Family Feud Canada is once again looking for families from Northern BC to audition to be part of the fifth season of the show. Family Feud Canada is once again looking for families from Northern BC to audition to be part of the show that is filmed in Toronto. “We're dedicated to finding fun families in every Province AND Territory, and would love to see more families from your area,” said the casting producer. Tips to making your audition video stand out include starting off by introducing your family, and have each family member introduce themselves. Say the name of your hometown and talk about what makes your family unique and why you’re proud to represent your home town.

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RCMP gifts musical ride horse to King Charles ahead of upcoming coronationOTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say they will be gifting King Charles with a new horse, Noble, ahead of the monarch's upcoming coronation in May. It says the King personally requested a horse from the musical ride to eventually be his new charger when his current steed, George, retires. The musical ride is a troop of police horse riders who perform intricate formations and drills set to music. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 12, 2023. The Canadian Press

Upper Canada’s great reformer and rebel leader William Lyon Mackenzie was born in Dundee, Scotland on this date in 1795. In 1834 he was elected Toronto’s first Mayor. A journalist who founded the famed newspaper, The Colonial Advocate, Mackenzie led the rebel forces in the Upper Canadian rebellion of 1837. After it was put down by the British, he had to flee to the United States. A pioneer on the road to achieving responsible government, Mackenzie passed into history in 1861.

Wait a second, we still have 20 games left to play? The biggest marker, 40 days before the end of the regular season, is the trade deadline. As one new player walks into the locker room, another walks out — changing the dynamic of a close-knit group. There are few easy outs after the trade deadline, despite the roster imbalance. The best-laid plans of deadline wheelers and dealers always come with a qualifier: We still have 20 games left to play.

3-seeded Carleton Ravens are heading to the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Final 8 championship game following an exciting 81-75 win over the No. 2 Ottawa Gee-Gees. Schedule & ResultsCBC Sports.caBoth teams had tough defence on display early on, with the game remaining close in the first quarter. A pair of free throws for Ottawa gave the Gee-Gees a 21-19 lead heading to the second quarter. Long range shooting, along with a 21-14 rebound advantage, helped Carleton pull ahead in the second quarter.

The Weeknd swept four awards at the 2023 Juno Opening Night Awards, which was livestreamed from the Edmonton Convention Centre on Saturday (March 11). This brings The Weeknd’s total of Juno Awards to 21, which puts him in a tie with Bryan Adams for second place on the all-time Juno leaderboard. The Weeknd is nominated for two more awards on the main Juno Awards telecast on Monday (March 13) — TikTok fan choice and album of the year. Harry Styles’ Harry’s House took the Juno Award for international album of the year. Here’s the complete list of winners at the 2023 Juno Opening Night Awards.

4-seeded STFX X-Men to a 77-65 upset over the top-seeded Victoria Vikes in the second semifinal of the 2023 U SPORTS Men’s Final 8 in Halifax, Saturday. Schedule & ResultsCBC Sports.caThe X-Men came out quickly, building a 5-0 lead in the first few possessions. The fast pace kept up throughout the first 10 minutes, with the X-Men building a 26-14 lead before the end of the quarter. Victoria went on a 10-4 run in the first four minutes of the second to cut into the X-Men lead. The X-Men will take on the Carleton Ravens in the Men’s Final 8 championship game at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

As the Lake Diefenbaker irrigation project continues, some hope the province will pick up the pace, while others think better consultation and research are needed. But where is the Lake Diefenbaker project now? The $4-billion, three-stage irrigation project was announced in July 2020, with a plan to eventually irrigate some 202,000 hectares of land in southwestern and west central Saskatchewan with water from Lake Diefenbaker — doubling the amount of irrigable land in the province. Saskatchewan reported that in 2019 that irrigation accounted for 50 per cent of the water used in the province. Environmental concerns: FSINHeather Bear, a vice-chief with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, said First Nations weren't consulted about the Lake Diefenbaker irrigation project when it was announced.

(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick - image credit)A leading expert on violence against women says this week's decision by Ottawa city council to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic could push the province to follow suit. "Even though we need all three levels of government to take intimate partner violence seriously, we wanted to make sure that the city was doing our part," Coun. The first recommendation was to call intimate partner violence an epidemic. Story continues"Some [communities] included intimate partner violence in those plans. Maxim Saavedra-Ducharme/CBCThe motion now urges Mayor Mark Sutcliffe to write Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Sylvia Jones to request that Ontario formally declare intimate partner violence an epidemic.

A spokesperson said the four Boeing aircraft were seized from airports in Toronto, Waterloo and Edmonton, but could not immediately confirm the total number of affected flights. This doesn’t normally happen in the way that it happened today,” Flair spokesperson Mike Arnot said, adding that Flair has since made the payments owed to Airborne Capital. The four seized planes were part of a fleet of 25 operated by Flair, which is based in Edmonton. He said that normally, an airline has a “trusted working relationship” with the company that leases its planes. “What has happened is that there’s now a commercial dispute between Airborne and Flair about payments.”Read more about:SHARE:

The Cochrane Review has apologized for an evidence review that led many to conclude, inaccurately, that masks don’t work. “I think it’s really damaging.”The Cochrane Review looks at available evidence on a particular topic and distils it into a digestible report for both scientists and regular people. For the mask review, the authors looked at 78 randomized controlled trials conducted around the world, including Mexico, Denmark and Norway. As Cochrane’s editor clarified Friday, the review of whether interventions to promote mask wearing helped slow viruses was inconclusive. The larger question of whether mask wearing itself is helpful was considered out of bounds, given the limitations of the evidence.

Breaking news: Kiska the orca has died from a bacterial infection at Marineland of Canada in Ontario. At Marineland, she spent her final years isolated in a cramped tank, swimming in endless circles or sometimes floating listlessly. DISTURBING: New footage shows Kiska the orca, who lives all alone at Marineland, slamming her head against the side of her tank. #FreeKiska pic.twitter.com/b45Q2T1RP4 — Animal Justice (@AnimalJustice) September 9, 2021In 2011, her tankmate, Ikaika, was shipped back to SeaWorld San Diego, leaving Kiska alone and isolated. Kiska’s death marks the end of orca captivity in Canada.

Landing the Dream JobGabrielle Schwabe, daughter of CBC host Markus Schwabe, landed her “dream job” when she was invited to join the staff of NBA team the Toronto Raptors in the summer of 2022. Now, at 24, Schwabe becomes one of just three women employed in team operations-equipment in the NBA. What the Job EntailsHer job is to ensure the players and coaches have everything they need to be successful, from headbands to basketball shoes. She doesn’t take lightly that even though the job is a “grind,” working with the Raptors is still the stuff that dreams are made of. “For where I’m at right now in life, I think it’s the perfect job for me,” she said.

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