Thirty-seven years after John Joseph Harper was fatally shot by a police officer in Winnipeg, dozens gathered at Stanley Knowles Park for a service to commemorate his life and legacy.

Winnipeg police have arrested a 35-year-old woman in connection with the 2021 homicide of Faye Sanderson, a 44-year-old Mosakahiken Cree Nation member who was found dead in a deliberately set fire at a home on Young Street.

Following an extensive investigation, police identified a suspect who was previously known to the victim. A warrant for second-degree murder was issued, and on March 4, 2025, Winnipeg officers, with assistance from Edmonton police, arrested Kendra Leanne Sinclair at the Edmonton Institution for Women in Alberta.

Sinclair remains in custody as the investigation continues.

“This investigation remained a priority for our service, and we recognize the ongoing pain it has caused the family and community,” police said in a statement. “We appreciate and acknowledge the support from community members who have come forward with information, which has been invaluable in this process.”

'He's been on a warpath against the energy industry for his entire career,' Smith said Monday at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas.

Newfoundland and Labrador's top doctor is encouraging people to roll up their sleeves and get immunized against measles, as cases of the highly infectious virus spike across the world.

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An Oromocto man accused of sexual assault saw the charge withdrawn Monday after court heard he had completed a diversionary program as an alternate to going through the court process.

Michael Upshall, 48, of Ripley Street, was charged last year with a June 27, 2023, summary count of sexual assault.

There’s a court-ordered publication ban in effect protecting the identity of the complainant.

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Since the Donald Trump administration announced a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods entering the US, Canadian media, law firms, consulting companies and business associations have published story after story that centre how our overall economy will feel the effects. Fair enough.

But what about women?

No one, as of this date, has published, hosted a talk or analyzed the impact of tariffs via an intersectional feminist lens; The impact on diverse women including Black, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, migrant workers, and in particular the over two million women are self-employed or operating small businesses, has not been examined.

Until recently.

On February 13, a powerhouse, passionate panel, convened by the Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce, took to the internet to broadcast a panel discussion on tariffs and women featuring Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Executive Director, Canadian Community Economic Development network, Judy Rebick, journalist, political activist, and feminist icon; Dr. Vasanthi Venkatesh, Associate Professor, Law, Land and Local Economic, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law; and Jim Stanford, Economist and Director at Centre for Future Work.

You can watch the full panel discussion here.

Meanwhile, here are a few excerpt quotes to whet your whistle:

“Tariffs aren’t just about trade policy shifts, they’re an economic weapon and like most economic weapons, they don’t hit everybody equally. Without an intersectional feminist lens looking at them [tariffs], then this is not just going to be an economic attack, it is going to hit women’s financial independence in a more severe way that we’ve seen in a very long time.”—Celina Ceasar-Chevannes

“I just want to say that for racialized women, all over the world, this isn’t about competition. This isn’t about us. This isn’t about Trump. It’s about survival. These [trade] policies are designed to push them deeper into precarious work and economic insecurity and to exacerbate inequalities both within Canada and globally. We need to ask who really pays the price?”— Dr. Vasanthi Venkatesh, Associate Professor, Law, Land and Local Economic, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law

“I suspect that the biggest impact will be a chilling impact on the overall economy. Small businesses in general, including the micro enterprises that many women entrepreneurs run depend completely on the state of spending power in the domestic economy.” —Jim Stanford, Economist and Director at Centre for Future Work, columnist.

“Women entrepreneurs don’t have common interests with big business. About 80% of women entrepreneurs don’t even have a single employee. They’re not identified as waged workers—but they are also workers. Yet. Nobody talks about their needs given the tariff threats. Nobody thinks about them— simply because they’re women.”  Judy Rebick, journalist, political activist, and feminist icon.

To learn more about the issues, proposed solutions and “what’s next” ideas proposed by each panelist, you will have to watch the video—right to the end.

For more information on women entrepreneurs, check out the Women’s Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (2024) report here.

*quotes have been lightly edited for clarity. 

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The Quebec government is backing out of a meeting with the mayor of Blainville, Que., to discuss the expansion of a hazardous waste dump by American company Stablex, citing the mayor's "change in direction regarding the topics she wanted to address."

Hamilton Public Health Services (HPHS) has issued a warning about exposures to a travel-related confirmed case of measles in a Hamilton child.

A strip of fraying black tape on an old hardwood floor is the only evidence of the Canada-U.S. border as it cuts across the Haskell Free Library & Opera House.

