After almost a week of uncertainty about event accessibility due to her pregnancy leave, Team Lawes vice Selena Njegovan has confirmed she plans to attend the Canadian women’s curling championship.
Both Curling Canada and Njegovan said they have cleared things up after a miscommunication led to confusion about her role at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts while on leave.
Njegovan was told last week that she wouldn’t have the same access as other athletes at the Feb. 17-26 event
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After a week of uncertainty, Selena Njegovan confirms she’ll be on site at Scotties
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Walmart shooting suspect pleads guilty to federal charges
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of killing nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart, changing his plea weeks after the U.S. government said it wouldn’t seek the death penalty for the hate crimes and firearms violations.
Patrick Crusius still faces a potential death sentence if he’s convicted on a state capital murder charge in the 2019 shooting that killed 23 people. He pleaded not guilty in the -
Bail set for ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor as Canadian police apply for more charges
Bail has been set at $300,000 for a former actor in the movie “Dances With Wolves” who is facing eight sex-related charges in Nevada as police in Canada say more complainants there have come forward.
Information from North Las Vegas Court says that if Nathan Chasing Horse can post bail, he could be released on house arrest but cannot have contact with the complainants or any minors.
The 46-year-old actor and self-proclaimed medicine man is also facing a charge of sexual a -
Canadian soccer player describes the horror of the earthquake in Turkey
Canadian soccer player Sam Adekugbe was one of the lucky ones. He managed to escape earthquake-ravaged Antakya in Turkey.
Some of his teammates and staff at his club Hatayspor are still missing. The 28-year-old from Calgary is now safe in Istanbul with Canada captain Atiba Hutchinson, who plays for Besiktas. But he tells a harrowing tale of being caught in the quake.
Adekugbe was relaxing at home with some teammates after a Turkish league game Sunday evening. The quake began as he started cleani -
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Chilliwack RCMP arrest 35-year-old Chilliwack man for aggravated assault
CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack have arrested a 35-year-old man after he was involved in an aggravated assault incident Tuesday afternoon that sent a 30-year-old man to hospital.According to Sgt. Krista Vrolyk, media relations spokesperson for the Chilliwack RCMP, Chilliwack RCMP took the Chilliwack man into custody. The suspect has since been released on conditions pending his first court appearance.Meanwhile, the 30-year-old victim has been released from hospital and the investigatio -
After a season on loan in the CPL, defender Luke Singh looks to stick with Toronto FC
After being thrown into the deep end with Toronto FC in 2021, defender Luke Singh found himself facing different challenges last season on loan with FC Edmonton.
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The CPL took over the club in December 2021 while the search for new ownership continued. Fellow CPL teams sent players out on loan to Edmonton to help fill out the troubled team’s -
Keep Canada’s doors open to Ukrainians, refugee groups urge Ottawa
OTTAWA — Humanitarian groups that have been supporting Ukrainian refugees are calling on Ottawa to extend a special immigration program that allows people fleeing Ukraine to temporarily live, work and study in Canada.
The program provides Ukrainians and their families with a visa to stay in Canada for up to three years while they figure out their next steps, but applications are due to close on March 31.
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B.C. forecasts more than one million jobs over next decade, health, tech key areas
VICTORIA — More than one million jobs will need to be filled in British Columbia in the next decade, and a labour outlook says about two-thirds of them will be needed to replace workers retiring.
The government says its labour forecast helps businesses, post-secondary institutions, organizations and governments plan for the future.
Selina Robinson, post-secondary education and future skills minister, says key growth areas for work will be in the technology and health-care sectors.
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RCMP announce missing 74-year-old Rosedale man has been apprehended
MIDWAY — Midway RCMP in B.C. reported Wednesday (Feb. 8) that a 74-year-old Rosedale man who was wanted on a Form 21 Director’s Warrant under the B.C. Mental Health Act has been located.
In a news release Wednesday, Mounties said information was obtained that the subject was in Manitoba and headed to Saskatchewan. The subject, identified as Wilfred James Kilgren, was located in Saskatchewan and apprehended, with the assistance of members in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.During the appreh -
Red Bull picks Chilliwack for its North American expansion plans
CHILLIWACK — After an extensive Canadian site selection process, the Chilliwack Economic Partners Corporation and City of Chilliwack jointly announced Wednesday morning (Feb. 8) that Red Bull has chosen Chilliwack for a major new facility investment in support of its North American expansion plans.In a news release from the two agencies, CEPCO and the City of Chilliwack backed the Red Bull Global Operations team during their due diligence efforts to determine the optimum Canadian location -
Ealey: Historic Super Bowl matchup is between two good QBs ‘who happen to be Black’
Long before there was Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts, Doug Williams or even Warren Moon, there was Chuck Ealey.
