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Main lodge at Nova Scotia's historic Keltic Lodge golf resort shutting down
INGONISH, N.S. - The historic main building at the Keltic Lodge at the Highlands golf resort in Cape Breton has closed, Parks Canada and GolfNorth Properties announced Wednesday. GolfNorth, however, c...
Apr 3, 2024
B.C. government targets 'profiteers' with legislation to bring in flipping tax
VICTORIA - British Columbia has tabled legislation to enact the home-flipping tax, charging 20 per cent to those who sell their home within the first year. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy told the leg...
Apr 3, 2024
B.C. government targets 'profiteers' with legislation to bring in flipping tax
VICTORIA - British Columbia has tabled legislation to enact the home-flipping tax, charging 20 per cent to those who sell their home within the first year. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy told the leg...
Apr 3, 2024
Wilfrid Laurier's Luke Brubacher impressing despite limited football experience
WATERLOO, ONTARIO - As Wilfrid Laurier's head football coach, Michael Faulds has seen many walk-ons. But never one like Luke Brubacher. The six-foot-six, 255-pound defensive end's introduction to foot...
Apr 3, 2024
Woodbine jockey Kimura earns second straight Kentucky Derby mount
Woodbine jockey Kazushi Kimura will be riding in the Kentucky Derby for a second straight year. Kimura, who won a third straight Woodbine riding title last year, will be aboard T O Password, a Japanes...
Apr 3, 2024
Check that check; PWHL players may have to rein in physicality at world championship
UTICA, N.Y. - Coaches and players in the Professional Women's Hockey League don't expect the new league's brand of hard-hitting hockey to continue into the world championship. The PWHL rule book relea...
Apr 3, 2024
Semi-truck snags central Nanaimo utility lines, causes significant power outage
NANAIMO -Nearly 2,000 BC Hydro customers were without power for a few hours due to significant outage.It happened on Wednesday, April 3 just after 1 p.m. on Townsite Rd. near Bowen Rd. behind the Shel...
Apr 3, 2024
Canada's Kim calm, cool and collected ahead of Augusta National Women's Amateur
If Lauren Kim is intimidated by storied Augusta National Golf Club, it doesn't show. The 19-year-old collegiate golfer from Surrey, B.C., is the lone Canadian in the field at the Augusta National Wome...
Apr 3, 2024
BC Hydro wants more clean power to help meet demand, clean energy targets
VICTORIA - BC Hydro is looking for more clean power to add to its grids as electricity demands are expected to increase by 15 per cent in the next six years. The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carb...
Apr 3, 2024
Woman faces second-degree murder charge in death of child at Quebec City daycare
QUEBEC - The Crown says two people have been charged in the killing of a 14-month old girl last month at a home daycare in Quebec City. Guenuite Kiwangala Mubwaka, 25, was charged today with second-de...
Apr 3, 2024