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A long-discussed, often-studied, never-built Red Deer River dam proposal dating back decades is being dusted off and resurrected by the provincial government. A request for proposals (RFP) has been issued for a feasibility study of a new dam and reservoir east of Red Deer to address water availability concerns and provide irrigation for farming in…
Two Quebec cabinet ministers say the province will not fund a proposed graphite mine north of Gatineau because it doesn’t meet the government’s standards for local support. B.C.-based Lomiko Metals has been testing samples from its La Loutre site near the town of Duhamel, which the company says on its project website has shown “excellent graphite properties” for making…
A Winnipeg man who says he lost nearly $650,000 in retirement funds to an alleged fraud scheme is suing a credit union and a bank in what the lawsuit calls a case of ‘financial elder abuse’. Peter Squire is suing Access Credit Union and the Royal Bank of Canada after he fell victim to a fraudster…
The federal government is expanding a list of Iranian officials that are inadmissible to Canada. Ottawa first introduced measures under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) in November 2022 that barred a number of senior Iranian officials from entering Canada. Those measures applied to people who were senior members of the Iranian government from…
Longtime Ottawa Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod won’t be seeking re-election. MacLeod announced her decision in a video posted to social media Friday. “I started as the youngest person in two Parliaments and I’m leaving as the longest-serving woman in this term,” she said in the video. “It’s been an honour to serve you at Queen’s…
The province wants to change rules around combat sports in Manitoba and introduce an annual fee for competitors, but some jiu-jitsu athletes and organizers say the proposed rules could limit the ability to host major competitions here. “It really hurts the community, the growth of the sport and just like the city as a whole,” said Michael…
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) says residents of Sandy Bay are allowed to return home now that the wildfire that threatened the northern Saskatchewan community is contained. The First Nation says the evacuation order is over as of 8 a.m. CST Tuesday. Buses will start transporting residents back to the community on Wednesday, the…
Nancy Le, 25, has been using facial sunscreens since she was a teenager. But unlike people who buy sunscreen from stores, the Vancouver nursing student is one of many who use online retailers. That’s because the sunscreen she uses, which is made in Asia, contains ingredients that aren’t approved by Health Canada. “The other sunscreens…
Conservationists are sounding the alarm over dwindling old-growth forests on an island off British Columbia’s South Coast — and a new report backs up their concerns. B.C.’s Forest Practices Board says without improvements to how forests on Quadra Island are managed, the remaining old growth there may not survive. The board’s investigation started after the…
Peter Duck has lived in the town of Banff for more than four decades, a period during which he says there’s been plenty of change. “Well, when I came to Banff I kind of thought it was a small, quiet town, a very small community.” The summers were still a busy time then, said Duck,…
