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CBC Prince Edward Island

History on display for 150th anniversary of storied P.E.I. Regiment

Much of Prince Edward Island’s military history is housed at the Lieutenant-Colonel J. David Stewart Armoury in Charlottetown, but the P.E.I. Regiment is hoping to showcase even more of its history ...
More ...A man with glasses, white hair and a white mustache poses in a forest camouflage military uniform with his badge saying Moriarity.

Much of Prince Edward Island’s military history is housed at the Lieutenant-Colonel J. David Stewart Armoury in Charlottetown, but the P.E.I. Regiment is hoping to showcase even more of its history this June when it celebrates its 150th anniversary. CBC's Tony Davis reports.

21 Mar 2025 21:33:38

Prince George Citizen

South Dakota governor signs anti-transgender bathroom bill

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A new law in South Dakota will restrict transgender people's use of communal facilities in public schools and state-owned buildings starting July 1. Republican Gov.

21 Mar 2025 21:32:58

Prince George Citizen

Toronto police make arrest in fatal attack on homeless man outside U of T building

TORONTO — Toronto police say a 31-year-old man is facing a first-degree murder charge in an alleged random attack on a homeless man outside a University of Toronto building.

21 Mar 2025 21:31:51

APTN News

Tragedy strikes again at Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation

File Hills First Nations Police Service in southern Saskatchewan is reporting a sudden death. It says it received a report just before 3 a.m. Friday, Mar. 21 of a sudden death on Carry the Kettle Nak ...
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File Hills First Nations Police Service in southern Saskatchewan is reporting a sudden death. It says it received a report just before 3 a.m. Friday, Mar. 21 of a sudden death on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation. A news release from Saskatchewan RCMP says further investigation has “determined the death was suspicious in nature” and they were notified.

“Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes took carriage of the investigation and is actively investigating the death of an adult male,” the RCMP news release states.

“Saskatchewan RCMP has not arrested or charged anyone at this point in the investigation.”

RCMP advise residents of Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation may notice an increased police presence as this investigation continues. Updates will be provided as they become available.

Carry the Kettle was the scene of a quadruple homicide Feb. 4. Two males were later arrested and charged with the deaths. A 15-year-old boy, who can’t be named due to his age, was in Regina Provincial Court Mar. 19. He remains in custody until his next court appearance Apr. 2.

18-year-old Darrius Racette made a court appearance in Regina Provincial Court Mar. 18. He is also expected to make his next court appearance Apr. 2.

The post Tragedy strikes again at Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation appeared first on APTN News.

21 Mar 2025 21:30:18

Prince George Citizen

Canada introduces roster to defend women's world hockey championship gold

CALGARY — Choosing Canada's roster for the 2025 women's world hockey championship generated more debate because there's more information on more players, says general manager Gina Kingsbury.

21 Mar 2025 21:29:43

CBC Nova Scotia

As the elver season opens, a First Nation is pushing back hard against DFO

Earlier this month, Millbrook Chief Bob Gloade issued a strongly worded letter to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, outlining the band’s refusal to abide by the government’s elver management ...
More ...A man in a black jacket holds up a net near a small building.

Earlier this month, Millbrook Chief Bob Gloade issued a strongly worded letter to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, outlining the band’s refusal to abide by the government’s elver management plan and warning of unspecified actions if fisheries officers 'harass' its members.

21 Mar 2025 21:28:36

Kingstonist

City Views: This committee has 21 minutes to address Kingston’s complex housing & homeless problems

It’s well known that Kingston is dealing with a housing and homelessness crisis – yet it seems that a municipal advisory committee that was set up to work on solutions doesn’t meet very often.

21 Mar 2025 21:25:08

CBC London

Why higher measles vaccination coverage matters so much now

Measles is so infectious that when under-vaccinated individuals mingle, they'll always be at risk. That's why public health officials across Canada stress the importance of high vaccination rates amid ...
More ...Priscilla Luna, left, and her 3 year-old daughter, read a book about immunizations at a vaccine clinic in Lubbock, Texas, on March 1. Cases of measles are on the rise in Texas and in southwestern Ontario.

