India’s spy agency reportedly linked to killing of Canadian Sikh activist
Former Indian spy chief believed to have approved plot to kill Hardeep Singh Nijjar ally Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the Washington Post reports
| Posted: | 7:42 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
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| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Public servants concerned about feds' plan to increase office presence
The government will soon announce changes to its hybrid work model, obliging public servants to be in the office three days a week.
| Posted: | 4:31 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 1769 |
| Rating: | 177 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
FCC fines big three carriers $196M for selling users’ real-time location data
FCC finalizes $196M penalties for location-data sales revealed in 2018.
| Posted: | 6:47 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 1785 |
| Rating: | 179 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Parliament spaces out microphones after another interpreter is injured
The federal government is being forced to adjust the setup in the House of Commons and committee rooms after another language interpreter suffered a significant hearing injury.
| Posted: | 7:49 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 1868 |
| Rating: | 187 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
International students will be allowed to work 24 hours a week starting in September
Immigration Minister Marc Miller says international students will be able to work off-campus for up to 24 hours per week starting in September.
| Posted: | 7:40 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 1753 |
| Rating: | 175 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
G7 agrees to shut down coal plants by 2035, UK minister says, in climate breakthrough
Ministers from the Group of Seven nations — which includes the US have agreed to shut down all their coal plants by 2035 at the latest, a UK minister said.
| Posted: | 6:21 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 1825 |
| Rating: | 183 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
20% of grocery store milk has traces of bird flu, suggesting wider outbreak
The milk is still considered safe, but disease experts are alarmed by the prevalence.
| Posted: | 6:12 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1688 |
| Rating: | 169 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Planning a summer trip to Iles-de-la-Madeleine' You’ll have to pay up.
The archipelago is introducing a $30 visitor fee, but some say it infringes on the freedom of Canadians to travel in their own country
| Posted: | 3:34 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 2253 |
| Rating: | 225 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for reporting on army killings | Freedom of the Press News
In a new report, Human Rights Watch said military forces ‘summarily executed’ 223 civilians in February.
| Posted: | 9:29 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
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| Rating: | 192 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Andrew Tate will stand trial on trafficking and rape charges, Romanian court rules
The trial of Andrew Tate, a self-proclaimed “misogynist” online influencer accused of human trafficking and rape, can go ahead, a Romanian court said Friday.
| Posted: | 9:05 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1352 |
| Rating: | 135 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Foreign workers still building NextStar battery plant in Windsor: CBTU
Canada’s Building Trades Unions is demanding the federal government intervene as it alleges local workers are being “sidelined” by foreign employees.
| Posted: | 5:58 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 1960 |
| Rating: | 196 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Report blasts Lions Club for 'elder neglect and abuse' in sale of Winnipeg building
The 2023 sale of Lions Place, a former seniors' complex in downtown Winnipeg, amounted to elder abuse through a "targeted dismantling of community for older adults," a new report claims.
| Posted: | 8:27 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 1852 |
| Rating: | 185 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Trudeau says Sask. premier is fighting CRA on carbon tax, wishes him 'good luck with that'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe’s decision to stop collecting and remitting carbon taxes collected on natural gas has put him in direct conflict with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
| Posted: | 8:04 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 1769 |
| Rating: | 177 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Honda to invest $15B to build four new EV plants in Ontario
Japanese automaker Honda will make a $15-billion electric vehicle investment in Ontario that will see four new manufacturing plants built in the province, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday.
| Posted: | 6:52 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 1839 |
| Rating: | 184 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Former SNC-Lavalin executive sentenced to prison term in Montreal bridge bribery case
The RCMP says a former SNC-Lavalin executive has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison in connection with a bribery scheme for a bridge repair contract in Montreal.
| Posted: | 6:49 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1349 |
| Rating: | 135 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction in New York overturned
New York's highest court has overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren't p
| Posted: | 6:02 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1253 |
| Rating: | 125 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Five Eyes countries working to fight critical minerals dumping, Canada minister says
Canada and its Five Eyes Alliance partners are working on put forward a response to tackle the price manipulation of critical metals, Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday.
| Posted: | 10:37 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 2013 |
| Rating: | 201 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Germany arrests an Alternative for Germany staffer on suspicion of spying for China
An aide to a member of the European Parliament for the far-right Alternative for Germany has been arrested on suspicion of 'especially severe' espionage for China, the latest in a spate of such arrests across Europe.
