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Permanent fishway to be built at Fraser River landslide: Fisheries and Oceans
VANCOUVER - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has awarded a contract that would see a permanent fishway built to help fish migrate past a massive landslide on a remote stretch of British Columbia's ...
Dec 09, 2020
CP Holiday Train raising awareness and funds for food banks through online show this year
The Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train is going virtual this year but the goal remains the same as it has for the past 21 years.On a typical year, the holiday train stops at numerous communities acro...
Dec 09, 2020
Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to records
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has introduced legislation that would allow relatives of Indigenous children who disappeared or died after being admitted to health-care facilities to obtain informati...
Dec 09, 2020
Provincial rink grant program, welcome sight for Battlefords recreation
The Province of Saskatchewan announced Tuesday, the return of the Community Rink Affordability Grant Program, which will open for applications Dec. 14. The program, provides $2,500 a year to indoor ri...
Dec 09, 2020
Canadian kicker Lirim Hajrullahu gets shot with NFL's Carolina Panthers
Canadian kicker Lirim Hajrullahu has signed with the Carolina Panthers and will join the NFL team's practice squad.The 29-year-old resident of Oakville, Ont., was cut in training camp by the Los Angel...
Dec 09, 2020
Meadow Lake applying for community rink grant
The City of Meadow Lake is working to secure additional funding for two ice rinks in the community.On Monday, the City is expecting to file an application to the provincial government for the Communit...
Dec 09, 2020
U.S. issues challenge to Canada's dairy quotas in first test of new trade agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States is formally accusing Canada of unfairly limiting the ability of American dairy producers to sell their products north of the border. Robert Lighthizer, President D...
Dec 09, 2020
Arrests in St. Brieux in illegal firearms probe
nwnTwo men have been charged after arrests in St Brieux in relation to an illegal firearms investigation.On Tuesday, Dec. 8, crews executed two search warrants in the town and as a result found firear...
Dec 09, 2020
Hudson Bay roofing incident costs man $14,000
A man who violated two counts of the Occupation Health and Safety Regulations (OHS) was fined $14,000 at Melfort Provincial Court on Nov. 30.Being an employer or contractor, Donald Cal pleaded guilty ...
Dec 09, 2020
Quebec government lawyers tell court Bill 21 is not a violation of freedoms
MONTREAL - The Quebec government does not believe its secularism law violates freedom of religion, but rather it serves to frame it, a lawyer argued today.It was the turn of those defending the law kn...
Dec 09, 2020