Study finds no evidence to support New Brunswick’s mystery brain disease

FREDERICTON – There is no evidence to support claims of a mystery brain disease in New Brunswick, says a new study that suggests the media may have played a role in feeding patients’ fears. Published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Neurology, the study …

New rules on tipping, price labelling take effect across Quebec

By: The Canadian Press Posted: 10:40 AM CDT Wednesday, May. 7, 2025 MONTREAL - New rules on tipping and on price displays at grocery retailers are in effect as of today across Quebec. Read this article for free: We need your support! Local journalism needs …

Mali’s military government is suspending political parties’ activities, state TV says

By: The Associated Press Posted: 9:08 AM CDT Wednesday, May. 7, 2025 BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — State media say Mali ’s military government has announced the suspension of political party activities in the West African country “until further notice." Read …

U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra will make his first appearance at business summit

By: The Canadian Press Posted: 9:00 AM CDT Wednesday, May. 7, 2025 OTTAWA - U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra will make his first official appearance at the B7 Summit in Ottawa next week. Read this article for free: We need your support! Local …

Movie Review: The sweep of history courses through Jia Zhangke’s ‘Caught By the Tides’

Jia Zhangke’s “Caught by the Tides” is less than two hours long and yet contains nearly a quarter-century of time’s relentless march forward. Few films course with history the way it does in the Chinese master’s latest, an epic collage that spans 21 years. …

Griffin Poetry Prize to bestow lifetime recognition award on Margaret Atwood

TORONTO – Renowned author and poet Margaret Atwood is getting this year’s Lifetime Recognition Award from the Griffin Poetry Prize. The literary award is handed out periodically to international artists working in poetry, and more often than not has gone …

Dryden leans on goaltending legacy

Cooper Dryden is acutely aware of what his last name signifies for anyone who plays goal. The 15-year-old goaltender, who will almost certainly hear his name called on the second day of the Western Hockey League draft on Thursday, is a distant relative of …

Missing, murdered honoured on Red Dress Day

Shirley Flett says one of the reasons she observes Red Dress Day is to honour a 16-year-old Indigenous girl who disappeared from her northern Manitoba community five years ago. “Her name is Tammy Nattaway, and she was from Garden Hill First Nation where I’ …

Another comeback, but rare Game 1 win in a playoff series for Edmonton Oilers

LAS VEGAS – The Edmonton Oilers winning the first game of a playoff series was rare. Coming from behind to do it was not. Edmonton’s 4-2 victory at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday to kick off a second-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights was just the …

RCMP investigate possible drowning at Pinawa Dam Provincial Park