later.The woman has been identified as 22-year-old Rachel Turner. Her parents, Susan and Leon…
It is a deeply emotional moment from a world-renowned Alberta musician, resonating with thousands of people whose lives were torn apart by the Los Angeles wildfires. This week, Jens Lindemann and his family made their first return to the burnt-out remains of a place they called home for 16 years.As he and his wife walked over the ruins of their once-splendid Southern California home, Lindemann opted to let his music speak in a moment words failed him.“I managed to pull out one trumpet that I had saved. I saved eight out of the 35 that I had,” Lindemann said. “I…
By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted January 24, 2025 12:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ottawa’s former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul says Alberta is undermining Canada’s attempts to prevent the U.S. from levying damaging tariffs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rallied most of the premiers to agree that all sectors of the Canadian economy could be deployed to fight back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from Canada.Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said that Canada should not threaten the U.S. with retaliatory…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 23, 2025 8:46 pm Updated January 24, 2025 9:42 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Mounties in Manitoba say six people from multiple countries were caught last week trying to illegally cross into Canada from the United States. Police say the group was spotted from the air crossing the border on foot near Emerson on Jan. 14.Officers say some were not dressed for the freezing temperatures, and an ambulance was called to ensure their safety.The six were from Jordan, Sudan, Chad and Mauritania. Get daily National news…