The boundary is easy to ignore, which is how Martha Stewart Haskell wanted it when she built her shrine to high culture straddling the frontier between Derby Line, Vt., and what is now Stanstead, Que., all the way back in 1904.

Is Mark Carney going to be the saviour of the middle class?

I wouldn’t hold your breath.

His previous public service has been as the head of not one but two central banks, which serve first and foremost, capital. Central banks have played a pivotal role in the neoliberal shift that seeks to accumulate as much profit as possible.

But Carney hasn’t just been a banker. He has also been on the other side. After his time at the British central bank, Carney held roles in leadership with Brookfield Asset Management, an asset management firm that is one of Canada’s wealthiest. He was chairman of the board right up until he launched his Liberal leadership campaign.

Brookfield is an asset manager that manages more than $900B in assets worldwide. Among their assets are a mix of sustainable energy infrastructure, like hydroelectric dams, and infrastructure. They also manage $276B in real estate assets, including single detached homes and appartment buildings across the United States. Brookfield profits off of things that should be state owned and operated — bridges and energy projects for example — and off of things that should not draw any profit from — rental appartments and single-family homes.

They also stash their money in tax havens, hiding billions from the state that should be investing in our public services. In 2023, a report from the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research found, “Brookfield’s track record of alleged tax dodging has received some attention in Australia and Canada, where it may claim the title of Canada’s top tax dodger … And there is an apparent pattern of aggressive tax avoidance consistent across its global operations.”

What’s more, Brookfield was among the companies that received the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and still paid money out to their shareholders.

In an analysis of the companies that received CEWS money but that also paid money out to share holders, economist DT Thompson included this special note about Brookfield:

Brookfield Asset Management Inc deserves special attention among the 37 CEWS recipients.

It had the largest tax gap in 2017-21.

It has the most identified tax haven subsidiaries.

It is tied for the most CEWS-receiving subsidiaries (with Suncor and Thomson-Reuters).

Its acquisition of other companies greatly outpaces any other Canadian company.

Perhaps most importantly, five of its wholly-owned CEWS-receiving subsidiaries are owned through Bermuda.

Brookfield maintains an incredibly complicated web of interowning subsidiaries, which raises questions about why such a complicated—and costly—tangle of subsidiaries is necessary.

On December 9, 2022, Brookfield added to the complication by reorganizing itself into two publicly-traded companies: Brookfield Corporation and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.

Carney was surely just doing his job when he was part of a group that cleverly oversaw systems intended to defund the state through hiding tax revenue. But what does it mean for how he will govern as (our unelected) prime minister?

Well, if we were to be charitable, maybe it means that Carney will go with the flow, not rock the boat and listen to Canadians, the vast majority of whom want Canada to be more fair and invest in its social services. If he’s a man who just follows the flow of things, and Canadians lay out what it is that we want, maybe he’ll change course.

But if we were to be less charitable, we might conclude that Carney has no real loyalty to state revenues (and everything they make possible) and that he will bring this attitude into the PMO.

If the Liberals had had some impressive left wing history on taxation, perhaps I’d be willing to be charitable. But for all of the progressive rhetoric, Carney is walking into an office that has been downright hostile to tax reform and tax fairness.

The most significant tax policy that the Liberals promised was to tax large sums of money at a higher rate through changing the capital gains exclusion rate. That legislation is still not yet passed, and it has been punted to 2026 to take effect, if it ever does. Given their three-year relationship with the NDP, the lack of concrete measures related to taxes, it’s pretty clear that when it comes to tax fairness, this is not a party that actually cares.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: Carney is better than Pierre Poilievre. Nothing that he has done or will do will justify not voting for him to block Poilievre. If you aren’t thinking that, thank you for not being reductive in this moment where reductive politics have lead us into a cage match between two not very impressive options.

And if you do think that, well, all I can do is implore you to read up on how much of the current mess is equally the fault of the Liberals. There is no material difference between having someone beat you up and insult you versus having someone beat you up and apologise. Nor is there a difference between being beaten up slowly or being beaten up quickly. It’s all bad and your stomach will thank you if you learn how to transcend such narrow reasoning.

The reality is that the next federal election will not save us, and regardless of what you think of my writing, you certainly know this deep down. Even a Carney reprieve is unlikely to stave off an even more rabid Conservative party in the next election after this one. But if we aren’t clear-eyed about what is happening, then we sure as hell cannot see where we’re going. And to have a banker, a CEO’s man in the office of Prime Minister, it is going to bring with it a world of challenges that near certainly will pave the road for someone worse than Poilievre.

