Albert Wagner 
The demise of Calgary-based ultra-low-cost airline Lynx Air will mean Canadians have less choice when it comes to discount air travel and could pay higher fares, industry experts say. Citing financial pressures such as those linked with inflation and fuel costs, Lynx Air officials announced Thursday evening that the airline had filed for … Read more
It’s hard to imagine bands like Metallica or AC/DC being covered by a harpist, but that’s what one former Moncton musician has done, and she’s found great success. Kristan Toczko loves to entertain — whether it’s in front of a live audience or to her millions of followers online. Now, she’s on the charts. The … Read more
A federal judge on Friday barred the NCAA from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation from being used to entice recruits, granting a request for a preliminary injunction from the states of Tennessee and Virginia and dealing another blow to the association’s ability to govern college sports and more than 500,000 … Read more
Cheaper daycare was one of the Liberal government’s biggest promises, but now the program is struggling, with daycare operators warning of closures if things don’t change. Saba Al-Odeh is the owner of Little Heroes Daycare Centre in Ottawa and says it’s been an uphill battle ever since opting into the $10-a-day program. … Read more
A long-running hockey tournament that started in Northern Ontario will celebrate a major milestone next month. Before Thursday’s NOJHL game between the Sudbury Cubs and the Blind River Beavers, officials from the Little Native Hockey League tournament were invited to drop the puck. James ‘Jim’ McGregor of Whitefish River First Nation is the only remaining … Read more
OTTAWA – Ottawa has filed to appeal a Federal Court decision that found its invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests was unjustified. The government is asking the Federal Court of Appeal to overturn a January decision that found the government’s use of emergency law led to … Read more
SURREY, B.C. – Gangs, guns, drugs and a plot for murder. It might read like fiction, but according to police, it’s anything but. Police in British Columbia said Friday they have dismantled a “significant, sophisticated” criminal organization involved in manufacturing and distributing fentanyl-laced counterfeit pharmaceuticals. Mounties said eight men from the Metro Vancouver communities of … Read more
Ford stopped shipping its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickups and has been holding them for quality inspections since Feb. 9. Ford spokesperson Emma Bergg would not specify any particular quality concern that engendered the shipment pause, calling holds like this a fairly routine part of the manufacturing process as vehicle production shifts into a … Read more
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – Kayakers have been paddling in one of the driest places on Earth after a series of record rainstorms battered California’s Death Valley and replenished Lake Manly. Park Ranger Nichole Andler said Badwater Basin at Death Valley National Park, which runs along part of central California’s border with … Read more
OTTAWA – The head of a federal inquiry into foreign interference says the government has told her it will be necessary to hear some evidence behind closed doors. In a notice issued late Friday, commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue said the government will have the burden of convincing her that disclosure of such evidence to … Read more