When Mahomes and Hurts lead the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, respectively, on to the field Sunday, it will mark the first Super Bowl featuring two Black starting quarterbacks. Adding emphasis to the historic matchup is that it comes during Black History Month.
Some 51 years after he came north to play quarterback in pro football, Ealey sees Sunday’s matchup as one fe -
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City auditor criticizes Ottawa police over handling of ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests
OTTAWA — The City of Ottawa’s auditor general says police intelligence sharing with the city about last year’s “Freedom Convoy” was insufficient and affected the ability to plan for the protests.
In reports released today, the auditor general also finds the Ottawa police did not properly engage with the city’s emergency management and traffic management offices.
Auditor general Nathalie Gougeon’s office released three reports evaluating how the city and -
Mission asks residents to cut down on recycling contamination, says city could lose money
MISSION — The City of Mission has launched a new education campaign aimed at helping the municipality reduce contamination in curbside recycling by 25 per cent and meet Recycle B.C. requirements.From snappy videos to new social media and website content to in-the-field recycling bin inspections, the campaign that kicked off this month is designed to simplify the recycling process by sharing practical and handy tips with residents.
Currently Mission’s curbside and multi-family recycli -
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Canadian snowboarder Brooke D’Hondt relishes hometown halfpipe World Cup
CALGARY — Brooke D’Hondt has dropped into Calgary’s halfpipe a 10-minute drive from home more times than she can count, but the snowboarder will compete in her first World Cup there starting Thursday.
The youngest member of Canada’s 2022 Olympic team in Beijing became serious about snowboarding around the same time WinSport built a superpipe in 2014.
“I would have been eight or nine. It’s a little nostalgic for me to be back competing here where my halfpipe ca -
Tug company, senior official charged in fatal 2021 sinking off northwest B.C. coast
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — Charges have now been laid against a tug and barge company and one of its senior officials two years after a tug sank off British Columbia’s coasts south of Kitimat, killing the captain and one crew member.
Court documents show a total of eight counts have been laid against Wainwright Marine Services and James Bates, the president of Bates Properties Ltd., which includes Wainwright Marine as one of its operations.
The charges relate to alleged violations o -
Toronto FC sells young Canadian winger Jayden Nelson to Norway’s Rosenborg
Toronto FC has sold 20-year-old winger Jayden Nelson to Norway’s Rosenborg BK.
Nelson has made 50 appearances across all competitions since joining Toronto as a homegrown player in January 2020 but found himself behind Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi when the Italian stars joined the club midway through last season.
The return of veteran attacking midfielder Victor Vazquez also likely meant reduced played timing for the young Canadian.
Named the 2019 Canada Soccer Youth Pla -
Series dramatizing Lac-Mégantic rail disaster divides opinion among residents
MONTREAL — A new television series based on the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster is dividing opinion in the Quebec town where it is set.
Citizens of Lac-Mégantic were given a chance to watch the first episode of “Mégantic” at a screening Monday, several days before the French-language series begins streaming on Quebecor’s Club Illico Thursday.
The eight-episode show comes months before the 10-year-anniversary of the July 6, 2013 disaster, when a runaway tra -
Regulator gives Imperial weeks to plan fix for months-old oilsands tailings leak
Alberta’s energy regulator has given Imperial Oil until the end of the month to figure out a way to fix ongoing seepage at a tailings pond at its Kearl oilsands mine.
The Alberta Energy Regulator says a pond on the site north of Fort McMurray, Alta., has been seeping since May, releasing thousands of cubic metres of wastewater that contains toxins such as arsenic.
The seepage has been recorded both on- and off-site and is considered to have got into tributaries of area rivers. -
City of Yellowknife locks out unionized workers after mediation fails
YELLOWKNIFE — Frigid temperatures didn’t stop workers from marching outside city hall in the territorial capital Wednesday, carrying signs reading “not about greed, it’s about need” and “locked out,” as passing drivers honked in support.
“We’re freezing for a reason and that reason is we want a fair wage,” said strike captain Daryl Snow.
Unionized workers with the City of Yellowknife were on picket lines and the city locked -
Source: Hamilton Tiger-Cats agree to terms with veteran linebacker Thurman
Jameer Thurman is on the move.
A CFL source said Wednesday the veteran linebacker has agreed to terms on a contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The six-foot, 227-pound Thurman spent the last four seasons with the Calgary Stampeders.