The only real decision, then, isn’t whether or not to support the Liberals, but how you can use your energy and limited time to make something better, build something more powerful, that can force the Carneys of the world to make better decisions.

The 18-team format at the Brier has had its share of critics even though six strong teams made it to the playoff round at Prospera Place in Kelowna, B.C.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another 30,000 people in the area could be at risk.

The eruption started overnight. There is no immediate report of casualties. The 12,300-foot (3,763-meter) high volcano is one of the most active in Central America. It last erupted in June 2023.

A 2018 eruption killed 194 people and left another 234 missing.

The volcano is 33 miles (53 km) from Guatemala’s capital.

The flow of volcanic material is weak to moderate but expected to increase, Guatemala’s disaster agency said early Monday.

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Mark Carney won the federal Liberal leadership race in a landslide victory on Sunday, and a Memorial University political scientist believes there could be a shakeup as the party changes course.

A major shakeup in the oil industry this morning, with Whitecap Resources and Veren Inc announcing they will be combining in a $15 billion transaction. This new combined company will see Veren and Whitecap operate together under the Whitecap name, with four of the directors of Veren, including the current President and CEO Craig Bryksa, joining the Whitecap Board of Directors.  

The merger between the two companies is expected to close before May 31st.  

"We are excited to bring together two exceptionally strong asset bases to create one world-class energy producer with one of the deepest inventory growth sets of both liquids-rich Montney and Duvernay opportunities, along with conventional light oil opportunities in some of the most profitable plays in the Western Canadian basin,” Whitecap President and CEO Grant Fagerheim said in a written release. “Our combined company will include exceptional technical and support personnel from the two companies in both the office and field and an experienced Board of Directors that prioritizes sustainable and profitable growth to generate strong returns for our combined shareholders. We look forward to bringing Whitecap and Veren together and providing increased value to both sets of shareholders well into the future." 

"This strategic combination unlocks significant value for all shareholders and together positions us as a stronger, more resilient company,” added Veren President and CEO Craig Bryksa. “With enhanced scale, deep inventory, and increased free funds flow generation, we're building a business with a differentiated competitive advantage. Our combined balance sheet reinforces our financial strength and enhanced credit profile, ensuring the long-term success in an evolving market. Together we're unlocking synergies, creating new opportunities, and setting the stage for sustainable growth." 

The new combined company will have a value of more than $15 billion, with production of 370,000 boe/d. This company will become the largest Canadian light oil producer and the seventh largest producer in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. There will also be the potential for natural gas growth.  

The agreement will see Veren shareholders receiving 1.05 common shares of Whitecap for every share of Veren. When the transaction closes, Whitecap shareholders will have 48 per cent ownership, and Veren shareholders 52 per cent. Monthly dividend payments will continue for Whitecap shareholders, with Veren’s first quarter dividend payout happening as normal. However, there won’t be any further dividends from Veren paid out after the transaction closes.  

The transaction still requires some approvals, including the approval of the arrangement by the Court of King’s Bench in Alberta, customary regulatory approval, and approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange.  

There is no word at this time what the impacts could be locally for Weyburn and southeast Saskatchewan. 

More to come. 

Two men were arrested after several townhouses under construction in Fort Erie were set ablaze. On Saturday, at approximately 7:00 a.m. Niagara Regional Police were called to the area of Allen Trail and Whispering Woods Trail in Fort Erie for a Fire related call for service.

Once on scene, officers observed a row of town homes under construction fully engulfed in flames. The Fort Erie Fire Department began efforts to extinguish the fire, while officers secured a perimeter.

Police say that shortly after smoke was seen billowing from the townhomes two males were observed exiting the structure. Officers were able to locate the two males a short distance away and place them under arrest. Michael Magin (36 years) of Fort Erie and Jason Batt (45 years) of St. Catharines face break and enter with intent to commit mischief charges. In addition, Magin faces a breach of probation charge.

There were no injuries reported as a result of the fire. The preliminary damage estimate was assessed at $400,000, however, this number is subject to change.

MAGIN and BATT were released on Form 10 – Undertaking’s and are expected to appear at court on April 11, 2025, at the Robert S.K. Welch Courthouse located at 59 Church Street in the City of St. Catharines.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the investigating officers by calling 905-688-4111, option 3, extension 1009700.

Members of the public who wish to provide information anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or by calling 1-800-222-8477. 

Willem van den Hoek, 76, died last week after a long illness.