My family tree in Barbados has been changed by the British Empire in ways that are still felt today This First Person column came out on August 1, 2022, on Emancipation Day, before Queen Elizabeth died. It was written by a PhD student at the University of Toronto named Jillian Sunderland. See for more information…
On August 1 and 2, Nick Pelletier plans to swim the length of Okanagan Lake from north to south An ultra-endurance athlete from Kelowna, B.C., is getting ready for his third and last try to swim the length of Okanagan Lake and break the Guinness record. Nick Pelletier, who is 25 years old, wants to…
Shell made a deal in December to buy Sobeys’ gas stations in western Canada Canada’s competition watchdog says that Shell Canada Ltd. has agreed to sell some of its western assets in order to move forward with a $100 million deal to buy gas stations from an Empire Co. Ltd. affiliate. The Competition Bureau says…
The RCMP say that the search for a young person who has been missing since July 22 will resume when it’s safe to do so The search for the only person still missing in Nova Scotia after the terrible floods has been put on hold for now, according to the RCMP. In a press release…
Near Champlain Bridge, trains were seen stopped on the tracks The Réseau express métropolitain, Montreal’s newest public transportation system, had to stop service in both directions during its first rush hour on Monday. Passengers had to get off the trains, and the service’s emergency backup plan was put into action. Shortly after 9 a.m., the…
Small business owners are getting steady orders, but the city bylaw office warns them to be careful Lisa DeCurtis’s life changed the first time she took her German shorthaired pointers to Country Canines Play Park. Sunshine, her younger dog, had never run free before. She didn’t come back when she was called, so public dog…
Premier Heather Stefanson said that Klein is one of her caucus’s two Indigenous members The website for the Manitoba government still says that Environment Minister Kevin Klein is Métis, even though the president of the Manitoba Métis Federation, a well-known Métis lawyer, and Klein’s own brother all say that this is not true. A spokesperson…
“Childhood is a basic need and a human right,” says a clown who wants to make safe places for kids Guillaume Vermette is getting ready for a two-week trip to Ukraine by packing his clown clothes, which include a red nose, suspenders, and a colorful suit. Next week at this time, a volunteer from Trois-Rivières,…
Cemetery says cultural events have been going on for a long time and help mourners deal Letitia Stiller’s father died suddenly of an aneurysm when she was only six years old. He didn’t work outside the home and was close with his family. Stiller has been going to his grave at Beechwood Cementry in Ottawa’s…
Scientists at the University of Guelph are questioning the old way of doing business in academic publishing Terry Van Raay is a biologist who spends most of his time in the lab putting different foods through an artificial intestine. He does this to try to find out how gut health affects the nervous system. But…