Measles is so infectious that when under-vaccinated individuals mingle, they'll always be at risk. That's why public health officials across Canada stress the importance of high vaccination rates amid backsliding and growing outbreaks.

21 Mar 2025 21:21:43

CBC Montréal

Quebec crow hunt draws controversy as Montreal SPCA denounces 'wildlife killing contests'

The Montreal SPCA says a weekend crow-hunting tournament near Quebec City has no place in the province. ...
More ...Crow picks up a cigarette butt on the ground.

The Montreal SPCA says a weekend crow-hunting tournament near Quebec City has no place in the province.

21 Mar 2025 21:21:33

Calgary Man Arrested in Saskatchewan Cocaine Seizure
CKRM News

Calgary Man Arrested in Saskatchewan Cocaine Seizure

RCMP officers seized one kilogram of cocaine during a traffic stop on Highway 1 west of Regina.  On Tuesday at around 11:30 a.m. , the RCMP Ro ...
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RCMP officers seized one kilogram of cocaine during a traffic stop on Highway 1 west of Regina. 

On Tuesday at around 11:30 a.m. , the RCMP Roving Traffic Unit stopped an SUV. With help from a police service dog , officers found the drugs inside the vehicle. 

A  41 year old man  from Calgary, was arrested at the scene. He faces charges of trafficking cocaine and possession for the purpose of trafficking . The suspect is set to appear in Regina Provincial Court on May 29th.

The Regina Police Service and Highway Patrol assisted in the investigation.

21 Mar 2025 21:19:56

CBC Toronto

Woman in her 70s dead after being struck by pickup truck in west end

A woman in her 70s is dead after she was struck by a pickup truck in Toronto's west end Friday afternoon, police say. ...
More ...A Toronto police officer walks on King Street West after a pickup truck driver hit a female pedestrian in her 70s on Friday afternoon. The woman was critically hurt and taken to hospital. The driver remained on the scene. Police have closed sections of roads in the area as they investigate.

A woman in her 70s is dead after she was struck by a pickup truck in Toronto's west end Friday afternoon, police say.

21 Mar 2025 21:17:33

U.S. limits Canadian access to border-straddling library, citing security concerns
Village Report

U.S. limits Canadian access to border-straddling library, citing security concerns

STANSTEAD, Que. — For more than 100 years, people in Stanstead, Que., have been able to walk into Derby Line, Vt., to enter the border-straddling Haskell Free Library and Opera House – no passport ...
More ...STANSTEAD, Que. — For more than 100 years, people in Stanstead, Que., have been able to walk into Derby Line, Vt., to enter the border-straddling Haskell Free Library and Opera House – no passport required.

21 Mar 2025 21:16:56

Exclaim!

Tokyo Police Club's Dave Monks to Host Songwriting Workshop in Toronto

Ever wanted to have your songwriting reviewed by a member of a dearly departed Toronto band? Now is your chance, because Tokyo Police Club's Dave Monks has announced that he will be hosting an upcomi ...
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Ever wanted to have your songwriting reviewed by a member of a dearly departed Toronto band? Now is your chance, because Tokyo Police Club's Dave Monks has announced that he will be hosting an upcoming songwriting workshop in April.

Taking to Instagram, Monks shared in a post, "Let's work on your tunes! April 26th in Toronto I'Il be hosting a small 6 person workshop at my studio space. You and I can dig into whatever you've got and also share ideas as a group! Message me if you're interested, I'm excited to meet some more people who are hyped about making songs!!"

The post was uploaded two hours ago at the time of writing this article, but hey! There still might be a chance to secure one of those six spots! 

