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By Aly Thomson, The Canadian Press
HALIFAX — The funeral for seven Syrian children who died in a fast-moving Halifax house fire will be held on Saturday, with an open invitation to the community that has rallied around the family.
A Facebook post from the Ummah Mosque in Halifax said services for the Barho children will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Cunard Centre on Halifax’s waterfront, and will run until 3:15 p.m.
A 21-year-old Flin Flon woman was killed Thursday night when her vehicle lost control, hit a hydro pole and rolled.
The single-vehicle crash happened on Third Avenue in Flin Flon just before midnight.
A Winnipeg woman plans to pay off her condo after winning $1 million on a recent Lotto 6/49 draw.
Theresa Marcelino had the winning numbers to the January 30 ticket, which she purchased at Kim’s Lottery Link in Winnipeg Square.
A carjacker who thought he would get creative by dressing differently was arrested by Winnipeg police on Thursday.
The incident began near Edmonton Street and Broadway at around 9 a.m. when a 20-year-old man had his cargo van stolen at knifepoint.
Winnipeg police arrested a man Thursday afternoon after they say he ran a woman off the road and threatened her with a sharp object.
Police say they received calls of a road rage incident in the area of Main Street and Chief Peguis Trail at around 4:45 p.m. Reports suggested that one driver tried to assault another and the suspect was being held by witnesses.
Pride Winnipeg will mark its 32nd anniversary with a parade along Portage Avenue this spring.
The parade on June 2 will make its way through the heart of downtown through Portage and Main for an expanded prominence.
WINNIPEG — The cheques are literally in the mail for Red River Co-op members to the tune of $41.1 million.
The Winnipeg-based co-operative is mailing out more than 233,000 cheques totalling $35.7 million in cash for the 2018 fiscal year. The remainder of equity earned stays in members’ equity accounts with Red River Co-op.
By James McCarten, The Canadian Press
WASHINGTON — A long-awaited end to Canada’s steel-and-aluminum tariff nightmare could be just weeks away, says Ottawa’s ambassador to the United States — but David MacNaughton is playing coy about the source of his newfound optimism.
Along with Transport Minister Marc Garneau, MacNaughton was taking part in a panel discussion Thursday about the prospects of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement when he abruptly declared that an end to U.S. tariffs on metals imported from Canada, which have been in place for nearly nine months, could soon be at hand.
