Firearms and bail concerns were on the docket at a roundtable held by Justice Minister Tyler Shandro on Wednesday. On March 15, Shandro answered questions during a virtual roundtable for rural media to clarify confusion...
High Prairie town council will consider joining a lobby group many other Peace Country communities have already joined. Mayor Brian Panasiuk reported on the alliance at council’s Feb. 28 meeting. The group is the new Community...
Minister of Jobs, Economy and Northern Development Brian Jean announces the second phase of the...
Liberal MP Ken Hardie, member of a parliamentary committee on fisheries and oceans, supports calls...
Crime was up marginally in 2022 from 2021 for the Peace Regional RCMP. “Officers in the Peace River region responded to 6,370 calls for service in 2022,” says Const. Mitch Guenette, community liaison officer. “Overall, there was...
A crow flies past Ha Ling Peak in Kananaskis Country in March 2021. File Photo/Rocky Mountain...
Monday, March 20, 2023 marked the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere, but don’t bust out the flip flops just yet. Kyle Fougere meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada said spring is a time with a lot...
Pollution from oilsands tailings dominated the agenda at the Dene Nation Water Summit the week of March 17, 2023, as northern Indigenous leaders and community members discussed how to respond to recent news of multiple leaks...
PM Justin Trudeau speaks with families about affordable housing during a visit to Laval. Image...
While an uptick is being noted in the oil industry in Alberta, some companies still aren’t paying their oil and gas property taxes. A report released March 8, by the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) showed an overall unpaid...
Inside a 10’x40′ all season ‘farm’ – $205,000 CDN from thegrowcer.ca...
Crime was up marginally in 2022 from 2021 for the Peace Regional RCMP. “Officers in the Peace River region responded to 6,370 calls for service in 2022,” says Const. Mitch Guenette, community liaison officer. “Overall, there was a slight uptick of around one per cent from the previous year.” He notes police value partnerships with […] ...More
Quadra Islander Ramona Boyle is rummaging through cardboard boxes when her friend lets out a triumphant shout. “Look at this!” exclaims Dood, known by a single moniker similar to Madonna, plucking a package of thick-cut bacon from a box and waving it in the air. “This normally costs at least 15 bucks.” Boyle peers into […] ...More
A Manitoba bill to create a virtual registry of teachers — resumés and disciplinary records included — has been touted as a step towards transparency, but the profession’s largest union says it must be tossed to protect its members’ rights. “Absolutely, we need to keep kids safe, but it shouldn’t come at the expense of […] ...More
Both the Government of Alberta and a rural municipality’s lobbying group seemed to agree with the oil and gas industry this past week that unpaid property taxes in industry are becoming a problem. The Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) which lobbys for rural municipalities in Alberta Mar. 7 released a statement titled, “Another year, another […] ...More
“We moved in here September 28, 1989,” says elder Martha Hickes, sitting beside her husband, elder Robert Hickes, at their dining table on a fall Saturday afternoon in Rankin Inlet. She lets out a giddy laugh, smiling at the memory and her ability to recall the date without hesitation. Nearly 35 years later, their home […] ...More
Grey Highlands council cost $210,285 in 2022. At its meeting on March 15, council received the annual remuneration report that documents all pay and expenses received by members of council in 2022. Total remuneration paid to the 10 members of council who served during the year was $181,304 and total expenses were $27,322. Some members […] ...More
Searching the Nunavut Roundtable for Poverty Reduction on the internet will quickly lead one to www.makiliqta.ca. The first headline on the site reads, “Nunavut Roundtable on Poverty Reduction Through Online Gambling.” It goes on to explain that one of the biggest challenges in Nunavut is poverty and that the territory is coping with high unemployment […] ...More
A 10-year-old girl from Markham, Ont., is taking aim at one of the tiniest, most ubiquitous bits of plastic pollution — the stickers on fruits and vegetables. Maya Thiru is the face of a campaign lobbying for Canada to find another way to identify produce. While the small, plastic labels attached to fruit and vegetables […] ...More
Acknowledgment of the rights of First Nations, Inuit and Metis people of Canada should be included in the municipal oath of office, Peterborough County council decided at its Wednesday meeting. But a suggestion that allegiance to King Charles be removed from the oath, made by Joe Taylor, mayor of Otonabee-South Monaghan Township, was not approved. […] ...More
A four-time convicted commercial fishing offender is on the hook for $49,704.68 in fines and banned from fishing for eight months, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced on March 14. Adrian Slavko Kern pleaded guilty to violating the Fisheries Act in Prince Rupert Provincial Court on Oct. 31, 2022, the DFO stated in a press […] ...More
The Radical Stitch contemporary exhibit is currently on display at the Art Gallery of Hamilton until May 28 and will be scheduled to tour at various locations throughout Canada until 2025. Organized and circulated by the Mackenzie Art Gallery, the exhibit showcases Indigenous beadwork ranging from traditional items, including clothing and jewelry, to more contemporary […] ...More
Canada’s plan to open its doors to hundreds of thousands of immigrants will be a “trainwreck” if the Trudeau Liberal government does not come up with a comprehensive housing solution for the newcomers who are needed to fill jobs in the country, experts say. Housing affordability and availability are the key issues of concern for […] ...More