Author Archives: Dave Barry
Private funeral in Barrie, Ont. today for slain OPP officer
BARRIE, Ont. - A private funeral is set to be held this morning for an Ontario Provincial Police officer who was shot dead in an ambush attack last week. The OPP says the service for 28-year-old Const...
Jan 04, 2023
Canada marks first National Ribbon Skirt Day
OTTAWA - Today marks Canada's first National Ribbon Skirt Day. Manitoba Sen. Mary Jane McCallum's bill to recognize the day every Jan. 4 passed in Parliament late last year. It was inspired by Isabell...
Jan 04, 2023
2022 property assessments see median Kamloops values approach $700,000
KAMLOOPS - Homeowners across British Columbia will soon receive their 2022 assessments in the mail. On average, Kamloops homeowners saw the value of their homes increase by 11 per cent in 2022, meanin...
Jan 03, 2023
One dead in two-vehicle crash near Jade Mountain Tuesday
CHASE, B.C. - UPDATE (4:35 p.m.): Drive BC says the road has re-opened to single-lane, alternating traffic.EARLIER: One person has died in a crash east of Chase Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 3).Cst. Mike Mo...
Jan 03, 2023
Some Saskatchewan Sunwing passengers make it home, others make their own way back
REGINA - Some Sunwing travellers from Saskatchewan say the airline is leaving them at airports in other provinces, while another says her flight from Mexico that made it to Regina had dozens of empty ...
Jan 03, 2023
Bills' Hamlin collapses on field, gets CPR; game suspended
CINCINNATI (AP) - Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and was administered CPR before being driven away in an ambulance during Monday night's game against the Cincinnati Bengals, ...
Jan 02, 2023
Ransomware group LockBit apologizes saying 'partner' was behind SickKids attack
TORONTO - A global ransomware operator issued an apology and offered to unlock the data targeted in a ransomware attack on Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, a move cybersecurity experts say is rar...
Jan 02, 2023
Some Saskatchewan Sunwing passengers make it home, others make their own way back
REGINA - Some Sunwing travellers from Saskatchewan say the airline is leaving them at airports in other provinces, while another says her flight from Mexico that made it to Regina had dozens of empty ...
Jan 02, 2023
Canada extends copyright protection another 20 years to meet new trade obligation
OTTAWA - There will be no new books or plays added to the public domain in Canada until 2043 after the government squeezed in a change to copyright laws just before the end of 2022. Until Dec. 30, cop...
Jan 02, 2023
Convoy organizer says plans to stage a 2023 protest in Winnipeg are off
OTTAWA - Freedom Convoy 2.0 appears to be a bust. Canada Unity, one of the anti-government protest groups behind the protests that headlined much of last year, is calling off its plans to restage the ...
Jan 02, 2023