21 Mar 2025 21:13:41

Legal experts say Trump official broke law by saying
Prince George Citizen

Legal experts say Trump official broke law by saying 'Buy Tesla' stock but don't expect a crackdown

NEW YORK (AP) — When a White House adviser in the first Trump administration told TV viewers to “Go buy Ivanka stuff," top government lawyers sprang into action, telling her she had violated ethic ...
More ...NEW YORK (AP) — When a White House adviser in the first Trump administration told TV viewers to “Go buy Ivanka stuff," top government lawyers sprang into action, telling her she had violated ethics rules and warning her not to do it again.

21 Mar 2025 21:13:38

A sheriff
Toronto Star

A sheriff's deputy won't face criminal charges for fatally shooting 2 Black teens

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A sheriff's deputy in New York will not face criminal charges for fatally shooting two Black teenagers fleeing in a car in 2023, Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday.

21 Mar 2025 21:13:10

CBC Nova Scotia

Former Baddeck chief administrator avoids jail time after pleading guilty to theft

Megan Cooper has been granted a conditional discharge and been given 18 months' probation after stealing nearly $19,500 from the Village of Baddeck. She's also been ordered to pay back the money. ...
More ...A woman with blonde hair, a black jacket and white lace blouse smiles.

Megan Cooper has been granted a conditional discharge and been given 18 months' probation after stealing nearly $19,500 from the Village of Baddeck. She's also been ordered to pay back the money.

21 Mar 2025 21:11:52

With her comeback season almost finished, Lindsey Vonn already turning attention to 2026 Olympics
Toronto Star

With her comeback season almost finished, Lindsey Vonn already turning attention to 2026 Olympics

SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) — Some nights, Lindsey Vonn drifts off to sleep by visualizing the downhill course at the upcoming Olympics in Italy.

21 Mar 2025 21:11:19

Rabble

For the sake of our democracy, American hedge funds should be banned from owning Canadian newspapers

I’ve always considered it a problem that Canada’s largest newspaper chain is owned by a U.S. hedge fund with ties to Donald Trump. But it’s suddenly an urgent problem, now that Trump has been ...
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A screencapture of the homepage of the National Post, Postmedia's flagship product, on Friday, March 21.
A screencapture of the homepage of the National Post, Postmedia's flagship product, on Friday, March 21.

I’ve always considered it a problem that Canada’s largest newspaper chain is owned by a U.S. hedge fund with ties to Donald Trump.

But it’s suddenly an urgent problem, now that Trump has been re-elected president of the United States and seems hell-bent on annexing Canada.

Newspapers play a vital role in a functioning democracy. They provide the key ingredient: a well-informed citizenry.

Because of their centrality to the democratic process, Canadian tax and investment laws have aimed to keep newspapers Canadian-owned.

Unfortunately, however, those laws are full of loopholes. And so, in 2010, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government had no trouble permitting the takeover of Canada’s largest newspaper chain — with more than 100 media outlets, including leading dailies like the Vancouver Sun and Ottawa Citizen — by a company called Postmedia, even though Postmedia was owned by several U.S. hedge funds.

In addition to the foreign ownership concern, hedge funds make notoriously bad owners because they focus on slashing costs to increase shareholder value. Indeed, Postmedia newspapers have been forced to dramatically cut costs, as their revenues have been siphoned off in debt payments to the hedge funds.

The union representing many Postmedia journalists — the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union — tried but failed, to stop the takeover. Harper’s willingness to allow this dreadful takeover was no doubt linked to Postmedia’s right-wing bent and support for conservatives like himself.

This right-wing bent became even more pronounced in 2016, when Postmedia’s major shareholder became Chatham Asset Management, a New Jersey-based hedge fund owned by wealthy Republican donor Anthony Melchiorre.

Interestingly, Chatham played something of a role in helping Trump get elected the first time, and Melchiorre dined with Trump at the White House shortly after his election.

