Elevate your local knowledge
Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!
National
RCMP still looking for boy’s remains 38 years after he was murdered
STEINBACH, Man. – RCMP have issued an appeal asking for the public’s help in finding…
Body-slamming the press: Gianforte skirmish marks spike in media hostility
WASHINGTON – A reporter being slammed into the ground by a Republican politician, prompting criminal…
Investigation in fatal military parachute accident looks at training, procedures
YORKTON, Sask. – A report on the death of a search-and-rescue technician in a parachute…
Former military medic gets nine months in prison for inappropriate breast exams
OTTAWA – A former military medical technician convicted of conducting inappropriate breast exams on female…
Top court hears federal government’s appeal on residential school records
OTTAWA – Lawyers for the federal government and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation…
Liberals fork over another $30 million to keep Canada at F-35 table
OTTAWA – Canada has quietly paid another $30 million toward development of the F-35 —…
407913.jpg?w=650)
McNeil pressed on broken promises at second Nova Scotia campaign debate
HALIFAX – Tory Leader Jamie Baillie cast himself Thursday night as the only man who…
Nigel Wright broke ethics rules during Duffy affair, watchdog report says
OTTAWA – Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s one-time chief of staff was never prosecuted for…
Voters in Bernier’s hometown say they like the man more than the party
SAINT-GEORGES, Que. – In Beauce, a region of rolling hills, entrepreneurs and pick-up trucks south…
Pipemakers in Regina vote to give union executive power to call strike
REGINA – Hundreds of unionized workers at Evraz North America’s steel plant in Regina have…
Maud Lewis painting ‘Black Cats’ sells for$36,800 at Consignor Art Auction
TORONTO – A Maud Lewis painting has been sold for well above its pre-auction estimate…
Thirty herons killed at nesting site in Vernon, B.C., after powerful windstorm
VERNON, B.C. – More than two dozen great blue heron chicks and one adult bird…
Ontario community’s work to prevent turtles, snakes being killed on roads a model for others
A rural Ontario community’s work to prevent endangered reptiles from being killed on a 3.6-kilometre…
That’s Saint John not St. John’s: Sea Dogs shake off branding blunder at MemCup
WINDSOR, Ont. – The Saint John Sea Dogs shook off an embarrassing branding blunder at…
Quebec teen sentenced to six months in plot to kill fellow classmates
ST-HYACINTHE, Que. – A 14-year-old Quebec teen has been sentenced to six months detention for…
Rising program expenses propel fed 2016-17 deficit to $21.8B: preliminary estimate
OTTAWA – A $21.7-billion surge in federal program expenses was almost entirely responsible for the…
Winnipeg Transit proposes pilot project to test safety barriers for bus drivers
Winnipeg Transit is proposing a pilot project to test safety barriers for bus drivers following…
Newfoundland woman heartbroken after local SPCA puts down three-day-old moose
GANDER, N.L. – A Newfoundland woman who bottle-fed a baby moose after it got lost…
Sides return to the bargaining table on Day 3 of Quebec construction strike
MONTREAL – An alliance of construction trade unions and employers’ groups returned to the bargaining…
Jordan’s Principle could have prevented Ontario suicides, rights tribunal says
OTTAWA – The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal says the federal government’s failure to fully implement…
Canadian woman injured in Times Square car crash still in coma: family member
MONTREAL – A Canadian mother of three who was injured when a speeding car plowed…
Red Cross official says fentanyl a risk; first-aiders can say no to CPR
A Canadian Red Cross official says he sympathizes with a Manitoba postal worker who refused…
Health Canada approves new supervised consumption sites in B.C. and Montreal
OTTAWA – Health Canada has approved plans to create four new supervised consumption sites in…
No winning ticket for Friday night’s $50 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO – No winning ticket was sold for the $50 million jackpot in Friday night’s…