Trustees are calling on Winnipeg City Council to redesign 30 km/h school zones to better protect everyone who lives, learns and works in their wards — and they want a say in an infrastructure makeover. For Ryan Palmquist, an active cyclist, dad and first-term trustee, road safety is both a passion and frequent source of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s increasing efforts to exclude Democrats from national security briefings could endanger troops and keep important information from the public, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee warned Thursday. “I don’t know how you even begin to rebuild trust,” Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said after Democrats were not invited […]

When Ashley Ferreira’s five-year-old son was diagnosed with autism in 2020 she never imagined that a five-year wait lay ahead for him to get access to government-funded core therapies. “I thought that the diagnosis came with help,” she said. “It wasn’t until I started joining Facebook groups like the Ontario Autism Coalition that I was […]

Representatives of Immigration Partnership Waterloo Region and its partner organizations delegated before councils across the region recently, including at council meetings in both Wilmot and Wellesley Oct. 27 and 28, to request support for a new immigration strategy. Speaking before both councils, the organization that helped settle more than 10,000 newcomers across the region last […]

The head of Canada’s military formally apologized Thursday to the Canadian Armed Forces for the service’s history of racist discrimination and vowed to improve the situation for racialized CAF members. Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan teared up as she delivered a rare, emotional speech to the rank and file in Ottawa Thursday […]

The Saskatchewan government is committing to daily updates on which health facilities and services are being temporarily closed. Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill told the chamber Thursday the Saskatchewan Health Authority will have a list of disruptions on its website that will be updated every day at 4 p.m. “There was frustrations around the notification process […]

U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.S. cloud services instead. But the proposals prompted a flurry of activity from more than 100 lobbyists from tech […]

The federal notification system that alerts Canadians about life-threatening emergency situations is facing an uncertain future. The funding agreement for the National Public Alerting System (NPAS), which sends out alerts for extreme weather, air quality, wildfires, Amber Alerts and other threats, expires on Aug. 31, 2026, and it is unclear what will happen next. “Urgent […]

The Town of Gibsons’ Corporate Administration and Legislative Services Department navigated a busy third quarter, with staffing transitions, legal reviews, and emergency preparedness training topping the agenda.  Chief administrative officer Emanuel Machado presented the report to council members at the Oct. 21 committee of the whole. Machado supported the reorganization of the Infrastructure Services Department […]

Police in Michigan are not commenting on the case involving former NHL forward Ryan Kesler, who’s been charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. Court records show Kesler, 41, was arraigned via Zoom on Monday in Bloomfield Hills District Court, where he pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanour charges stemming from alleged offences […]

One Brampton councillor says the city is “one step closer” to relocating Regeneration Outreach from Grace United Church on Main Street North. But the church and the outreach group say there has been little to no direct contact from the city and no clear relocation plan offered. Regeneration Outreach is a daytime drop-in program at Grace […]

It was July 2023 when Brant County residents say Cleaver Road bridge was “abruptly” closed without any prior warning or input from the community. The century-old, single-lane bridge is one of 15 the county is looking at permanently closing in the coming years, much to the frustration of some residents.  “For two and a half […]