There’s still no answer as to why the new year kicked off with a bang for numerous residents of Woodstock, N.B. and surrounding communities. In the mid-afternoon on Jan. 1, several residents from Millville to Florenceville-Bristol jumped on social media to report the sound of a bang and a tremor rattling their homes on New […]

Albertans will now have easier access to information regarding the province’s various non-profits thanks to a new online tool, the province says. The Alberta Non-profit Listing Dashboard is an interactive, searchable database which uses the official records of the Alberta Corporate Registry. Through it, residents can search for the location, type and incorporation status of […]

Canada’s housing shortage, widely recognized as a national crisis and the catalyst of significant immigration cuts, is The Canadian Press News Story of the Year. More than a quarter of 96 editors surveyed voted for the housing shortage as the most consequential story of 2024. The Jasper wildfires came in second place, while tensions between […]

Recognizing the central role of accountability and transparency at City Hall, Ontario’s Municipal Act grants municipalities powers to ensure good governance.  Councils have the responsibility to ensure the operations of the municipality, run by senior management, are conducted openly and subject to public scrutiny. According to the City’s website, St. Catharines is committed to organizational […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Monday that much of the money gained by eliminating independent oversight and regulatory agencies will go to the army to fund a rise in soldiers’ pay. The announcement by President Claudia Sheinbaum is the latest in a a series of new and unusual funding sources to pay for […]

The RCMP have begun rolling out body-worn cameras to be used by frontline officers when responding to a call. Staff Sergeant Ryan Hoetmer says there was a pilot project for the cameras in the Parkland detachment, and those officers have had their cameras for six months. Now that the RCMP are beginning the deployment, the […]

Peterborough police data show calls to addresses within 200 metres of the city’s consumption and treatment site have increased since it  opened in 2022, but workers note the nature of those calls is changing. Details  obtained through a freedom of information request, however, do not  specify the reasons officers were needed and police did not […]

Renfrew – Citing a major drain on resources and monopolizing staff time from one resident in her bid to have council or staff members answer several questions and written requests for information, Renfrew town council agreed with a staff recommendation to deal with the growing number of information requests using the legislative powers and guidelines […]

ATIKOKAN — The Rainy River District School Board needs to review its campus-safety policies and investigate an Atikokan school’s response to last week’s report of a student with a weapon, a local parent says. The school board says it is looking into how school administration responded last week and how to better respond to reports […]

Ontario failed to meet its own legislated target this past year for the average number of hands-on hours of care that long-term care residents receive, a newly updated document shows. The province says it has since reached its goal for the 2023-24 fiscal year, but that happened outside of the timeframe the Progressive Conservative government […]

After being grounded for months following a crash last November that killed eight service members in Japan, the V-22 Osprey — a complicated aircraft that flies fast like a plane but converts to land like a helicopter — is back in the air. But there are still questions as to whether it should be. Since […]

CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AP) — Over a New Mexico training range named the Hornet, two Osprey aircraft speed 100 feet off the ground, banking hard over valleys and hills as they close in on a dusty landing zone. A flight engineer in the back braces a .50-caliber machine gun over the edge of […]