Federal department questioned quality of 2021 Indigenous census data: documents
Federal officials questioned the quality of the 2021 census data for Indigenous communities after collection efforts were hampered by factors including the discovery of unmarked residential school graves, documents show. Briefing notes obtained by The Canadian Press through access-to-information legislation reveal Statistics Canada’s struggle to survey more than 600 First Nation and Inuit communities. The […]
Barataria man arrested for fondling girl in San Juan
News Shane Superville 2 Hrs Ago File photo. Fraud Squad police officers were flagged down by a 13-year-old girl in San Juan who complained to them that she was groped by a man on Wednesday afternoon. Police said the officers were driving on the Eastern Main Road on their way to search a house when […]
Former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis found in contempt of court
A former Alberta justice minister has been found guilty of criminal contempt for threatening to sue a plaintiff in the middle of her testimony in a civil trial. Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Doreen Sulyma said Wednesday that a letter sent last week on behalf of Jonathan Denis was an attempt to intimidate Dr. Anny […]
$350m Argyle hotel to ‘fit perfectly with aesthetics’
Tobago Kinnesha George 9 Minutes Ago Saints Development Ltd local partner Ted Greig. A major tourism boost is under way in East Tobago, as a privately owned $350 million hotel and villas project is expected to be completed in the next two years. The Elephant Tree Beach Club and Villas will be located on a […]
Former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis found in contempt of court
A former Alberta justice minister has been found in contempt of court for threatening to sue a plaintiff in the middle of her testimony in a civil trial. Justice Doreen Sulyma says a letter sent last week on behalf of Jonathan Denis was an attempt to intimidate Dr. Anny Sauvageau while she was testifying in […]
Manzanilla beach facility, La Vigie Paramin lookout temporarily closed
News Rhianna Mc Kenzie 7 Minutes Ago La Vigie Paramin lookout. Photo by Marshelle Haseley The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts has said the Manzanilla beach facility and the La Vigie Paramin lookout will be temporarily closed to facilitate work at both locations. A statement from the ministry said the lookout will be […]
Gina Goulet, final victim of N.S. shootings, ‘nervous’ gunman might come to her home
The final victim of Nova Scotia’s mass shooting was worried she could be a target of the gunman being sought by police, a man who was a fellow denturist and who knew where she lived in Shubenacadie, N.S. The Mass Casualty Commission conducting the public inquiry examining the killings presented its findings related to Gina […]
Higher expectations for new Tobago Tourism Agency board
News Corey Connelly 13 Minutes Ago Secretary of Tourism Tashia Burris, centre, with members of the new Tobago Tourism Agency Ltd board. – THA Alicia Edwards is the new chairman of the Tobago Tourism Agency Limited (TTAL). She was appointed on Monday during a ceremony at the THA Division of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation, […]
Bank of Canada hikes benchmark interest rate to 1%
The Bank of Canada hiked its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point to one per cent on Wednesday in its latest move to rein in high inflation. The bank’s rate impacts Canadian businesses and consumers by influencing the rates they pay and receive on things like mortgages, GICs and savings accounts. The bank slashed […]
St Clair Coaching School hammer Stokely Vale in Tiger Tanks football
Tobago Newsday Reporter 30 Minutes Ago St Clair Coaching School celebrate following their victory over Stokely Vale in the Tiger Tanks Under-20 football tournament on Saturday. – Dexter Edwards THE SKILLS, goals to savour, coolers, debate over referee decisions. The beautiful game of football is back on the Tobago landscape, after a hiatus of two […]
Woman behind Regina #MeToo Instagram page pushes for anti-SLAPP legislation in Sask.
A woman who was accused of defamation for using social media to publicly identify people accused of sexual violence wants the Saskatchewan government to pass legislation that could protect people speaking out on matters of public interest. Saskatchewan Opposition MLA Nicole Sarauer introduced Bill 607, an anti-SLAPP (anti-strategic litigation against public participation) bill in December […]
Canadian archivists go down the digital rabbit hole to help save Ukrainian culture
In the fall, University of Alberta librarian Peter Binkley was teaching students — many of whom were Ukrainian and watching the class remotely — about good examples of historical websites, and he cited the interactive map of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Months later, as the Russian invasion put the digitized cultural history of Ukraine at risk, he would be saving that same […]