Author: Silas Reed
The federal government is increasing the number of refugees it plans to resettle as a result of Sudan’s civil war, with changes that could see 7,000 more people reach Canada through various programs. But Ottawa says it remains impossible for Quebecers to sponsor relatives from Sudan to resettle in that province.Instead, Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Quebecers can now apply to resettle their relatives as long as they go to another province.The federal policy suggests that Quebec is not allowing families to bring their relatives to the province, and the office of Quebec Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge did not have…
By Kat Ludwig Global News Posted February 20, 2025 7:06 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Many residents of Glen Elm Trailer Court in Regina are now worried for their future after some residents received eviction notices due to failed water and sewer pipes. 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. To add to their anxiety, the court also sent out letters saying it will no longer accept new leases — meaning if someone moved out…
Saskatchewan passed additional regulations to combat the use of bear spray as a street weapon in December. But Saskatoon police reported 10 bear spray attacks over the long weekend alone, raising concerns of regulation effectiveness and safety in public spaces.Since the implementation of The Safe Public Spaces Act, Saskatoon police reported 23 bear spray incidents in December and 31 incidents in January.Police say preventing bear spray attacks can be challenging even with the new provincial regulations.“We are seizing it and we are laying the appropriate charges, but we have to see it,” says Saskatoon Police Chief Cameron McBride. “So whether…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 20, 2025 5:48 pm Updated February 20, 2025 5:54 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The country’s largest private sector union says it’s gravely concerned by Stellantis’ unexpected announcement that it’s halting work at the Brampton Assembly Plant in Ontario. The company has been retooling the plant for both electric and gas Jeep Compass vehicles and was set for production to start later this year.Stellantis said Thursday it is “temporarily pausing work” on both the Jeep model and the plant as it reassess its product strategy in a…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatchewan is finally seeing some warmer days ahead after some record-breaking cold temperatures. The cold hasn’t just been hard on people but businesses as well. Even those that might welcome cold weather like Optimist Hill.“It’s definitely been a lot of rough days in the month of February,” Optimist Hill general manager Maxine Tebbe said.Tebbe said over the last month, they have been forced to close or reduce the hours of the hill because of the extreme cold.“We had to reschedule a lot of school groups from before the break just because it…
As just the third Canadian to be hired as the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s music director, conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni described being handed the role as “a tremendous honour and the fulfillment of a long-held dream.” “This orchestra welcomed me early in my career, and over the years, it has become a true artistic home,” he said in a statement issued Wednesday after the ESO announced he will be the symphony orchestra’s next music director.“Edmonton is home to one of the finest orchestras in North America and to an acoustic gem, the Winspear Centre. To help shape its future is both a…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A family is speaking out after they say their four-year-old son escaped from a supervised play place in West Vancouver’s Park Royal Mall. Brady Point had been dropped off by his parents at the mall’s Castle Royale Indoor Play Ground on Saturday.A person found him in the food court and called his mom, whose number was written on his bracelet issued from the play place.“So he went behind the counter where all three of the people (employees) were standing, grabbed his shoes from there, put them on and walked out the gate,”…
An Ontario NDP candidate who said she wanted to “be a Black woman” and to have the experience “of poverty and living in addiction” has stepped down and said she will not contest the upcoming provincial election. Amanda Zavitz, the NDP candidate for Elgin-Middlesex-London, was recorded during a presentation for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in March 2024.In the video, she is heard saying: “My secret is that I want to be a Black woman,” adding later, “I want to be an expert in inequality with lived experiences of poverty and living in addiction and alcoholism.…
By Aaron Sousa The Canadian Press Posted February 20, 2025 1:10 pm Updated February 20, 2025 1:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size An LGBTQ2 advocate who was discriminated against by 911 dispatchers has applied for a judicial review of a ruling by the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal. Marni Panas, a transgender woman, filed a complaint in 2019 after she was misgendered three times by dispatchers when she called to ask for a welfare check on a friend. 0:43 Merriam-Webster adds ‘they’ as non-binary pronoun The tribunal found there was discrimination but that dispatchers…
Enbridge’s plans to build a protective tunnel around an aging pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes can continue, a Michigan appeals court ruled. The state Public Service Commission properly issued permits for the $500 million project, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday in rejecting arguments from environmental groups and Indigenous groups that commissioners failed to consider the overall need for the pipeline.Tunnel would encase pipeline in the Straits of MackinacEnbridge wants to build a protective tunnel around a six-kilometre section of its Line 5 pipeline that runs along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac,…
