Unpublished Newswire

History books will show that Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham was the first pedestrian in more than four decades to traverse between Portage Avenue and Main Street, finally reopening what is widely known as the crossroads of Canada to foot traffic after years of fervent debate.Well, kind of. Many others have routinely jaywalked across the downtown thoroughfares since 1979, when barricades were erected to prioritize the free flow of cars and trucks. People on foot have since been crossing illegally or using an underground concourse beneath the 16 lanes of traffic at the famed intersection...

A predawn explosion at the entrance of an NDP cabinet minister’s constituency office has sparked a provincial security review of every MLA’s office across British Columbia, Premier David Eby says.RCMP say a device appears to have been deliberately set off around 4:15 a.m. at Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma’s North Vancouver office. No one was injured and the office was empty at the time, but the explosion damaged the main door frame without shattering the glass door.