| Posted: | 10:29 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 2230 |
| Rating: | 223 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Concern grows as bird flu spreads further in US cows: 32 herds in 8 states
Researchers around the world are growing more uneasy with the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in US dairy cows as the virus continues to make its way into new herds and states. Several experts say the US is not sharing enough informatio
| Posted: | 6:24 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1203 |
| Rating: | 120 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Edmonton condo at risk of collapse to be sold as corporate law clouds hope for court fight
The corporations behind the construction of Castledowns Pointe no longer exist, which poses a legal hurdle for owners who were forced out seven months ago.
| Posted: | 6:33 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 1851 |
| Rating: | 185 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Senate passes reauthorization of key surveillance authorities
The Senate reauthorized the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a key. U.S. surveillance authority, shortly after it expired in the early hours Saturday morning. Why it matters: The reauthorization came despite bipartisan concerns about Section 702,
| Posted: | 6:14 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1245 |
| Rating: | 125 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Umar Zameer found not guilty of murder in Toronto police officer's death
Jurors have found Umar Zameer not guilty of all criminal charges, including first-degree murder, in the death of Toronto police Det.-Const. Jeffrey Northrup nearly three years ago.
| Posted: | 7:11 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1450 |
| Rating: | 145 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
B.C. orca rescue: Experts confident calf will survive
The odds of a two-year old killer whale calf surviving in the open ocean on its own and eventually reuniting with family members remain solid if a rescue team manages to free the orca from the Vancouver Island lagoon where she's been trapped for nearly a
| Posted: | 7:03 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 2070 |
| Rating: | 207 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canadian farmers take precautions as bird flu outbreaks hit U.S. dairy cattle
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has shown up in at least 32 herds in eight U.S. states, but not in Canada so far. While farmers are worried, experts say there's no cause for alarm right now thanks to national food safety standards and biosecurity measur
| Posted: | 9:39 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 1774 |
| Rating: | 177 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Fires in Happy Valley-Goose Bay under control with no current risk of explosion
A former airport hangar caught fire late Friday evening sparking explosions and a state of emergency. The RCMP says the fire is now under control and the Mayor has ended the state of emergency.
| Posted: | 7:08 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 2106 |
| Rating: | 211 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Your movie theater may be shortchanging your drinks, a lawsuit alleges
A Texas man filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Cinemark, alleging that the theater chain’s 24-ounce drink cups can only hold 22 ounces of beer.
| Posted: | 2:37 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 1799 |
| Rating: | 180 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Deadly heat in West Africa warns of climate change-driven scorchers to come, says report
On the current trajectory, if fossil fuel emissions do not fall ‘we would expect to see heatwaves like this maybe 10 times more frequently, so potentially up to 20 times a year,’ statistician says
| Posted: | 7:09 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 1818 |
| Rating: | 182 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
US blocks Palestinian push for full UN membership at Security Council | United Nations News
US vetoes UN Security Council resolution that recommended the State of Palestine’s full membership in the world body.
| Posted: | 4:42 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 1730 |
| Rating: | 173 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
STATEMENT from Google workers with the No Tech for Apartheid campaign on Google’s mass, retaliatory firings of workers: | by No Tech For Apartheid Campaign | Apr, 2024 | Medium
This evening, Google indiscriminately fired over two dozen workers, including those among us who did not directly participate in yesterday’s historic, bicoastal 10-hour sit-in protests. This flagrant…
| Posted: | 2:11 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 1547 |
| Rating: | 155 |
| Poster: | Scape |
Greece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine parks | Fishing
The law will come into force in national parks within two years and in all of the country’s marine protected areas by 2030
| Posted: | 10:13 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | CKA |
| Hits: | 1961 |
| Rating: | 196 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Premier cautions Sask. Party members over texts to legislature Speaker
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he has cautioned his caucus about texting the Speaker after his finance minister landed in hot water for doing so.
| Posted: | 7:40 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 1932 |
| Rating: | 193 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Crown opts not to reopen case, recall complainant in Robert Regular trial after judge's error
The sexual assault trial of a Newfoundland lawyer was thrown into turmoil Wednesday morning, as an error made by the judge last week threatened to grind proceedings to a halt.
| Posted: | 7:09 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1277 |
| Rating: | 128 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Alberta wildfire sparked by natural gas line rupture under control
A wildfire in west-central Alberta that was sparked by a natural gas pipeline rupture Tuesday is under control, but an investigation into what caused the pipeline to break could take months or even years.
