Category: Canada

Close to 900 meals were prepared last Christmas for the annual Community Christmas Day Dinner at the Pro-Cathedral. There could be even more made this year

“This is not talked about nearly enough,” Scott said. “It’s something that’s really coming to the forefront in more recent years.”

In the Kamloops Fire Centre, which includes the Okanagan, 90 per cent of the wildfires were suppressed at five hectares or less.

Detours will begin Friday at 9:30 p.m. and extend through the weekend until Monday at 6 a.m.

Another medal to an ever-growing collection for the Junior Lakers program

Mayor says clients are being looked after

Ontario grocers and the Beer Store have reached an agreement-in-principle on alcohol recycling that will allow the retailers to avoid collecting empties at their stores and gives a renewed role to the brewers, The Canadian Press has learned.

A historic oil pipeline deal between the federal and Alberta governments — set to be announced on Thursday — could lead to more production in the oilsands, cementing Canada’s position as one of the world’s largest fossil fuel producers while pushing its climate targets even further out of reach.

The notwithstanding clause allows for premiers or prime ministers to override rulings on legislation that judges have determined would violate sections of the Charter. But the use of the clause, once viewed by many as a political taboo, has become more frequent in recent years.