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B.C. offering free N95 masks for B.C. Interior as wildfire smoke persists
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 16, 2026 2:04 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Wildfire smoke could be a blessing for evacuees still out of their homes in British Columbia, but it can be an unsettling sight for…
Anthony Albanese vows to push on as Coalition slams ‘failed’ policy
August 16, 2026 — 3:22pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA The Coalition has ridiculed the federal government’s failure to roll out the national gun buyback scheme after it took almost…
Homeless man demands $10M for ‘emotional distress’ after being shot while breaking into business
A homeless man who was shot after breaking into an Oregon business to steal property is now demanding $10 million for “emotional distress” after the owner caught him in the act and shot him three times. Kenneth Voyles filed the lawsuit earlier this year in…
Saskatoon Folkfest pared down from recent years but still draws a crowd
By Ashley Beherns Global News Posted August 16, 2026 10:14 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Saskatoon Folkfest marked its 47th year over the weekend with food, dance and 11 cultural pavillions at Prairieland Park to…
While Liberals shoot their messenger, Labor squanders its chance for brave reform
Opinion George BrandisFormer high commissioner to the UK and federal attorney-general August 16, 2026 — 4:00pm August 16, 2026 — 4:00pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA It was…
GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy slams Trump’s childhood vaccine order, warns kids may die: ‘Crazy, stupid’
WASHINGTON — Outgoing GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy laced into President Trump’s executive order last week requiring measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines to be administered to children separately. Cassidy (R-La.), a doctor who chairs the Senate Committee on…
Deceased Cambridge academic’s family decries ‘campaign of harassment’
The family of British academic Jason Arday, who was found dead at a South London address on Friday night amid a high-profile plagiarism storm, have denounced what they called years of “sustained abuse”. In an overnight statement following Arday’s death, his…
Poilievre urges Carney to keep fuel excise tax suspended until Canada Day
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is reiterating his call for Prime Minister Mark Carney to extend a pause on Canada’s fuel excise tax, which is set to return on Labour Day. Ottawa temporarily removed the tax from retail gas sales in April, a measure that…
Labor marked down on immigration as delayed visa shake-up approaches: Resolve Political Monitor
August 16, 2026 — 5:59pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Voters have condemned the Albanese government’s handling of immigration policy, with 54 per cent agreeing the government is…
Exclusive | Ex-Mamdani campaign staffer makes outrageous claim about hateful NYC synagogue attack where attacker yelled ‘f–k the Jews’
The head of a major lefty video agency who shot digital video ads for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign made an outrageous false claim about the unhinged attacker who terrorized Jewish New Yorkers during Shabbat services at a Manhattan synagogue, The…