A Calgary man who admitted to slitting his girlfriend’s throat and, days later, stabbing to death his mother and stepfather was sentenced Thursday.

White Spot Hospitality has asked one of its franchisees to step back from day-to-day operations at a Penticton restaurant after the franchisee, Al Mansfield, left a load of dog poo on the walkway at the Compass House Shelter that serves homeless people.

A group of Alberta doctors say the province must enforce a circuit-breaker style lockdown of the economy or risk rising death tolls and a dangerous strain on frontline health care during the third wave of COVID-19. 

B.C. Premier John Horgan says it’s “absolutely outrageous” people are travelling to Vancouver Island for vacations, but says there are no plans to restrict movement within the province.

The province also extended its current public health orders by another two weeks, to at least April 26.

Ontario has issued a four-week stay-at-home order effective Thursday, one of several provinces imposing tighter public health restrictions amid a surge in COVID-19 cases fuelled by more transmissible coronavirus variants and growing pressure on hospitals.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet has approved a provincewide stay-at-home order and will close non-essential retail stores for all but curbside pickup, multiple sources told CBC News Tuesday night.

He was the young Muslim mayor of a big western city, a kid from the city’s northeast with an academic pedigree, a very active Twitter account and a penchant for the colour purple. On Tuesday, however, the geeky outsider-turned-insider announced he would not run again after occupying the mayor’s office for three turbulent terms.

The Saskatchewan government’s 2021-22 budget forecasts a record deficit of $2.6 billion and does not project to return to balance until 2026-27.

With the province on track to have up to 1,000 COVID-19 patients in hospital by the end of April, Premier Jason Kenney announced Alberta will return to Step 1 restrictions to try to slow the spread of highly contagious variants of the coronavirus.