The source spoke on the condition of anonymity as deals reached during the window won’t be formally announced until the start of free agency next Tuesday.
Thurman, a 28-year-old American, was slated to become a free agent Tuesday but pending free agents have -
Alberta to pilot oil and gas royalty breaks for legally required well cleanup
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is moving ahead with a plan that would give oil and gas companies a tax break for meeting their legal obligations to clean up old well sites, inviting a select group of landowner organizations to a meeting to discuss a pilot project.
On Thursday, Alberta Energy Minister Peter Guthrie is scheduled to host those groups to discuss “a concept for a royalty credit program to incent accelerated oil and gas site closure,” indicates a government -
A year after “Freedom Convoy,” Ottawa to reopen street in front of Parliament Hill
Ottawa’s city council has approved a motion to reopen the street in front of Parliament Hill to traffic a year after it was closed off following the “Freedom Convoy” protests.
Wellington Street, which was blocked by demonstrators during the weeks-long convoy protests last winter, will reopen no earlier than March 1.
The city’s transportation committee voted in favour of the same motion last month, and it was brought to the city council this morning for final approva -
Apple adds more Canadian talent to broadcast crew for MLS Season Pass
Canadians Paul Dolan, Greg Sutton, Olivier Brett, Vincent Destouches and Blake Price are joining Apple’s MLS Season Pass broadcast team.
Wednesday marked the third round of on-air personalities announced by Apple and Major League Soccer.
Canadians Patrice Bernier, Kaylyn Kyle, Ross Smith and Matt Cullen were previously announced as part of the broadcast team.
Dolan, Sutton and Destouches will serve as match analysts with Destouches on the French-language side. Brett and Price will be part -
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Prairies stand to benefit the most from boost to immigration target: Desjardins
OTTAWA — A new Desjardins report suggests Canada’s immigration target increase could spur economic growth, with the Prairies standing to benefit the most.Principal economist Marc Desormeaux says his analysis finds Canada’s plan to increase immigration could boost gross domestic product per capita if newcomers continue to have the same success getting work that they’ve enjoyed recently.
In November, the federal government announced a new immigration plan that would see Can -
YOUR PERSPECTIVE: More prevention, recovery and treatment programs needed now
Last week, the BC Coroners Service released year-end numbers that showed 2,272 lives were lost to a toxic drug overdose in 2022. That’s six people every single day. This is enormously tragic, and reinforces the fact that the current NDP government cannot continue to take the same failed approach over and over again, and expect different results.Also last week, the government announced one new tactic — decriminalization of personal possession of small amounts of illicit drugs. This pi -
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‘Serious injuries’ as bus crashes into daycare in Montreal suburb, driver arrested
LAVAL, Que. — Quebec Premier François Legault says there are “serious injuries” after a city bus crashed into a daycare Wednesday morning in a suburb north of Montreal.
Public Security Minister François Bonnardel told reporters that police in Laval, Que., arrested the driver.
“It’s premature to give you the number of injured … it’s terrible. It’s a terrible tragedy,” Bonnardel said in Quebec City.
Legault said his thoughts are -
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‘Sprint to the end’: Wild Western Conference still up for grabs
Nathan MacKinnon still sees a path to the top.
Such is Western Conference life in 2022-23.
MacKinnon and his Colorado Avalanche — the reigning Stanley Cup champions pummeled by injuries in the first half of NHL the schedule — currently sit right at the playoff cutline.
But unlike the East, where the Boston Bruins have separated themselves from the pack, the West remains relatively wide open with just a 10-point gap between the conference’s top seed and the second wild-card spot -
Pierre Poilievre pledges to honour Trudeau’s health-care funding offer to premiers
OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre says he would honour the health-care increases Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised provinces if his Conservatives form the next government.
Poilievre made the pledge this morning after Trudeau offered to increase health-care transfers by $17 billion above previous commitments, and $25 billion through one-on-one deals with provinces over the next decade.
The Tory leader echoed criticisms from some premiers that the overall increase falls far shor -
Defence, innovation ministers team up to sell D.C. on merits of working with Canada
WASHINGTON — Canada’s defence and economic development ministers are in the U.S. capital this week to remind lawmakers and military contractors about the economic virtues of cross-border collaboration.
Anita Anand and François-Philippe Champagne say now more than ever, the world needs a tag-team, U.S.-Canada approach to fortifying North America’s defence industrial base.
Anand says last week’s encounter with what U.S. officials insist was a Chinese spy balloo -
Siakam, Barnes ignoring trade deadline speculation as Raptors could be sellers
TORONTO — After seven seasons with the Toronto Raptors, Pascal Siakam is over trade deadline speculation.
