Doctors told Jody Littlewolf that her daughter was brain dead and should be taken off life support, but the mother couldn’t shake a strange feeling she had about the teenage girl lying in front of her. Littlewolf repeatedly refused to have the girl whose body had been badly battered in a car crash taken off…
At Least Two Dead in School Bus Highway Collision
WORLD NEWS – At least two people are dead and 43 others injured after a school bus collides with a dumptruck on a highway in New Jersey. Jayson Albano has more information in this Reuters News video report.
Trudeau Government Post Deficits $8 Billion Bigger Than Expected
OTTAWA — The federal budget watchdog says the Trudeau government is on track to run deficits nearly $8 billion deeper than expected over the next two years. A new analysis by the parliamentary budget officer estimates Ottawa will post a $22.1−billion shortfall this fiscal year, which would be $4 billion more than the government’s projection…
New Book on RCMP Spies During The Cold War
OTTAWA — Canadian security agents were so busy looking for Communist infiltrators in the flowering women’s liberation movement, they all but missed a genuine social revolution that transformed millions of lives, says a newly published book. “Just Watch Us” delves into the dusty Cold War records of the RCMP security service to chronicle how Mountie…
Airplane Makes Emergency Landing on BC Highway
MERRITT, B.C. — Motorists driving on B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway were treated to a bizarre sight this afternoon when a small airplane landed on the highway median. Debra Sharkey was driving from Vancouver to Kamloops when she witnessed the Mustang II flying low above the highway approximately 10 km south of Merritt. She says she watched…
The Influx of Asylum Seekers in Canada is Growing
OTTAWA — The number of illegal border crossings is up significantly this year compared with the same period last year, so federal and law enforcement officials have been preparing for possibility of another spike as the weather warms up. Departmental, RCMP and border officials provided a technical briefing this week on the plans they have…
Do You Know These Two Memorable Manitobans?
WINNIPEG – When people talk about Winnipeg we always seem to hear the same things, “Coldest City in North America”, “Pot Hole Capital of Canada”, “home of the Winnipeg Jets – again”. We never hear about the many successful daughters and sons of the city. We want to change that with our weekly feature titled,…
Grandmother Wanted For Two Murders Was Captured in Texas
WORLD NEWS – A fugitive grandmother wanted for murdering her husband IN Minnesota and another woman in Florida has been arrested in Texas. Linda So has more information in this Reuters News video report.
Tom Cochrane’s “Big League” to Raise Money for Humboldt Broncos
TORONTO – Tom Cochrane has released a reworked take of his song “Big League” and will donate the proceeds to those affected by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash nearly two weeks ago. The Juno Award−winning singer and songwriter played an acoustic version of the song to open the April 10 broadcast of TSN’s NHL playoff…
Earthquake Rattles Southern Ontario
AMHERSTBURG, Ont. — There are no reports of injuries or damage after a minor earthquake struck southwestern Ontario Thursday night. The United States Geological Survey, which first reported the quake, said the magnitude 3.6 temblor struck near Amherstburg, Ont. Nick Ackerley, a seismic analyst at Natural Resources Canada, said the magnitude has since been revised…