Author Archives: David Opinko

WINNIPEG, MB - The first Canadian coins bearing the face of King Charles are soon to be circulated across the country. The Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg is set for Tuesday, November 14, 2023, to sho...

EDMONTON, AB - The current version of Alberta Health Services will be scrapped as the province transitions to a single provincial health system model split into four high-level units, the Alberta gove...

EDMONTON, AB - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is nominating Mary Moreau, chief justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta, to the Supreme Court of Canada. Moreau has been in her current role since...

OTTAWA, ON - A Federal Court judge has verbally approved a landmark $23-billion settlement that will see Ottawa compensate more than 300,000 First Nations children and their families over chronic unde...

Piikani Nation, AB-A guard employed by the RCMP is accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was lodged in cells overnight. Piikani RCMP says the victim told then she had been assaulted during the ea...

TORONTO, ON - Pro-Palestinian demonstrators spilled onto streets in several Canadian cities on Thanksgiving Day while the prime minister and Opposition leader spoke at a vigil at a Jewish community ce...

OTTAWA - The evidence put forward by the Crown and defence in the criminal trial of two prominent "Freedom Convoy" organizers is so similar, it reflects something of a Rorschach test for how people fe...

EDMONTON - A poll released Thursday suggests nearly two-thirds of Albertans oppose the provincial government's moratorium on approvals for new renewable energy projects. "This poll clearly demonstrate...

CALGARY - Premier Danielle Smith is set to release a report that could lead to a vote on whether Alberta should ditch the Canada Pension Plan. Smith, along with Finance Minister Nate Horner and panel ...

OTTAWA - MPs are returning to the House of Commons today determined to find relief for Canadians feeling the pinch of inflation. While some of the most heated debates this fall will surround bail refo...