Winnipeg police investigating 47th homicide Winnipeg police are looking for suspects in the city’s 47th homicide of the year. It happened early Saturday morning around 1:44 a.m.when officers were called to an apartment block in the 500 block of Furby Street.Residents had reported hearing shots in the building. Police arrived to find a man suffering…

Montreal to pay $3 million to protestors whose rights were violated by city police The City of Montreal will pay more than $3 million to hundreds of protestors whose rights were violated by city police. The settlement will end eight long-running class action lawsuits against the city that allege participants in six protests were illegally…

RCMP searching for suspect after woman and daughter kidnapped Manitoba RCMP are on the hunt for a Winnipeg man after a woman and her daughter were briefly kidnapped near Portage la prairie Friday afternoon. Portage la Prairie RCMP say they were first called to a hotel parking lot around 4:30 p.m.Friday.Reports said a man was…

Worker paycheques in the province that once led the country in wage growth have flatlined, but experts say the double whammy of inflation and labour shortages mean Alberta businesses are poised to face a reckoning on wages soon. For years, Alberta workers have been the highest paid in the country thanks to the province’s lucrative…

— Entertainment — Disney’s latest agenda-pushing project is off to a brutal start at the box office.“Strange World,” an animated film featuring a gay teen romance, opened Wednesday with a poor $4.2 million in ticket sales and is projected to bring in as little as $21 million over what should be a strong holiday weekend,…

NAPLES, N.Y.– Someday, the story of the purple Christmas trees might be passed on from generation to generation, making spirits bright like Rudolph’s red nose and Frosty’s magic hat.This weekend, as many people head out to remote areas searching for the perfect tree to decorate for the season and place gifts under, consider this from…

An extra £118m, at least, will be spent this year on temporary accommodation, such as hotels and B&Bs, by councils, a Sky News investigation has found. If trends continue, local authorities in England will spend nearly a quarter more (24%) this financial year than pre- COVID-19 . Outside London, expenditure is on track to increase…

A Nova Scotia bicycle shop says paying employees a living wage has helped the business. Cyclesmith in Halifax made the move in September 2021.The shop has 31 full-time staff members and they make at least $23.50 per hour, according to owner Andrew Feenstra. Read more: N.S.workers ‘running in place’ as wages fail to meet cost…