The Canadian Press

Canada's famous prognosticating rodents appeared to reach a consensus on Groundhog Day, as furry forecasters spanning three provinces predicted an early spring.

Ontario's Wiarton Willie, Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam and Quebec's Fred la Marmotte all reportedly did not see their shadows on Friday morning. According to centuries-old folklore, that's good news for Canadians tired of wintry weather.

Canadian farmers may have to wait months to find out if they'll owe thousands of dollars for carbon pricing this year. 

Legislation designed to exempt farms from the levy on natural gas and propane remains mired in political conflict.

Kyle Larkin, the executive director of the Grain Growers of Canada, says farmers have already waited for years to see if they'll get relief.

All parties but the Liberals voted last year on a bill to provide an eight-year exemption on natural gas and propane used for heating farm buildings and drying grain.

Pro hockey player Alex Formenton, a former member of the NHL's Ottawa Senators who currently plays in Switzerland, has been charged by police in London, Ont., his lawyer said Sunday.  

"The London Police have charged several players, including Alex Formenton, in connection with an accusation made in 2018," lead counsel Daniel Brown said in an email. "Alex will vigorously defend his innocence and asks that people not rush to judgment without hearing all of the evidence."

A security camera has captured the more than seven hours a Regina man lay outside, waving for help from passing vehicles, before his death in freezing temperatures after he stumbled from a city bus. 

"Why are we turning a blind eye to help people?” said Jeff Holt, whose courier business Flatlander Express caught it on its security video. 

“It takes 30 seconds out of your life to save a life and all these people that went by didn't do anything to help him out."

A sentencing hearing begins today for a man who ran over and killed an RCMP officer in Saskatchewan.

Alphonse Stanley Traverse pleaded guilty last year to manslaughter in the death of Const. Shelby Patton.

He also pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a motor vehicle.

Patton, who was 26, had pulled over a suspected stolen truck in the town of Wolseley, east of Regina, in 2021.

Court heard the officer asked Traverse to step out of the truck and, when Traverse started the vehicle to drive off, Patton stepped on the running board and reached for the keys.

A bus carrying a Western Hockey League junior team has slid off a highway in British Columbia's Interior, but the team says no one was injured.

A social media post from the Seattle Thunderbirds says the team bus slid into a ditch while on its way to Kelowna for a game.

Another post from the Kelowna Rockets, who were slated to play the Thunderbirds later today, says the Okanagan team sent its bus to transport their stranded opponents late Tuesday.

The Manitoba government is promising $12 million to improve a highway intersection where a crash last year killed 17 people.

The government has released an outside review of the intersection of Highways 1 and 5, where a semi-trailer collided with a minibus carrying a group of seniors to a casino.

The report says one safety risk at the intersection is a narrow median, which can be tricky for vehicles making left turns or going straight through.

NASA says it will be delaying the Artemis II moon mission that includes Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, initially scheduled for November of this year.

The U.S. space agency provided an update today on the timeline for the upcoming mission around the moon and said it will be pushed back to September 2025 due to a number of technical issues and to allow more preparation time.

The Manitoba government is promising $12 million to improve a highway intersection where a crash last year killed 17 people.

The government has released an outside review of the intersection of Highways 1 and 5, where a semi-trailer collided with a minibus carrying a group of seniors to a casino.

The report says one safety risk at the intersection is a narrow median, which can be tricky for vehicles making left turns or going straight through.

The Manitoba government is promising $12 million to improve a highway intersection where a crash last year killed 17 people.

The government has released an outside review of the intersection of Highways 1 and 5, where a semi-trailer collided with a minibus carrying a group of seniors to a casino.

The report says one safety risk at the intersection is a narrow median, which can be tricky for vehicles making left turns or going straight through.