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In honour of the 110th Grey Cup, Hamilton’s James Street North is a sea of colourful costumes — and even more colourful characters. The downtown road is closed from York Boulevard to Barton Street East for a party complete with live music, local artists, games and food. Parts of downtown …

The call of bagpipes and thump of drums signalled the return of one of the Grey Cup’s oldest traditions: Tuffy Nuff, the mascot of Calgary Stampeders supporters had arrived.  Staff at the TownePlace Suites by Marriott greeted the horse with a basket of carrots and apples. The call of bagpipes …

Warning: This story contains distressing details. The Ontario jury in the Nathaniel Veltman trial in Windsor has found him guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in the truck attack on a Muslim family in London in 2021, a verdict that drew tears and …

A Federal Court judge has ruled that a federal government decision to list plastic items as toxic was “unreasonable and unconstitutional.”  Adding plastics to list of toxic substances a key step that allowed Ottawa to ban single-use plastics. A Federal Court judge has ruled that a federal government decision to …

It didn’t take long for the new leaders at Alberta Health Services to put their stamp on the organization. Eight days after the appointment of a new board of directors was announced, AHS says that six senior executives are no longer in their roles. That list includes Mauro Chies, who …

For years, Mohammed Fayad had longed for this day — but especially over the past month, when war broke out between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza, where his two children were living, leaving him worried that they would become casualties and he would never see them again. …

No ghouls, just goats. That’s the final verdict from Quadra Island RCMP after officers responded last month to reports of someone screaming near a ravine. As it turns out, what sounded like someone yelling in distress on Oct. 30 was actually a mama goat calling for her babies that had …

For years Canada’s Para athletes have been asking why they don’t receive money for medals at the Paralympics, while Canadian athletes who win medals at the Olympics receive financial rewards. It appears that those questions are finally about to be answered.  Canada’s Paralympic medallists have never received payment for reaching …

La Crete Sawmills Ltd., convicted this month in the 2022 death of a sawmill worker, has been ordered to pay a creative sentence of $295,000. The money will be used by a school division to provide workplace safety training to high-school students.  Creative sentence will fund new safety program for …

Jurors who will determine the fate of Nathaniel Veltman, charged with murder, attempted murder and terror in the June 6, 2021, truck attack on a Muslim family in London, Ont., resumed deliberations Thursday morning on Day 2 of their work to reach a verdict. Proceedings in the 22-year-old’s trial began …