Several women are protesting the conditions at Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert with a hunger strike.
Category: Canada
Saskatoon Hilltops begin quest for 24th national title in 2024
The defending CJFL champion Saskatoon Hilltops are two sleeps away from another season where they’ll have a target on their backs.
Advocates join together to call for change inside Sask. prisons
Saskatchewan advocates and non-profits are joining together to call for the prevention of in-custody deaths as part of a national solidarity movement.
Indigenous nation closes bridge over B.C.’s Chilcotin River, citing riverbank cracks
A bridge over British Columbia’s Chilcotin River is closed to traffic until further notice after new cracks were discovered near a massive landslide that had blocked the river for days before a breach sent torrents of water and debris downstream.
Sask. Party and NDP offer dueling positions on new job numbers
The Sask. Party and the NDP are weighing in on economic issues less than three months before voters head to the polls.
‘Extremely elusive’ shark caught on camera swimming off B.C. coast
A group of scuba divers had the rare opportunity to swim with an “extremely elusive” shark off B.C.’s South Coast this week – and the incredible encounter was captured on video.
Tom Green, tattoos and Folklorama: What’s on in Manitoba this weekend
Here are some of the events taking place in Winnipeg and across Manitoba from Aug. 9-11, 2024.
Polar bears kill worker in attack off Baffin Island
The Nasittuq Corporation says a worker has died after being attacked by two polar bears at its site on Brevoort Island, off the eastern coast of Baffin Island in Nunavut.
Vancouver luxury rental firm says regulator’s ‘unfair’ order freezing its accounts has been lifted
A Vancouver property management company says its trust accounts have been unfrozen and its licence reinstated, two weeks after a regulator’s “urgent” order against them.
Man wanted in connection with killings in Edmonton, Calgary arrested in NY
A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for a homicide in Edmonton is in custody after he was arrested in the United States.
