Red Deer swimmer enjoys homecoming after capturing Olympic silver
Red Deer’s Rebecca Smith had an experience of a lifetime in Tokyo, not only competing in her first Olympics, but winning a silver medal in the pool. Slav Kornik has the story.
Red Deer’s Rebecca Smith had an experience of a lifetime in Tokyo, not only competing in her first Olympics, but winning a silver medal in the pool. Slav Kornik has the story.
Rebecca Smith captured a silver medal in the women’s 4x100-metre freestyle relay along with teammates Penny Oleksiak, Kayla Sanchez and Margaret Mac Neil.
According to police, the 10 indivuduals are believed to have sexually assaulted, exploitated and trafficked a teenage girl, as well as the sexually assaulted another young teen.
The MLHU said that it would 'not be extending COVID-19 vaccination to those who are not yet 12 years old,' -- an about-face from Thursday's announcement.
Police have identified a man accused of murder in Kingston as well as the man who was killed during a downtown shooting Thursday morning.
RCMP say two inmates from the Besnard Lake Correctional Camp in northern Saskatchewan escaped the centre on the afternoon of Aug. 6.
The Kelowna Fire Department says the church door sustained moderate damage, with smoke migrating into the building.
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit reported seven new cases of COVID-19 over the past 48 hours, according to data released Friday afternoon.
Ottawa Public Health is reporting an increase of 21 COVID-19 cases in Ottawa as three in four eligible residents have now received two doses of the vaccine.
One case is in the northern zone and is related to travel. The other case is in the eastern zone and is under investigation.
Hamilton police say they launched their investigation in June after a 15-year-old boy was sexually assaulted.
Local authorities believe the child found an unsecured gun, which reportedly belonged to the father.
'I'm committed to fiercely advocating for this city and its people. I hope to be able to do that here and in Ottawa soon with your support,' Arielle Kayabaga tweeted on Friday.
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced on Friday the province’s back-to-school plan amid the COVID-19 pandemic. She said they’ve worked closely with Alberta Health Services and Alberta Education to develop guidance to “prevent and manage all respiratory illnesses in schools.”
Alberta is pausing its plan to further lift COVID-19 restrictions for six weeks, chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced on Friday, adding she’s been monitoring local and international data on the pandemic.
Alberta is pausing the move forward with lifting COVID-19 restrictions to monitor increasing cases of the Delta variant until Sept. 27.
"To put it bluntly, no other party can make any commitment to invest in people without either cutting existing services or putting the burden back on people," Singh claimed.
Alberta has released a back-to-school tool kit for parents and school staff, and a document outlining guidelines for how to manage and preventing respiratory illness in schools.
For decades, Bill Rogers was forced to carry the secrets of his job, not allowed to tell anyone that he intercepted signals from the Soviets during the Cold War.
Alberta was set to lift more of its COVID-19 protocols on Monday, including the requirement that people with the disease self-isolate. But Global News has learned that the government is considering whether to press pause on that plan. Sources say some members of the government met on Thursday to discuss the plan. Sarah Komadina reports.
Someone suffering from a gunshot wound was picked up by paramedics in southeast Calgary on Wednesday night and taken to hospital, according to Calgary EMS.
'Going from a super-efficient diesel vehicle or gas vehicle to this one, we cut our fuel costs in half.'
Forge has a two-goal advantage heading into next week's second leg with their El Salvador opponents.
The study covers the year leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, from 2019 to 2020, and found that one in four Canadian women and one in six men reported such behaviour.
Emergency crews were called to Chevron Prince Path, just west of Simcoe Street North and south of Winchester Road West, before 8 p.m. on Thursday with reports of a shooting.