12 h. ago Explore Edmonton to remain facility operator as city cites budget limits

City says $100M maintenance budget can’t stretch to cover EXPO and Convention Centre

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4 d. ago First direct flight from US to Greenland since 2008 lands on Trump’s birthday

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — The first direct flight from the U.S. to Greenland by an American airline landed in the capital city of Nuuk on Saturday. The United Airlines-operated Boeing 737 Max 8 departed from Newark International Airport in New Jersey at 11:31 a.m. EDT (1531 GMT) and arrived a little over 4 hours later, […]

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2 w. ago Renée Amilcar resigning as OC Transpo general manager as of July 18

Troy Charter, director of transit service and rail operations for the city, will serve as interim general manager.

Transport

2 w. ago Family drama and geopolitical horror mark Vancouver City Opera's elegant production of Sophia's Forest

Our protagonist is presented in two forms: as a non-singing child, touchingly rendered by Arya Yazgan; and as an adult, sung by soprano Elena Howard-Scott

Politics

3 w. ago Toronto's most notorious speed camera sawed down by vandals for the umpteenth time

Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) cameras in and around Toronto are quite prone to being toppled or defaced by angry motorists and passersby who see them as a symbol of a police state, but there's one device in particular that has been destroyed not once, but no less than five in the last few months.The Parside Drive camera has been blinded by spray paint, hacked down multiple times, and even at one point tossed into a pond in nearby High Park.And, despite the City's efforts to keep the camera in operation — it being Toronto's most productive, raking in more than $7 million in fines over three years in operation — people just keep on putting it out of commission, including again this week.Safe Parkside, a grassroots group that has long pushed for better safety measures along the north-south roadway, shared the news and their frustration on Friday morning."The Parkside Drive speed camera was just cut down for a...

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3 w. ago RCMP, city police brace for ’largest domestic security operation’ as G7 summit nears

OTTAWA — RCMP and local police say security planning is well underway for next month’s G7 summit in Alberta. Officials told The Canadian Press they’re expecting protesters and are taking steps to deal with new technological threats, such as the weaponization of drones. David Hall, Alberta RCMP superintendent and event security director for the G7 […]

Events

4 w. ago Drug raids downtown and at CTrain stations lead to 160 charges laid against 29 suspects

A multi-day operation in the city centre led to the arrest 29 people in connection with 160 offences, police said

Transport