Hockey, baseball and curling — those are just a few of the sports Canadians have historically grown up playing. But there’s another game that has been gaining popularity in this country over the last few years: rugby. KREMS Rugby president…
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‘Completely unacceptable’: Patrick Brown outraged over release of sex offender in Brampton
Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown says he demands answers from the federal government after Peel Regional Police announced that a woman with multiple sexual assault convictions will be living in the city. Peel police said 36-year-old Madilyn Harks, formerly known as…
‘Thanks for nothing’: Regina residents bid farewell to Capital Pointe hole
Nearly 50 people gathered at the site of what was promised to be Regina’s tallest building to say goodbye to the Capital Pointe hole on Saturday. Paula Krasiun-Winsel organized the so-called “funeral” for the downtown eyesore. She wanted to make…
Public input sessions begin on Spring 2018 record flooding in southern N.B.
A small but engaged group turned out in Quispamsis for the first of five public meetings in southern New Brunswick. An independent third party is gathering input surrounding the record flooding in the Spring of 2018. People are being asked…
Book borrowed in 1956 is finally returned to New Brunswick library
An overdue book is finally back at the public library in Moncton, N.B., – 63 years after it was borrowed. Librarian Chantale Bellemare says a senior was cleaning his house and discovered the volume of Relax and Live, a self-help…
Toronto charity packs emergency kits for victims of Cyclone Idai
A Toronto charity spent much of Saturday packing emergency kits for those affected by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. GlobalMedic, which works to assist countries in the aftermath of natural disasters, packed around 2,200 emergency kits to send to…
RCMP urge people not to try to save a moose spotted on a N.B. river
Police in northern New Brunswick say a moose spotted on the ice of the Nepisiquit River is not in danger, and people should not try to save it. RCMP in Bathurst issued a notice on Twitter Saturday, telling people to…
Priest stabbed during mass at oratory leaves hospital; suspect to be charged
A Catholic priest who was stabbed as he was celebrating mass at Montreal’s St. Joseph’s Oratory on Friday is expressing gratitude for the support he’s received from the public. Father Claude Grou was released from hospital Friday night after suffering…
Creditor protection granted to Rothmans, Benson & Hedges in $15B Quebec lawsuit
Rothmans, Benson & Hedges has become the third tobacco company to receive a temporary reprieve from compensating 100,000 Quebec smokers after securing creditor protection in an Ontario court on Friday. Imperial Tobacco Canada and JTI-Macdonald Corp. were both granted creditor…
Toronto mayor condemns far-right rally planned for Saturday
Mayor John Tory has condemned the “ideology and tactics of white supremacists” ahead of a far-right rally that is scheduled for Saturday afternoon in downtown Toronto. The group Pegida, a far-right, anti-Islam group, said on social media that it will…