We can’t beat our way out of it
News Jensen La Vende 3 Hrs Ago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley addresses the media after his return from Barbados at the VIP Lounge, Piarco International Airport on Thursday. Photo by Jeff K. Mayers CORPORAL PUNISHMENT will not be the solution for school violence the Prime Minister said on Thursday as he responded to number […]
Remembering when Rosie Ruiz stole the Boston Marathon from a Canadian
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Three days ago, Malindi Elmore produced one of the more remarkable performances ever by a Canadian distance runner. With the Boston Marathon celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first official women’s competition, […]
Prime Minister tells citizens: Seek help not violence
News Jensen La Vende 7 Minutes Ago Prime Minister Keith Rowley addresses the media after his return from Barbados at the VIP Lounge, Piarco International Airport on Thursday. Photo by Jeff K. Mayers WITH an increase in violent crimes owing to un-mediated disputes, the Prime Minister is urging citizens to seek the help available to […]
Former downtown Winnipeg Bay store to be transferred to Indigenous leadership, provide affordable housing
One of the landmark stores formerly run by the Hudson’s Bay Co. is about to undergo a major transformation. Sources tell the Canadian Press and CBC News the six-storey, 655,000-square-foot building in downtown Winnipeg is to be transferred to Indigenous leadership and will be used partly for affordable housing. The official announcement is expected Friday with […]
It won’t be a free-for-all
News Shane Superville 10 Minutes Ago Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh – AYANNA KINSALE Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says while discussions continue on the availability of medical cannabis for certain ailments, the drug will only be made available through a prescription from medical professionals. During his contribution on a motion to adopt the report from […]
Mom furious Grade 8 students at Woodstock, Ont., school must make posters for anti-abortion group’s contest
An Ontario Catholic school is under fire for a Grade 8 assignment that requires students to make anti-abortion posters for marks and the chance to win a cash prize. The assignment at St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School in Woodstock involves students creating a poster that includes the words “Unborn Babies Matter,” along with a picture or pictures that […]
Sport can reduce crime, delinquency
Tobago Corey Connelly 16 Minutes Ago TT Olympic Committee president Brian Lewis. File photo/Roger Jacob Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis believes sport can be used as an invaluable tool in preventing young people from becoming involved crime and delinquency. “Especially now, coming out of covid19, sport is very important, because it […]
Montreal family suffers double-tragedy after father dies in plane crash, son in ferris wheel accident
A Montreal family is reeling from a double-tragedy, after the father died in a small plane crash near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, just months after his son died in a work-related ferris wheel accident last December. Gamaniel Valcin’s death in Haiti was confirmed to CBC News by his other son Thursday morning. The plane was headed […]
Five bandits held after robbery in San Juan
News Ken Chee Hing 41 Minutes Ago File photo – FIVE men were arrested after they robbed and stabbed a man at a gyro cart in San Juan during the early hours of Thursday. Police said the 30-year-old Barataria man was at the cart on the corner of Aziz Lane and the Eastern Main Road, […]
Desire for identity separate from Canada gaining in Sask., but status quo most popular option: poll
A new national survey that asked people whether they wanted their provinces to do more to develop an identity separate from Canada found the most common preference in Saskatchewan was to keep things as they are. Results of the Confederation for Tomorrow survey, released Thursday, suggest 40 per cent of Saskatchewan residents hold that opinion, while 24 said […]
Education Ministry developing school infraction rubric
News Paula Lindo 6 Hrs Ago Lisa Morris-Julien – Minister in the Ministry of Education Lisa Morris-Julian said the ministry is in the process of creating a national school infraction rubric aimed at targeting violence in schools. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday in response to a question from Couva South MP Rudranath Indarsingh on steps […]
Ottawa, N.L. disagree on who will foot hefty Bay du Nord royalty bill
Canada could soon be the first country on Earth to pay millions of dollars in international oil royalties as a consequence of the Bay du Nord megaproject in Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore — but just how that bill gets paid remains to be seen. Article 82 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) allows countries like Canada — […]