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Brent Secondiuk served as a front-line cop in the southern Alberta city of Medicine Hat for 25 years, and understands the futility of dismantling homeless encampments and otherwise dislodging itinerants who decide to bunk down in public spaces.
“We used to call it leaf-blowing … you just scatter the leaves, and the leaves end up somewhere else,” he says.
The most frustrating part, though: Medicine Hat has housing available for the homeless.
“You can be home if you want to,” he laments. “You just choose not to when it’s nice outside,” he says of itinerants who prefer to live rough...
July 13, 2025 - 09:00 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | National Post
Dallin Beaumier recalls the harrowing trek up and down from Della Falls, B.C., including car troubles, wildlife encounters and an unexpected ending to the whole ordeal.
July 13, 2025 - 09:00 | | CBC News - Canada
OPP spokesperson Bill Dickson told reporters that police were compelled to warn the public about a possible animal attack in the early stages of the investigation.
July 13, 2025 - 08:14 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
OPP spokesperson Bill Dickson told reporters that police were compelled to warn the public about a possible animal attack in the early stages of the investigation.
July 13, 2025 - 08:14 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
As Canada ramps up defence spending in an effort to meet its NATO commitments, a pollster suggests the military may struggle to find the people it needs. According to a new Angus Reid Institute poll, just under half of Canadians say they’d be willing to serve if war broke out, and younger adults were the least likely to say they would volunteer.
The survey asked Canadians if they would be willing to fight in a war. Only 49 per cent of respondents said they would volunteer for military service in a combat role. Nineteen per cent said, “Yes, if my country called on me,” while 30 per...
July 13, 2025 - 07:00 | Amna Ahmad | National Post
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July 13, 2025 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
