Corner Brook's new swimming pool is finally a reality
Years of waiting for a new recreation centre in Corner Brook are over with the opening of the Marina Redmond Centre. One of its biggest selling points is a new pool, which swimmers in the region say will improve their training and overall experience when it comes to swimming on the west coast.
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Globe and Mail
27 minutes ago
- Globe and Mail
Excitement, nervousness and a sense of déjà vu as Edmonton prepares for the Stanley Cup Finals this week
Kennedy Forberg stood in the sun in downtown Edmonton on Monday afternoon, a gigantic image of the Stanley Cup glimmering tantalizingly on the screens above. Her son's stroller was piled high with new shirts from the Oilers store. Around her, the outdoor fan park known to locals as 'the Moss Pit' was already coming to life, with barricades and porta-potties and first-aid booths being set up. City buses flashed words of support as they passed. 'I'm excited, but a little bit nervous,' Ms. Forberg admitted. 'I don't want a repeat of last year. It's fresh. It hurts. I don't want to do that again.' It is, as Yogi Berra once said, déjà vu all over again: the Edmonton Oilers facing down the same team in this year's final series of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The first game takes place Wednesday. But, standing in the exact same spot where legions of fans mourned – and, in some cases, openly wept – after a one-goal loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 7 last year, Ms. Forberg and her mother, Alison, noted the team – and the signs – seemed to be aligning differently this time around. Healthy and with home ice, the Oilers look strong heading into Stanley Cup Final Alison Forberg said she believes the team is stronger and more unified than last year. And when team captain Connor McDavid audaciously touched the Western Conference cup the other day – intentionally breaking a long-standing superstition against doing exactly that – well, it seemed like something else was happening, too. 'When McDavid put his hands on that other trophy, I'm like, yeah, he's got it this year. He knows it,' Alison said. 'He knows it.' Mother and daughter each sported sparkly Oilers earrings, and Alison wore a set of matching Oilers bracelets Kennedy had made for the whole family. Like the earrings, Alison put the bracelets on before the playoffs and hasn't taken them off since. Her nails were painted orange and blue. 'We're just excited,' Alison said. 'I feel really confident.' In her arms, 1½-year-old Hudson followed the prompt 'He shoots' with a gleeful 'He scores!,' and pumped his tiny fist in the air. In the blocks around Rogers Place, the downtown Edmonton arena, billboards and stores repeated the city's mantras, which have become far closer to incantations now than simple slogans: 'LET'S GO OILERS' and 'THIS IS OUR GAME' and 'PLAY LA BAMBA.' At a nearby office tower, Maulina Saroya wore an Oilers T-shirt to work, which her company allows on game days and during playoff season. She said she puts serious consideration into her Oilers wardrobe during the playoffs. At one point, she retired one of her jerseys because the Oilers always lost when she wore it. But she's saving a new monogrammed jersey for next season because she bought it mid-season, 'so it didn't contribute to the playoff run.' Opinion: The secret to NHL playoff success is that the regular season doesn't matter She said it was nice to see people downtown, and exciting to see the TV trucks arriving, and the infrastructure coming together. 'It's very exciting, and as the week goes, you're going to see more and more. It's a community, right?' she said. 'My parents have been in Canada for over 50 years. They used to cheer for Gretzky, and now we cheer for McDavid.' She said she, too, felt as if Mr. McDavid touching the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl foreshadowed something significant. 'I really feel like we do have a great chance, but I don't want to jinx anything,' she said. 'Just by McDavid touching the Western Conference trophy, I feel like it broke all stigma. And I feel like they look determined. So I feel determined.' Her colleague Pawan Soora had been busy helping organize the large watch parties at their office, which last year involved hundreds of people gathering to watch on big screens set up inside the tower's hallways and boardrooms. As the Oilers head to the Stanley Cup final, some Canadians change teams to go 'Elbows Up' for Edmonton 'I'm so excited,' Ms. Soora said. She said she doesn't have any lucky shirts or traditions to help cheer on the team, except to 'be positive all the time.' Emily Butt is a relatively new fan, having moved from the Maritimes to Edmonton in November and gotten hooked. Ms. Butt said she used to cheer for the Montreal Canadiens, like her father, and hadn't broken the news to him that her team allegiance has changed – and changed so dramatically. 'Oh, I'm invested,' she said with a laugh. 'Tickets are like three grand, and I'd be willing to pay it to go see a game.' On Monday, Ms. Butt went to Rogers Place to buy her first piece of Oilers merchandise: a grey and pink T-shirt for her first playoffs as a fan. 'I'm 50-50,' she said. 'One part is nervous, and the other part is, like, 'We've got it.''
