Former prince Andrew arrested over public misconduct allegationsNewsDuration 2:47Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince and brother of King Charles, was arrested in his Berkshire, England, home on Thursday. Thames Valley Police say they’re conducting an investigation into public misconduct allegations from when Mountbatten-Windsor was a trade envoy and allegedly leaked sensitive info to the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein. The former prince denies any wrongdoing.

The facts about Cuba in 60 secondsNewsDuration 0:55Cuba is in crisis. The U.S. is blocking the country’s oil supply and Cubans are facing shortages of food, medicine and fuel. Here are the facts.

As expected, perceived frontrunner Avi Lewis took the brunt of the attacks, which he shrugged off as “dim sparks” in his closing statement. Edmonton MP Heather McPherson and union leader Rob Ashton also looked to break through in what’s widely considered a three-way race. The 2016 Leap Manifesto debacle has left lasting scars with some in the Alberta NDP. Shannon Phillips, who was Alberta’s environment minister at the time, called the Leap Manifesto an “exercise in privileged political vanity” and “piece of self-indulgent posturing” in a recent blog post. ‘Violent agreement’ on electoral reformAll five candidates said they favoured changing Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system, with Lewis trotting out 2012 NDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen’s old “violent agreement” line to characterize the consensus.

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While it is unclear whether Smith’s proposed referendum would pass legal challenge, Smith’s promise of a referendum later this year points to growing frustrations among Albertans over soaring immigration rates. “The changes we need to make to immigration are a significant departure from the status quo, and therefore, I am seeking a referendum mandate from Albertans to implement them,” Smith said. For those who are not eligible, the third referendum question proposes charging a fee to non-residents who use social support programs. Smith said she was broadly supportive of immigration into the province, saying Canada’s system had for years been a “huge strength” to Alberta and other provinces. In the second quarter of 2022, 32,090 residents came to Alberta from other provinces, the province’s most ever.

A third-generation Indigenous basket maker is setting the record straight about his craft — it's a part of his culture, it's valuable, and artists can make a living off of it. Spencer Lunham Jr. makes both utility baskets and traditional fancy baskets, he said, the latter featuring intricate colourful designs. Using traditional methods to gather and prepare the black ash wood for weaving is a day-long process, Spencer Lunham Jr. said. Basket weaving is an important craft, he said, and just one part of a larger phenomenon taking place in Indigenous communities: the revival of their own cultural traditions and languages. One of the most recent baskets that Spencer Lunham Jr. completed.

Cultivating coffee in Colombia for more than 100 years, Chalo Fernandez's family knew a time before climate change had become so pronounced. According to a new analysis (new window) from the U.S. non-profit Climate Central, these countries are experiencing, on average, 57 extra days of coffee-damaging heat because of climate change. How heat impacts coffee cropsClimate Central analyzed the weather in 25 coffee-producing countries using its Climate Shift Index, a system to attribute changes in temperature to climate change. But climate change is impacting coffee producers everywhere. Last year was volatile (new window)for coffee prices, in part because of lower harvests but also tariff-related trade problems.

The Nova Scotia government is closing several museums and most of the provincially operated visitor information centres. The visitor information centres that will be permanently closed include the ones at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Peggys Cove, Port Hastings and Yarmouth. Visitor information centresThe department said tourism is a "major economic driver" for the province, but that Tourism Nova Scotia needs to modernize the way it delivers visitor information. Union jobs affectedThe closure of the facilities will affect the jobs of 30 visitor information centre employees and 10 museum employees. Mullen said staff at visitor information centres are key ambassadors for tourists.

Edmonton Riverbend community reacts to MP joining LiberalsNewsDuration 2:08How do constituents feel about Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux crossing the floor to join the Liberal caucus? Reaction from the commuinty is mixed, but Pierre Poilievre's message on social media is clear.

Denmark will buy additional medium-range air-to-air missiles for its F-35 fighter jets and invest in better Arctic gear for troops, as part of a broader push to strengthen national and NATO defence commitments, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. “This is another step in the accelerated build-up of the Danish Armed Forces’ combat power,” Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said in a statement. According to the Defence Ministry, the additional missiles will boost combat power and what it described as “credible deterrence.”Alongside the missile purchase, the ministry said it was also acquiring extra winter equipment and supplies. Commander of the Danish Air Force, Major General Jan Dam, said the additional missiles will reinforce Denmark’s “high level of readiness” both for the Kingdom and for its allies. “With additional missiles, we are strengthening the F-35’s operational effectiveness and our ability to solve tasks both nationally and within the framework of NATO,” he said.

On Thursday, British police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor , formerly Prince Andrew, on suspicion of misconduct in public office, after accusations that he shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a British trade envoy. Andrew’s brother, King Charles III, confirmed the arrest in a statement. The anti-monarchy group Republic has claimed responsibility for the arrest, citing a report it sent to Thames Valley Police on Feb. 9. Smith, the group’s CEO, has been a thorn in the side of the Royal Family for decades. During the English Civil War (1642-1651), King Charles I was arrested by the parliamentary forces of Oliver Cromwell.

Team Rachel Homan has rallied to earn a spot in the final four. The Canadian women's curling rink beat South Korea's Team Gim Eun-ji 10-7 in a win-and-in, Olympic round-robin finale on Thursday. Women's Olympic curling standings, schedule, results Team Rachel Homan will try to get Canada back on the Olympic podium for the first time since 2014 this month in Italy. Women's curling standings, schedule, results"We've been in a must-win situation pretty much this whole week. Team Homan responded to early adversity at the Olympics, including a controversial double-touch call against the skip in a loss against Switzerland.

Bigger fines for violations under foreign worker programNewsDuration 1:43Fines have increased dramatically for employers who've breached the program's terms, but some observers think changes are still needed to monitoring and enforcement.

What's making news on Feb. 19NewsDuration 1:15Edmonton crews battle an early morning fire, what the premier is expected to talk about in her address to the province, and the city is providing an update on its snow clearing progress. BANNER 1: Early morning fire at abandoned building BANNER 2: Premier to make address to the province BANNER 3: City of Edmonton provides snow clearing update

Carney had already welcomed two former Conservative MPs to the government side of the House of Commons — Chris d'Entremont in November, then Michael Ma in December. "Mark Carney is trying to seize a costly Liberal majority government that Canadians voted against in the last election through dirty backroom deals," he wrote in a social-media post. Cynically, one might have wondered whether Poilievre's recent enthusiasm for collaboration was inspired, at least in part, by a simple desire to avoid an election. As evidenced by the dismissive, even angry, messages posted to social-media by Conservative MPs on Wednesday, another defection might act to galvanize some Conservatives. But it seems that even among the remaining Conservative MPs there is a certain independent streak, of a sort that has lately been causing Poilievre different problems.