Chatham became connected to Trump through David Pecker — the tabloid mogul who had a pact with Trump to use hush-money payments to kill stories about Trump’s philanderings to help Trump’s election bid.

Pecker was an important player at Chatham, which owned Pecker’s media empire, including the National Enquirer. And, despite his questionable journalistic ethics, Pecker was appointed to the Postmedia board, where he served from 2016 to 2018.

Clearly, none of this bothers Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, whose media focus has been on defunding the CBC — a reckless move that would deprive Canadians of a reliable Canadian news source just when it’s most needed.

Poilievre portrays the CBC as wasteful and costly.

However, a recent report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) notes that, among 18 countries with public broadcasters, the average annual public funding was $78.76 per capita, whereas Canada’s public broadcaster funding was less than half that — $32.43 per capita.

The CCPA report also cited surveys showing that, across a broad range of countries, public broadcasters rank high as trusted news sources. A recent Pollara survey of 3,500 Canadians found CBC to be the most trusted news source among anglophones, with 67 per cent finding it “trustworthy,” while Radio Canada ranked most trusted at 78 per cent among francophones.

Defunding the CBC would leave millions of Canadians more dependent than ever on right-wing Postmedia newspapers, which suits Poilievre just fine.

But Prime Minister Mark Carney should protect Canadian democracy by enforcing Canadian laws to ensure our newspapers are Canadian-owned.

Carney could even encourage employees to buy control of their newspapers — as employees of Victoria-based radio station CHEK did in 2009, when the station faced bankruptcy. With each contributing $15,000, the employees formed a co-op. The station has since thrived, with its staff more than doubling from 30 to 80 employee-owners.

Whatever slim justification there might have been back in 2010 for Harper to approve the foreign takeover of some of our best newspapers is surely gone.

We now urgently need those newspapers to be owned by loyal Canadians committed to Canada’s independence — not by a hedge fund aligned with a manipulative and deceitful power-monger who has designs on us.

This article was originally published in the Toronto Star.

The post For the sake of our democracy, American hedge funds should be banned from owning Canadian newspapers appeared first on rabble.ca.

21 Mar 2025 21:08:09

CBC British Columbia

Cree teacher and mother in Merritt, B.C., sets sights on Mount Everest with encouragement from her kids

A 42-year-old Cree mother of three who lives in Merritt, B.C., but is originally from Saskatchewan is hiking to Mount Everest base camp. ...
More ...A women with her hair up wearing a dark headband, poses with a smile in front of a background and big mountains.

A 42-year-old Cree mother of three who lives in Merritt, B.C., but is originally from Saskatchewan is hiking to Mount Everest base camp.

21 Mar 2025 21:06:34

Premiers meet with PM Mark Carney, call for end to internal trade barriers
Village Report

Premiers meet with PM Mark Carney, call for end to internal trade barriers

OTTAWA — Several of Canada's premiers called for the elimination of interprovincial trade barriers on Friday ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

21 Mar 2025 21:05:11

CBC Newfoundland & Labrador

This MUN researcher is hoping to use A.I. to change the lives of amputees

Memorial University researchers are developing a new technology that uses artificial intelligence to power prosthetics for amputees. Xianta Jiang, an associate professor in computer science, has devel ...
More ...A robotic arm is picking up an apple.

Memorial University researchers are developing a new technology that uses artificial intelligence to power prosthetics for amputees. Xianta Jiang, an associate professor in computer science, has developed an early-stage prototype of an artificial hand that uses A.I.

21 Mar 2025 21:04:16

Judicial recounts slightly increase margins in two tight Ontario election races
Toronto Star

Judicial recounts slightly increase margins in two tight Ontario election races

TORONTO - Elections Ontario says the results have now been certified in two ridings that were subject to judicial recounts in last month's provincial election.