CBC
31 minutes ago
- CBC
Red Deer shelter 'bursting at the seams' as homelessness grows in central Alberta city
Red Deer sees surge in number of people experiencing homelessness 4 days ago Duration 2:03 Social Sharing With homelessness numbers on the rise, a Red Deer charity is struggling to keep up with demand for its shelter services. Safe Harbour Society shelter manager Adina McKinnon said the facility has been running at full capacity, putting staff and clients under significant pressure. "We can't meet the needs of the people if it continues going this way, because it's not working," McKinnon said. The City of Red Deer's latest community homelessness report states that 799 people experienced homelessness for at least one day in 2024-25, an increase from the 2023-24 count of 450 people. McKinnon said the shelter's current space, which has been in use since 2020, is "bursting at the seams" as it struggles to accommodate the recent increase in demand. "It worked great when we were only seeing ... 75 people, but we're trying to exist within that same space, seeing triple the amount of people," she said. According to Safe Harbour's most recent annual report, the shelter welcomed 1,059 unique individuals during the 2023-24 year. McKinnon said the demand on Safe Harbour's staff has grown, but its staffing model hasn't changed. "We still have the same amount of staff for up to 300 [clients] we're seeing in a 24-hour period," she said. Homelessness outside of Red Deer is also an issue for Safe Harbour, with people from surrounding municipalities being brought to the city. "Without any emergency services available in those smaller communities, people are coming to Red Deer," McKinnon said. She added the shelter has had "people being dropped off by RCMP members from different communities because they just don't know where else to get them support." Shelter relies on land-use extensions The Safe Harbour shelter is branded as a temporary shelter by the City of Red Deer, making it reliant on land use agreement extensions that need to be regularly re-approved by council. "We've just been continually awarded a short period of continuation for our shelter operations, which has made it a challenge," said McKinnon. The situation makes it difficult for the shelter to improve the services it provides to clients. "We haven't been able to make any movement forward with the supports that are needed because we don't have a permanent space," said McKinnon. Gordon Wright, vice-chair of the city's housing and homelessness integration committee, echoed the need for increased support for shelters and other services. "Having sufficient resources to ensure that those programs are well staffed and continue to build their capacity to assist based on the need within the community" is important for Red Deer, he said. He expressed significant concern with the findings of the latest report, including figures suggesting that in Red Deer, 317 people experienced homelessness for at least one day in March 2025 alone, marking an increase from 210 during the same period in 2024, 173 in 2023 and 135 in 2022. "It's hard to see a number like that and think that we're doing right by our community," he said. Wright pointed to Red Deer's rental market, which has seen rents rise faster than the incomes of many poeple, as a contributing factor behind the rise in homelessness. While he called the situation "disheartening," Wright said progress is also being made. "The folks that we're helping … they're staying housed longer," he said. The committee's members work with people affected by homelessness to help them find and maintain affordable housing, including through promoting effective budgeting and by working with landlords to build stronger relationships with struggling tenants. "While there's certainly challenges in finding housing for this surge of need, those individuals that are being helped are being helped in a way that they're finding success with," said Wright.
CBC
an hour ago
- CBC
Pride Winnipeg disappointed with PCs after Official Opposition skips out on parade
The president of Pride Winnipeg says he's disappointed the Manitoba Progressive Conservative caucus did not participate formally in Sunday's Pride parade after taking part in every parade since 2017. Pride Winnipeg president Barry Karlenzig said PC Leader Obby Khan and other PC MLAs did not sign up as an entry in the annual parade. "It's disappointing to me because when the PCs were in power, we did receive the provincial grants to start Manitoba Pride Alliance and we were told they support the queer community," Karlenzig said Monday. "This shows wholeheartedly that that was just speech. They don't support the community. If they supported the community, they would have been there to celebrate our diverse community." The PCs formally entered all but one parade when Brian Pallister served as premier, both parades when Heather Stefanson was premier and in 2024, when interim leader Wayne Ewasko led the party. Obby Khan, who won the PC leadership race in April, said Sunday's Pride parade "looked like it was a great time" but did not offer an explanation why he and his caucus did not walk in it. "MLAs are free to attend if they want to attend. I don't know what every MLA's schedule was. I know my schedule was what it was," Khan said. "Also, you know, I had a prior commitment. I wasn't invited and I don't want the story to be about me attending Pride. This is about communities, about a celebration. It's about communities about the rights and that's what we want to focus on." WATCH | Manitoba Progressive Conservatives did not attend Winnipeg Pride parade: Manitoba Progressive Conservatives did not attend Winnipeg Pride parade 1 hour ago Duration 2:44 Karlenzig said the PCs did not need an invitation to sign up for the parade. The only formal invitations were sent to the premier, mayor, prime minister and the grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, he said. Karlenzig noted Stefanson even walked in the parade the one year she was asked not to speak at the Pride rally. Khan said it's important to note the former PC government's financial support for both Pride Winnipeg and the Rainbow Resource Centre. Earlier this spring, when he was running for PC leader, Khan also said he was not aware the term "parental rights" could have been perceived as a transphobic dog whistle during the 2023 provincial election campaign, when he served as the face of a PC "parental rights" campaign platform promise he described as an effort to combat bullying in schools. "I was aware after the campaign, actually, that some people would use that as a dog whistle. It was not my intent at all. I don't believe in that at all," Khan said in an interview on March 7. Khan said as a member of a visible minority, he has faced and continues to face discrimination and he feels strongly about the rights of every Manitoban.
