Author: Silas Reed

For many, the new year is a fresh start – an opportunity to make positive changes in one’s life. Often, coming up with a list of New Year’s resolutions is easy, but sticking to those goals can be challenging. This is true in personal pursuits as well as in business.Sagehill Community Futures works with rural entrepreneurs and small business owners in Saskatchewan. Office Coordinator Jenny Glessman said having goals is important, and those goals must be clear, achievable and specific.“This is one we hear all the time: ‘I want to grow my business.’ it’s vague,” Glessman said.“Grow my business to…

By Darryl Greer The Canadian Press Posted January 5, 2025 5:34 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The driver of a vehicle with Washington state licence plates failed to stop at the Pacific Highway border crossing Sunday morning in Surrey, B.C. The Surrey Police Service said the Canada Border Services Agency flagged a white pickup truck that drove through the border around 8:45 a.m. local time. 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. Surrey police said…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The future of the Green Line LRT will be decided by Calgary city council in the new year as questions remain over costs and legal risks to the city. A revised alignment from the Government of Alberta envisions major changes to the scope of the project, including elevating the line through the downtown core rather than a proposed tunnel.The province’s proposed plan would see the line travel at-grade from Shepard in the southeast to 7 Avenue S.W. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines,…

By Kanishka Singh Reuters Posted January 5, 2025 2:03 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The FBI is looking into past visits to Egypt and Canada by the suspect in the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people after a truck was rammed into a crowd of revelers, an FBI official told reporters on Sunday. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. Army veteran aged 42 who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State extremist group, was the suspect in the attack and the FBI says he acted alone. He was killed in a shootout…

Instead of a Santa suit, Ray Taheri opts for a red jacket as he packs toys for the children of Ukraine that he will deliver in time for Christmas. Ukrainians celebrate Eastern Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7. Taheri will land in the Ukraine on Christmas Eve then make his way to Moldova and then Romania to deliver the 250 gifts he has collected over the year.“The spirit of Christmas is to love, to care, to share and to feel close to your fellow human being even though you haven’t seen them,” Taheri said.Taheri is a professor in the engineering department…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 5, 2025 12:21 pm Updated January 5, 2025 12:25 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Over a dozen people were injured after a bus swerved and crashed onto its side near the Canada-U.S. border in Quebec’s Eastern Townships region Saturday night. Quebec provincial police says the bus was travelling on Route 133 when the driver lost control at around 8:30 p.m. in Saint-Armand, Que., about 62 kilometres southeast of Montreal. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news…

By Alex Nino Gheciu The Canadian Press Posted January 5, 2025 9:15 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Sunday evening’s Golden Globes will feature a strong Canadian presence, with British Columbia actors Pamela Anderson and Gabriel LaBelle among the first-time nominees. Anderson is up for best actress in a dramatic film thanks to her starring turn as an aging Vegas dancer in The Last Showgirl, while LaBelle competes for best actor in a motion picture comedy for his role as a young Lorne Michaels in Saturday Night.Meanwhile, Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve is in the…

The Canadian equity market will continue building on its strength from 2024 despite lingering political uncertainties, experts forecast. But investors should prepare for more volatility and be patient as the pace of gains is expected to be a bit slower. There’s a strong mandate for the current bull market to continue in the new year despite tariff threats from the U.S. and political uncertainties in Canada, said Angelo Kourkafas, senior investment strategist at Edward Jones.“When we take a step back and look at the foundation … it is ongoing economic growth,” Kourkafas said. “It is rising corporate profits and the…

A new generation has arrived that will shape the world we know in the coming decades. Meet Gen Beta: anyone born between 2025 and 2039. They follow Generation Alpha, who are born between 2010 and 2024.The terms were coined after the Greek alphabets by Australian-based research firm McCrindle, which provides generational analysis and demographics services.“We named them Alpha and Beta to signify not just new generations, but the first generations that will be shaped by an entirely different world,” McCrindle says on its website.“That is why we moved to the Greek alphabet, to signify how these different generations will be…

By Joe Bongiorno The Canadian Press Posted January 4, 2025 2:54 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s health department is warning people who may have been exposed to measles in several regions of the province to monitor for symptoms amid a new outbreak of the disease. Marie-Pierre Blier with the Quebec health department says four cases have been confirmed in the province as of Friday in connection to an outbreak that began last month.She says all of the confirmed cases acquired measles in the province, with the first person exposed to someone who…