Conservatives, like former PM Stephen Harper, have been representing the people in the area for a long time Today, people who live in the federal riding of Calgary Heritage will go to the polls to choose who will replace Conservative MP Bob Benzen. Benzen was first elected in 2017 after Stephen Harper resigned as prime…
Some people worry that changes to physiotherapy and drug coverage will leave them with big bills to pay Louise Sullivan puts a brace on her husband’s knee and holds his arm while he hobbles from the living room to the kitchen and back. Michael Fairhead looks and sounds tired. She is, too. The Ottawa couple,…
‘Overburdened’ and ‘broken’ system failing to deter drivers, lawyer say Meredith Wilkinson lost her right leg six years ago when she was hit by a garbage truck and dragged under its front tire. To get her license back, she had to go through driver retraining. But the driver who hit her in a bike lane…
Canada has agreed to the benchmark, but it hasn’t said how it will meet it Canada and other NATO countries have been criticized for years because they don’t spend 2% of their GDP on the military, which was a goal set by the military alliance in 2014. In 2014, Canada and other allies agreed to…
After a lot of rain, you can’t go to some places People who are taking stock of the damage in Channel-Port aux Basques say it’s not nearly as bad as was first thought. Since Friday, the southwest coast of Newfoundland has been under a rain watch. Heavy rain is expected to start on Saturday, and…
The best things in the world come to southwestern Manitoba because of competition This weekend, at the 2023 World Clydesdale Show and World Heavy Horseshoeing Championship in Brandon, you can hear the thundering sound of heavy horses’ hooves. Charity Thevenot is a fourth-generation Clydesdale breeder and one of the people who put on the show.…
Brandon Vanderlinden says, “We’re going to show those haters they’re wrong. This month, the eighth World Dwarf Games will be held in Cologne, Germany. Two brothers from Edmonton will be there to compete with each other. Brandon and Jared Vanderlinden, who are twins and 19 years old, are going to the event for the first…
A local council member says, “Everyone wants to be the first one over this bridge. Jeff Leiper is the kind of person who promotes active transportation by posting time-lapse videos of his bike rides to work in Ottawa on social media. So, yes, the Kitchissippi ward councillor is excited about the idea of crossing the…
More than 500 firefighters from other countries are in the province, and highways are closed and people are being told to leave On Saturday, hundreds of firefighters and soldiers from other countries are helping to put out more than 400 wildfires in B.C. The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) says that there are 500 international firefighters…
To treat their tuberculosis, 1,200 Inuit were forced to stay at Sanatorium on the Mountain This weekend, more than a dozen Inuit elders are going on a historic healing trip to Hamilton to visit the site of the old sanatorium where they were held in isolation and abused mentally in the 1950s and 1960s. Naomi…