“At the end of the day, we know what it is. What’s the point of us coming here and talking every (expletive) — ah, sorry — every deadline?” Siakam said laughing as he caught himself swearing in front of several cameras.
“Every deadline, we know (questions) are going to happen. It is what it is and whatever happens happens. I’m at a point in my -
Canada’s Katie Cranston to make NCAA tournament debut at Nexus Collegiate event
Katie Cranston was faced with a difficult decision after getting status on the Epson Tour — should she turn pro or go to school?
She chose Auburn University over the second-tier women’s professional golf tour, arriving at the American college halfway through the school year. Just three weeks into the semester, the Canadian golfer is already pleased with her decision.
“It’s just such a good opportunity for me to learn and grow,” said Cranston. “I feel like bein -
Caution urged as mining companies eye critical minerals below Quebec boreal forest
MONTREAL — About one million square kilometres of Quebec is covered by boreal forest, roughly 70 per cent of the entire province. In the north, where ecosystems are less likely to have been altered by human activity, those forests have been accumulating and sequestering immense quantities of carbon for centuries.
“In the boreal environment, the forest decomposes very slowly, even more slowly than in the tropics,” said Xavier Cavard, who holds a research chair in forest carbon m -
South Korean lawmakers impeach minister over crowd crush
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s opposition-controlled parliament on Wednesday voted to impeach the country’s interior and safety minister, Lee Sang-min, holding him responsible for government failures in disaster planning and the response that likely contributed to the high death toll in a crowd crush that killed nearly 160 people in October.
The impeachment suspends Lee from his duties and the country’s Constitutional Court has 180 days to rule on whether to unse -
In The News for Feb. 8: Will the premiers say yes to the feds’ health care offer?
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What we are watching in Canada …
Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos will ask the provinces today whether or not they intend to accept the new health-care funding deal tabled by the prime minister.
Duclos and Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett are to write to the provincial h -
Vancouver’s Turkish community unites to collect donations for quake survivors
VANCOUVER — Donations are pouring into a Vancouver warehouse for those affected by Monday’s devastating earthquake in Turkey, but a volunteer organizer says the country could most benefit from professional search and rescue teams.
“The next 72 hours is crucial,” said Cansoy Gurocak, who was one of dozens of volunteers dealing with donations of food, clothing, tents, sleeping bags, diapers and other goods in a fundraising event that was quickly co-ordinated by the Ca -
Mill closures threaten to punch holes in the fabric of rural B.C. towns
When Mayor Shane Brienen of Houston, B.C., thinks about the impact of the impending closure of the town’s sawmill, he worries not only about the economic fallout.
He thinks about the holes that the workers and their spouses will leave in the community.
“Maybe in their spare time they were coaching or running your hiking club. Maybe the spouse is a school teacher or ambulance driver,” Brienen said.
A range of pressures on British Columbia forests are reverberating this spring th -
Federal health minister to write to provinces seeking agreement on new health deal
OTTAWA — Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos will ask the provinces today whether or not they intend to accept the new health-care funding deal tabled by the prime minister.
Duclos and Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett are to write to the provincial health ministers seeking some clarity on their positions.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the premiers met in Ottawa Tuesday where he presented an offer that would see transfers to the provinces rise by $196 billion o -
Northwest Territories to release fiscal year 2023-2024 budget
YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories government is to release its new budget today, the last before the territorial election set for the fall.The territory’s last $2.1-billion budget saw a 2.3 per cent increase in spending.
Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek touted that budget as a sustainable plan, promising to not cut programming or add new taxes while limiting new spending.
While the budget was passed in April 2022, several legislature members opposed the plan, criticizing limi -
‘Incredibly frustrating’ visa delays could thwart another Montreal conference
OTTAWA — Yet another global conference in Montreal risks being derailed by Canada’s delays in processing visas as well as rejections that critics argue punish those from poorer countries.
“It’s incredibly frustrating and difficult for us to manage,” said Mark Boyer, head of the International Studies Association, which is based at the University of Connecticut.
“There’s a myth that it’s harder to bring people here, to the United States, but it&rsquo -
How much Canadians have fallen behind amid high inflation and who’s hurting the most
OTTAWA — Inflation has eroded purchasing power for many Canadians, but the experience with rapidly rising prices has been far from uniform.
While the inflation rate shows how quickly prices are rising, other factors like income and consumption patterns can make it harder or easier for people to cope.
Here’s a look at how high inflation is right now, who’s feeling the pinch, and when Canadians can expect inflation to come down.
How high is inflation?
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