21 Mar 2025 21:03:56

CBC

Ottawa launches anti-tariff ad campaign across 12 red states, plus a patriotic TV spot at home

The federal government launched ad campaigns at home and in the U.S. to boost Canadian patriotism and convince Americans that tariffs will hurt their wallets. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly ap ...
More ...A Canadian flag flies on a pole in front of a sunset.

The federal government launched ad campaigns at home and in the U.S. to boost Canadian patriotism and convince Americans that tariffs will hurt their wallets. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly appeared on CNN Friday to send that message.

21 Mar 2025 21:01:23

Toronto Star

‘You need to slow down’: Witness points finger in deadly Toronto boat crash as defence probes his criminal history

The crash, which followed a drunken Lake Ontario “tie up,” killed Julio Abrantes, 34, and Megan Wu, 24.

21 Mar 2025 21:00:00

Feds chip in $250M for Iona sewage plant as taxpayers foot bill for developers
Business in Vancouver

Feds chip in $250M for Iona sewage plant as taxpayers foot bill for developers

Metro Vancouver board chairman Mike Hurley insists the federal government transfer payments for Iona sewage plant is merely a delay of the region's 'growth-pays-for-growth' taxation model

21 Mar 2025 21:00:00

Yukon Native Hockey Tournament launched in Whitehorse with 60 registered teams
Yukon News

Yukon Native Hockey Tournament launched in Whitehorse with 60 registered teams

The 45th annual Kilrich Yukon Native Hockey Tournament kicked off on March 20 with 60 teams registered to compete on Whitehorse ice rinks over three days of games

21 Mar 2025 21:00:00

Future of supervised consumption sites to be argued in court next week
The Trillium

Future of supervised consumption sites to be argued in court next week

Injunction could prevent five Toronto sites from closing on March 31

21 Mar 2025 20:58:12

CBC Prince Edward Island

Search numbers show Atlantic Canadians have gotten more interested in buying Canadian

Shoppers in Atlantic Canada are showing an increased interest in buying Canadian, according to their Google searches.   ...
More ...Bags of lettuce sit on a shelf with a sign that says "New Brunswick" and displays the province's flag next to the price.

Shoppers in Atlantic Canada are showing an increased interest in buying Canadian, according to their Google searches.  

21 Mar 2025 20:57:53

Prince George Citizen

Rockies' Thairo Estrada breaks wrist when hit by Kumar Rocker pitch and will miss 4 to 8 weeks

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Colorado's Thairo Estrada broke his right wrist when he was hit by a pitch from Texas' Kumar Rocker and will be out four to eight weeks, manager Bud Black said Friday. Estra ...
More ...SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Colorado's Thairo Estrada broke his right wrist when he was hit by a pitch from Texas' Kumar Rocker and will be out four to eight weeks, manager Bud Black said Friday. Estrada, injured on a 97.

21 Mar 2025 20:57:30

CKRM News

Police investigate suspicious, sudden death on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation

Police are investigating a suspicious death on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation .  Just before 3 a.m. today  the File Hills First Nations Police Service&n ...
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Police are investigating a suspicious death on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation . 

Just before 3 a.m. today  the File Hills First Nations Police Service responded to a sudden death report. The victim was identified as an adult male . The Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit is now leading the investigation. 

No arrests or charges have been made. Residents may notice more police officers in the area as the investigation continues. Authorities say they will update the public if there are any public safety risks .

21 Mar 2025 20:54:53

Yukon News

Letter: Mitigating Canada's existential threats

Infrastructure and trade-barrier changes can help Canada get ahead of tariff impacts, writer says

21 Mar 2025 20:54:40

Tuberculosis cases in the US rose to their highest levels in more than a dozen years
Toronto Star

Tuberculosis cases in the US rose to their highest levels in more than a dozen years

NEW YORK (AP) — Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.

21 Mar 2025 20:54:31

Yukon News

Letter: A foreign predator

Writer bashes U.S. President's son's involvement in Yukon outfitting business

21 Mar 2025 20:54:30

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