WINNIPEG – Less than a week after the Snowbirds flew over our city, there’s been a deadly crash. One member of the Canadian Forces team was killed and another was injured when a Snowbird plane went down yesterday in a residential area of Kamloops, BC. Captain Jenn Casey, a public affairs officer from Halifax, died…
TRUDEAU ANNOUNCES AG HELP
WINNIPEG – Ottawa has announced over $250 million in CoVid-19 funding for the farm and food sectors. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says beef and pork producers need help because they have animals they can’t sell. Dairy farmers will also be included. Almost $80 million will keep staff in meat packing plants safe with proper personal…
SMALL BIZ RENT HELP
WINNIPEG – Ottawa is helping small business pay the rent. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he and the provinces have agreed to lower business rent by 75 per cent for April, May and June. 50 per cent will be covered by government, the other 25 per cent is up to the property owner. This applies…
NS DEATH TOLL RISES TO 23
WINNIPEG – Constable Heidi Stevenson, a Nova Scotia RCMP officer is among 23 people who have been killed in that province in a string of shootings. She was a 23 year member of the force and a mother of two. Also among the dead…two nurses and a teacher. The gunman, 51 year old Gabriel Wortman,…
Electric Cars Get New Federal Rebates
OTTAWA — Federal rebates to encourage Canadians to buy electric cars take effect today. The rebates, announced in the last Liberal budget, will take up to $5,000 off the cost of electric vehicles, and $2,500 off plug−in hybrids, but they apply only to cars that cost less than $45,000. Ottawa is raising that to $55,000…
Anti-Semitic Incidents Fuelled By Online Hate
OTTAWA — B’nai Brith Canada says online hatred is fuelling a rise in anti−Semitism that saw record numbers of Jewish Canadians harassed and assaulted last year. The group released its annual audit of anti−Semitism Monday, showing 2,041 recorded incidents of hatred towards Jews in 2018, up 16 per cent compared to the year before. This…
“Zombie” Drug Warning for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The British Columbia Interior Health authority is warning street−drug users of a synthetic cannabinoid that has been linked to a so−called “zombie” outbreak in New York. Chief medical health officer Dr. Trevor Corneil says tests at a Kamloops overdose−prevention site found the powerful drug mixed with heroin, fentanyl and caffeine. The authority…
Bodies of Banff Avalanche Recovered
BANFF, Alta. — The bodies have been recovered of three renowned mountain climbers who were believed to have been caught in a large avalanche in Banff National Park last week. Efforts to find the men — American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and Hansjorg Auer — had been hampered by poor weather and dangerous…
Ford’s Quest for Absolute Power
“The glory of justice and the majesty of law are created not just by the constitution – nor by the courts – nor by the officers of the law – nor by the lawyers – but by the men and women who constitute our society – who are the protectors of the law as they…
Should Cell Phones Be Banned in Schools
On Friday, March 29, St. Francis School in Harbour Grace, N.L., announced a ban on cellphones and other personal electronics for its students, who range from kindergarten through Grade 8. “These devices continue to cause major attention and behavioural problems for our students and they are interfering with student learning,” the school reportedly said on…