SURREY, B.C. — The RCMP in British Columbia is asking for the public’s help in trying to locate a family of four that has not been heard from since Monday. Surrey RCMP say the Anderson family was reported missing on Tuesday evening. They were last seen on Sunday and a family member spoke to them…
10 Hurt in Bus – Semi Collision in Saskatchewan
KERROBERT, Sask. — Ten people have been injured in a collision involving a semi−truck and a bus carrying workers at a highway intersection west of Saskatoon. RCMP say no one has died but an air ambulance was dispatched to the scene. Mounties say the crash happened at the intersections of Highways 21, 31 and 51…
First Canadian Face Transplant
MONTREAL – In what doctors are calling a Canadian first, surgeons from Montreal’s Maisonneuve−Rosemont hospital have successfully completed a face transplant. The 30−hour operation on a 64−year−old man who was badly disfigured in a hunting accident took place this past May. A team led by plastic surgeon Dr. Daniel Borsuk performed the feat on Maurice…
Measles Warning Issued in the 5 News Stories You Need to Know
Five stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 14 ——— ONTARIO LEGISLATURE TO SIT ON SATURDAY Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government will hold a rare Saturday sitting of the legislature to speed up passage of a controversial bill to slash the size of Toronto city council. A source confirms to The Canadian Press that legislators will…
Trudeau Says Consider What You Tell US Border Guards
WINNIPEG — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sounding a cautionary note about the recreational use of marijuana, saying that consuming it could have consequences for Canadians crossing the border into the United States. Trudeau made the comment during an interview on CBC Manitoba hours before a visit to Winnipeg. He was posed a question from…
Good Morning Winnipeg – Here’s Five News Stories You Need to Know
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Sept. 13 ——— FREELAND SAYS PM BRIEFED ON NAFTA TALKS Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada’s negotiating team spent several hours Wednesday updating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the state of NAFTA talks. Freeland didn’t go into any detail about the issues on which the prime minister…
Five News Stories You Need to Know Today
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Sept. 12 ——— HUMBOLDT BRONCOS PLAY HOME OPENER TONIGHT The Humboldt Broncos are to play their home opener tonight against the Nipawin Hawks. The Broncos were on their way to play the Hawks in a playoff game on April 6 when the team bus and a tractor-trailer collided…
Man Sends Email to 246 Women Named Nicole
A bevy of women named Nicole at the University of Calgary have united thanks to a mass email from a young man on a quest to locate his missed connection. The Friday morning email came from Carlos Zetina, who wrote that a woman named Nicole gave him the wrong phone number after he took her…
Acadia Professor Fired Over Comments He Made
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – A Nova Scotia professor who stoked a national debate about free speech on campus after making controversial comments on social media and in the classroom has been fired. Acadia University confirmed Friday that Rick Mehta has been dismissed, several months after the Wolfville, N.S., school launched a formal investigation into complaints against…
Quebec Could Expel Immigrants Who Didn’t Learn French
MONTREAL — The perennially divisive topic of language politics surfaced on the Quebec campaign trail Friday as the leader of the Coalition Avenir Quebec promised his government would force new immigrants to leave the province if they don’t learn French within three years. After two weeks of campaigning nearly devoid of language talk, the issue…