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S&P/TSX composite closes up nearly 100 points, U.S. stock markets mixed
Canada's main stock index closed up nearly 100 points Friday, helped by strength in energy and financial stocks, while U.S. markets were mixed.
‘That’s what it means to be in Nova Scotia’: Students honour memory of mass shooting victims
Students at the Cobequid Education Centre honoured the victims of the 2020 mass shooting by planting "forget me not" seeds at Hearts Haven Memorial Park in Debert, N.S.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10435078/students-honour-ns-shooting-victims/
Accused shoplifter charged hours after release from arrest: Kingston police
Police say the same suspect had been released from custody with conditions following an arrest for allegedly shoplifting at a business in city's midtown area the previous day.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10436125/shoplifter-charged-hours-after-release-arrest-kingston-police/
1 in 3 adults who grew up in Quebec’s youth protection out of work, school at 21: study
A new study paints a bleak picture of Quebec's youth protection system. Many children who age out of care have trouble getting an education and maintaining a job.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10436056/one-third-adults-quebec-youth-protection-out-of-work-school-21/
Kelowna school retires team name, adopts less controversial ‘Thunder’
The Rutland Senior Secondary Voodoos are now going to be the Rutland Thunder, a change that students and school officials say has been a long time coming.
Man charged with break and enter, rental fraud in Canmore, Alta.: RCMP
An investigation into a pair of break-ins at a single home in Canmore, Alta., this week resulted in charges against a man who RCMP say is also a suspect in a rental fraud scheme.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10435996/man-charged-break-and-enter-rental-fraud-canmore-alta-rcmp/
Man accused of luring young girls on Snapchat faces more charges: Edmonton police
More charges have been laid against a 53-year-old man accused of luring teens on social media, Edmonton police said Friday.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10436088/edmonton-police-luring-teens-snapchat/
‘Very angry and very frustrated’: White Rock store closes due to repeated break-ins
Owner Mandy Johnston said it’s due to the sheer amount of crime she has to deal with in the neighbourhood.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10435362/white-rock-store-closed-break-ins/
Civilian workers vote to end strike at Canadian Forces Base Kingston, union says
Members are expected to return to work within the next five days, the Public Service Alliance of Canada says.
Aggressive sheep kills New Zealand couple, leaving community shocked
The couple. both in their 80s, were found dead in the sheep paddock on their rural Auckland rental property this week.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10436066/aggressive-sheep-ram-killed-couple-new-zealand/