Private Harry Atherton’s funeral is attended by members of the Calgary Highlanders This month, a soldier from Calgary who went missing during World War I was found, identified, and laid to rest in France. On August 15, 1917, the first day of the Battle of Hill 70 near Lens, France, Private Harry Atherton went missing…
Dr. Charles Helm of Tumbler Ridge used to look forward to summer. Now that there are wildfires, he fears it This week, Dr. Charles Helm and his wife are safe at home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after having to leave because of a wildfire. Helm, a semi-retired doctor who has lived in the town for…
RCMP say it could take months to find out what happened in the crash near Carberry and what caused it They had left earlier that morning, getting on a bus to go to the casino for the day. But they never made it there. Late Thursday morning, a semi-trailer truck hit a bus as it…
Helen Furuya says her husband died in the next-door office because of a company’s mistakes The wife of an office worker who died when a crane fell in downtown Kelowna, B.C., almost two years ago has filed a lawsuit against the construction company, saying that it was careless and caused her husband’s death. Brad Zawislak,…
Canada Border Services Agency has now lost business in 8 provinces Ontario has joined seven other provinces in saying that it will no longer hold migrants in provincial jails who are being held for administrative reasons. A Radio-Canada/CBC report came out earlier this week saying that Quebec and New Brunswick had ended their contracts with…
“Just knowing that other people care about us here is very important,” says the mayor of Dauphin At the scene of one of the deadliest accidents in Manitoba, there are tire marks, burned grass, and pieces of broken glass. But now there is a weight and grief in a community that is trying to understand…
Families who have been tormented by guilt and doubt for decades hope to find answers and peace WARNING: This story has details that are upsetting.. Two Innu babies who died of whooping cough in a hospital in Baie-Comeau in 1970 will have their bodies dug up. This is a first for a new law in…
Whale was first seen on Tuesday night and was thought to be between 6 and 7.6 meters long A dead minke whale was found this week on a beach on the Acadian Peninsula in northeastern New Brunswick. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is looking into what happened. On Tuesday night, people in the community…
After the shooting over the weekend, businesses hope safety will get better Businesses in the ByWard Market say they hope a new center for police and other social services in the popular tourist area will make people feel safer. The Ottawa police said they back a city-led plan to set up a Neighborhood Operations Center…
Before he got hurt in a cycling accident, a man from Windsor, Ont., loved cutting the grass. Before 200 Rob Piper says he loves cutting his grass so much that he thought about starting a business doing it. But the Windsor, Ontario, man was hurt in a cycling accident about five years ago, and he…