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'It's so sad': B.C. gardeners grieve as they take stock of cold snap's toll
RICHMOND - If you ask the "King of Succulents" Johnny Tai how his plants are doing, do it gently. The 80-year-old Richmond, B.C., gardener hasn't recovered yet from what he calls the "crime scene" he ...
Mar 07, 2024

Utility provider Xcel Energy says its facilities appeared to have role in igniting Texas wildfire
CANADIAN, Texas (AP) - The utility provider Xcel Energy said Thursday that its facilities appeared have played a role in igniting a massive wildfire in the Texas Panhandle that grew to the largest bla...
Mar 07, 2024

Our Legacy Youth Conference
The second annual Our Legacy Youth Conference will be happening April 2nd - 4th at the Plaza 88 Event Centre. More information can be found on the poster attached below.We are finally opening registra...
Mar 07, 2024

Judge will hear conspiracy argument in trial of Freedom Convoy organizers
OTTAWA - An Ontario court judge says she will entertain arguments that Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber acted as co-conspirators as part of their criminal trial. The Crown intend...
Mar 07, 2024

Staff in Canada's women's shelters are facing a burnout crisis, new report finds
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A new report says staff at women's shelters and transition homes across the country are feeling burned out, underpaid and overburdened with administrative work. The review from nati...
Mar 07, 2024

Canada asking weapons-makers for plans to ramp up ammunition production
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving two weapons manufacturers millions of dollars to come up with a plan to make more ammunition in Canada. Defence Minister Bill Blair made the announcement in a...
Mar 07, 2024

Two adults, four children found dead in Ottawa-area home, police say
Ottawa police are investigating the deaths of six people including four children and two adults found in a home in the city's Barrhaven area. Police said Thursday one person has been arrested and ther...
Mar 07, 2024

EU's largest party endorses Ursula von der Leyen’s bid for a second term as EU Commission chief
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - The European Union's largest political party on Thursday endorsed Ursula von der Leyen's bid for a second five-year term at the helm of the bloc's powerful Commission. Von de...
Mar 07, 2024

Family killed in Nashville plane crash from King Township, North of Toronto
An Ontario town is mourning a family of five who died in a Nashville plane crash earlier this week. Forty-three-year-old Victor Dotsenko, his 39-year-old wife Rimma Dotsenko and their three children, ...
Mar 07, 2024

UN raises alert for 780,000 people displaced in Mozambique, most due to violence in north
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The United Nations' refugee chief raised a new alert Thursday over 780,000 displaced people in Mozambique, the vast majority of them because of a seven-year insurgency b...
Mar 07, 2024