Sunwing has canceled their winter flights out of Regina effective Feb. 4, 2023. The cancellations will impact weekly flights from Regina to Mexico, Cuba, & Dominican Republic. The cancellations are necessary due to operational & business constraints.
Rather than requiring multiple provincial permit applications from different ministries with different processes to obtain approvals and construction to build more homes, B.C. is creating an easier “one-stop-shop approach” to permitting.
The Saskatoon Greater Chamber of Commerce has asked a national watchdog to investigate if Air Canada & WestJet colluded to divide routes, stating softened competition between the two is unfair to Saskatchewan’s traveling public & business groups.
A researcher at Dalhousie University is speaking out about the costs of groceries in Canada & an increase in thefts from grocery stores. S. Charlebois wrote an op-ed piece that stated store owners are feeling more concerned about theft than before.
Canada is calling for justice after former Afghan MP Mursal Nabizada, an advocate for women & girls in the region, was murdered in her Kabul home on Sunday. Foreign Affairs & Immigration Minister’s office condemned the violence as a “horrific crime.”
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was among climate activists detained during protests against the demolition of the coal village of Luetzerath on Tuesday. Thunberg was detained while protesting at the opencast coal mine of Garzweiler 2.
According to media reports, Varinder Singh from Kammowal, Hoshiarpur was shot dead at his residence at 16 Avenue, St. 38, Edmonton, Alberta on New Year’s Day. The deceased’s 21-year-old daughter is also said to have been injured in the altercation.
Police in North Vancouver, B.C. are warning the public once again that scammers have been targeting people for money in a fraudulent scheme. The scammers are using a “bail scam,” according to police.
One person was sent to hospital and one person was arrested after a stabbing at a New Westminster SkyTrain station Wednesday night. Metro Vancouver Transit police officers responded to reports of a fight on board a train at Columbia Station.
The family of Nicous D’Andre Spring, 21 who died after an altercation with guards at a Montreal jail while he was being unlawfully detained is demanding an inquiry. The Red Coalition (NGO) says it will file a complaint with the Quebec ombudsman.
