Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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Estevan RCMP officer charged with breaking and entering, theft
An Estevan RCMP officer has been arrested and charged following an incident in 2025. Constable Kristopher McMahon, 32, was arrested by Estevan police officers on November 10, 2025 and was subsequently...
Feb 02, 2026 Constable Kristopher McMahon, 32, was arrested by Estevan police officers on November 10, 2025. (Discover Estevan)
What to expect as businessman Frank Stronach stands trial on sexual assault charges
TORONTO - The man long touted as one of Canada's great success stories is set to stand trial in Toronto this week, as the first of two cases accusing Frank Stronach of sexual offences against several ...
Feb 02, 2026
Groundhog Day 2026: Willie in Ontario, Fred in Quebec predict early spring's arrival
Canada's famous prognosticating rodents are predicting an early spring. Wiarton Willie, in Bruce County, Ont., and Fred la Marmotte, the famous groundhog in Quebec's Gaspsie region reportedly did not ...
Feb 02, 2026 Shubenacadie Sam exits her burrow at a Groundhog Day event at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park in Nova Scotia on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Sam saw her shadow and predicts six more weeks of winter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
CFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation
As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm, they came under a variety of harassment from opponents of the operation, said a seni...
Jan 30, 2026 A CFIA employee in a protective suit interacts with ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the farm’s appeal against an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
Conservatives converge on downtown Calgary, eager to hear from party leader Poilievre
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to address his party faithful this evening in Calgary, in a speech that many anticipate will set the tone for the Tories heading into the next elec...
Jan 30, 2026
Carney meeting with Canada's premiers in Ottawa today
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney later today with the renewal of North America's trilateral free trade agreement casting a shadow over the meeting. Canada, the United St...
Jan 29, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, speaks with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, left, and B.C. Premier David Eby at the start of a meeting in the prime minister's office in Ottawa, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Food inspection agency to cut more than 1,300 jobs, says union
The union representing employees at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says staff have been told there will be 1,371 agency jobs cut as part of the government's cost-cutting exercise. The Agriculture...
Jan 28, 2026 Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Quebec woman who scalded young boy over prank back in court for sentencing
LONGUEUIL - A Quebec woman who scalded a 10-year-old boy with boiling water over a prank is expected in court today for a sentencing hearing. Stphanie Borel pleaded guilty to aggravated assault last S...
Jan 28, 2026 The Longueuil, Que., provincial courthouse is seen on Monday, April 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sidhartha Banerjee
Union questions why Global Affairs issuing layoff warnings before policy review
OTTAWA - Thousands of employees at Global Affairs Canada have been issued notices warning they may lose their jobs, months before a foreign policy review is completed to give the department updated pr...
Jan 28, 2026 Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand poses for a photo in her Office in Ottawa, on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Premiers meet in Ottawa ahead of CUSMA negotiations with Trump administration
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are set for two days of huddling in the nation's capital with the economy, affordability and trade expected to be high on the agenda. The premiers meet with Prime Minister M...
Jan 28, 2026
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