JIKANDOR, Liberia (AP) — For generations, families in Jikandor village fished and drank from the river that runs through Liberia ’s dense rain forest. Now toxic pollution is making them leave. They blame the largest gold miner in Liberia, Bea Mountain Mining Corporation. When dead fish float to the surface, they said, they know to […]

There are under 100 days for residents to decide if they would like to run as a candidate in the 2026 municipal election, and first-term Penetanguishene council members shared what to expect in preparation to have their name put on the ballot. At the recent regular meeting of council, Penetanguishene clerk Kelly Cole was asked […]

Following an Anti-Extortion Summit held in Brampton on Tuesday, January 13, the Government of Canada is providing Peel Region with up to $1 million to combat extortion crime. Ruby Sahota, MP for Brampton North-Caledon, has discussed hopeful changes in extortion-related cases in Peel. At the Summit, Sahota says she was happy to see so many […]

Nearly all federal government executives received bonus pay last year even as departments fell short of many of their own performance goals, according to internal records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation through access-to-information requests. The documents show about 98 per cent of federal executives qualified for bonus payments in the 2024-25 fiscal year, the […]

Four years after a mass shooting in Nova Scotia claimed 22 lives, the RCMP have presented 32 awards to officers and staff for their roles in the manhunt and the public inquiry that followed. The awards, approved by RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme in May, are described in documents obtained under the federal access to information law by author and […]

Crime Stoppers of Halton continues to play a quiet but significant role in helping police solve crimes across the region, relying on anonymous tips from residents who see or know something and choose to speak up. Crime Stoppers of Halton has been operating in the region for 38 years. According to Colin Jessome, executive director […]

Most of the airtime during the January 14 Kaslo council meeting was taken up by the recently revised Council Procedures Bylaw, which received first and second reading during the December 9 meeting. Council discussed feedback received from the public. The bylaw sets rules for how meetings are organized and how participants are involved. The changes […]

As other countries move toward banning social media use for some teens, the Liberal government has confirmed it’s working on new legislation to address online harms.  So could Canada follow Australia and implement a social media ban? Here’s what we know:  What are the rules in place now for kids under 13?  Canada has no […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Families of two Trinidadian nationals killed in a Trump administration boat strike last October sued the federal government on Tuesday, calling the attack a war crime and part of an “unprecedented and manifestly unlawful U.S. military campaign.” The lawsuit is thought to be the first wrongful death case arising from the three […]

Advocates of more federal transparency are concerned a federal review of the Access to Information regime will not fix long-standing problems, and that it could even make things worse. The Treasury Board Secretariat announced the government review, which takes place every five years, in a news release last June. For a $5 fee, people can […]

Canada continues to tout itself as a “world leader” in tackling ghost gear’s threats to marine life and coastal communities even though funding for the program dried up in 2024.  Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO’s) former investments to address abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear, were axed without explanation by the federal Liberals more than […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Oregon dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking Oregon’s unredacted voter rolls on Monday in another setback to wide-ranging efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to get detailed voter data from states. In a hearing, U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai said he would dismiss the suit and issue […]