Excavators had been searching near the 5-storey building where Samar Zora was staying The body of a Canadian woman who was visiting Turkey has been found in the rubble of a building that collapsed on Feb. 6. during the earthquake that has devastated that country. Saad Zora says his twin sister, Samar, who like her brothers is from Halifax, was found Tuesday by searchers as an excavator dug through pieces of a five-storey building in the city of Antakya. “Samar was found,” he said in an interview from Antakya, anRead more

A Federal Court judge found it was Kaur’s responsibility to confirm her own college admission An Edmonton woman facing removal from Canada has lost a judicial review of the federal government’s decision, leaving her with one final legal option to pursue. Karamjeet Kaur, 25, has been fighting an Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada decision to have her removed from Canada over a fake letter of admission to an Ontario college supplied as part of her 2018 student visa application. Canadian officials accept that Kaur didn’t know the letter –Read more

Shooting near Town of Schomberg was a ‘cowardly, violent act,’ York Regional Police say A man who was walking his dog early Sunday north of Toronto was shot at 13 times in a “callous act of violence” after he gestured at a speeding vehicle, York Regional Police say. The man, 65, is now in critical condition in hospital fighting for his life and the attack has stunned the small community where he lives. Police are seeking two people in connection with the drive-by shooting, which happened in King Township near the Town of Schomberg,Read more

Mary Wilson started organizing Black History Month events in the city in 2016 Mary Wilson has been organizing Black History Month events in Richmond, B.C., since 2016. As a retired social worker, Wilson says she still feels compelled to connect with others and bring people together. This year, she’s doing that through art, partnering with the Richmond Cultural Centre to feature the work of local Black artists Crystal Noir and John Hall. Wilson told The Early Edition’s Missy Johnson she hopes the exhibit brings “encouragement and strength” to everyone who visits, and gives Black creators a boost ofRead more

Nova Scotians 70 and older have a death rate from COVID-19 that is 280 times higher than those under 50 As the COVID-19 pandemic lingered and the death toll increased, Nova Scotian Judy Aymar noticed how the province’s leaders no longer offered condolences when new deaths were announced. “These are real people,” she said. “These are people who at one point in their lives, they built families, they built communities and they helped build the province. Why have they become a statistic and not a person?” The province’s COVID-19 briefings onceRead more

Trudeau says he ordered take down of object that ‘violated Canadian airspace’ The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has shot down an unidentified object in Canadian airspace, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday. “I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. [NORAD] shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object,” Trudeau said in a statement on Twitter. “I spoke with President Biden this afternoon. Canadian Forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage ofRead more

‘Hurricane Hazel’ died on Jan. 29, at the age of 101 People are paying tribute to former longtime Mississauga, Ont., mayor Hazel McCallion as she lies in state for two days, starting Sunday, before her funeral on what would have been her 102nd birthday. Among those who paid their respects on Sunday were Toronto Mayor John Tory, Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Ford’s office has said McCallion will lie in repose at Mississauga City Hall on Sunday and Monday before her funeral at the Paramount Fine Foods CentreRead more

Patrick Mitsuing says he hopes to be an inspiration to Indigenous youth in Canada and across the globe A man from the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation in Saskatchewan is taking his talents to one of the biggest stages in the world. Patrick Mitsuing will help to shine a spotlight on Indigenous culture as he performs at Super Bowl LVII on Sunday. After growing up on the small First Nation, located northwest of Saskatoon, Mitsuing said the opportunity in front of him is worth savouring. “It’s a story I could tell my kids, and if I’mRead more

Surgeries scheduled within weeks with price tags over $20K prompt concerns over 2-tiered health care It’s a contentious reality in a country with a universal medicare system: Canadians can pay to sidestep the queue for surgeries with long waiting lists, such as hip and knee replacements. Private clinics across Canada are advertising to prospective patients that within weeks they can get surgeries that typically take six months or more under provincial health plans. The price for a single hip or knee replacement runs in the range of $20,000 to $28,000,Read more

Plan involved restructuring, several rounds of layoffs and facility closures over 3 years Aurora Cannabis Inc. announced Thursday that it has completed a transformation plan delivering $340 million in annualized savings since February 2020, but said it still incurred a $67.2-million net loss in its most recent quarter. The plan involved an extensive restructuring and several rounds of layoffs and facility closures over the last three years as it contended with shifting COVID-19 measures and grappled with aligning supply and demand. The Edmonton company’s goal was to reach profitability basedRead more