| Posted: | 6:27 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 1992 |
| Rating: | 199 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
The Forgotten War on Beepers
30 years before parents and lawmakers sought to save youth from smartphones via age limits and bans in schools, a similar conversation took place about a pre-cursor to the cellphone: pagers Through the 1980s pagers became increasingly popular with teens,
| Posted: | 5:59 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 2089 |
| Rating: | 209 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
UAE sees heaviest rainfall in 75 years
A record rainfall with 254 mm fell in Al Ain on Tuesday in less than 24 hours—the most since records began in 1949
| Posted: | 6:49 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 2066 |
| Rating: | 207 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Coral bleaching hits Great Barrier Reef again, devastating scientists
Scientists fear time is running out to protect the Great Barrier Reef, which is enduring one of its most extensive coral bleaching events. The full extent ofof the impact is still unknown despite a “gutwrenching” update on Wednesday which revealed alm
| Posted: | 3:32 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 1818 |
| Rating: | 182 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Opposition calls intensify for justice minister to resign over comments about sexual assault survivors
PC justice critic Helen Conway-Ottenheimer and NDP Leader Jim Dinn are calling on Justice Minister John Hogan to resign over comments he made about sexual assault survivors.
| Posted: | 4:36 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 1805 |
| Rating: | 181 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Police seize product from magic mushrooms shops in Kitchener and Cambridge for 2nd time in a week
On Saturday, police searched two businesses in Kitchener and Cambridge and seized a large quantity of psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms. It's the second time in a week police raided the stores.
| Posted: | 6:50 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1162 |
| Rating: | 116 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
8 years since B.C. declared public health emergency, toxic drug crisis rages on
Sunday marked eight years to the day since the province declared a public health emergency related to the deadly toxic drug crisis, a sombre anniversary as frontline workers in public health reflect on the more than 14,000 people who have died since.
| Posted: | 6:56 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1322 |
| Rating: | 132 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Thousands still in the dark in Ontario due to widespread outages
Hydro One says it's still working to restore power to thousands of customers in Ontario after high winds hit the province on Friday and Saturday.
| Posted: | 6:52 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 2091 |
| Rating: | 209 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Treaty entitled Alberta First Nation to larger reserve: Supreme Court of Canada
An Alberta First Nation ended up with less land than it should have received under a treaty made with the Crown well over a century ago, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.
| Posted: | 5:27 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1357 |
| Rating: | 136 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Wife of Julian Assange: Biden's comments mean case could be moving in right direction
Stella Assange's comments come after President Joe Biden indicated US may drop charges against imprisoned WikiLeaks founder
| Posted: | 7:14 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1107 |
| Rating: | 111 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
B.C.'s spring snowpack is the lowest on record
British Columbia's extended drought is likely to persist and possibly worsen with much of the province continuing to register below normal snowpack levels.
| Posted: | 5:53 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 1826 |
| Rating: | 183 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Undocumented woman says she was denied emergency C-section at Edmonton hospital
Alberta Health Services is investigating after an undocumented woman says she was denied an emergency C-section at an Edmonton hospital last month.
| Posted: | 7:35 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 1848 |
| Rating: | 185 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Woman arrested after stranger attacks in downtown Vancouver: VPD
Vancouver police say a woman is in custody after a string of stranger attacks downtown on Sunday.
| Posted: | 6:22 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1328 |
| Rating: | 133 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Syncrude to pay $390K penalty, pleads guilty to safety violation, after oilsands worker death in 2021
Oilsands operator Syncrude Canada Ltd. has pleaded guilty to a safety violation in the 2021 death of a worker and has been ordered to pay a $390,000 penalty.
| Posted: | 7:27 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 1719 |
| Rating: | 172 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
CSIS warned Prime Minister's Office in 2023 that China 'clandestinely and deceptively' interfered in elections | CBC News
Canada's spy agency believes the Chinese government "clandestinely and deceptively" interfered in both the 2019 and 2021 federal elections — and a top secret briefing note discussed at the Foreign Interference Commission shows the Canadian Security
| Posted: | 4:12 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1164 |
| Rating: | 116 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canadian Armed Forces member dies in avalanche in Switzerland
The Department of National Defence is mourning the loss of a member of the Canadian Armed Forces
| Posted: | 7:14 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 1908 |
| Rating: | 191 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Stop funding fossil fuels, protesters tell RBC at Montreal rally
Protesters gathered in front of the Royal Bank of Canada's Montreal office Saturday, one of dozens of rallies held across the country.
| Posted: | 6:02 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 1265 |
| Rating: | 127 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Still tens of thousands without power after snowfall in Quebec
There are 50,020 customers without electricity after major snowfall in Quebec.
| Posted: | 6:12 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 1997 |
| Rating: | 200 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Surgery wait times in Canada worse than pre-pandemic: report
Patients in all provinces are waiting longer for hip and knee replacements, cancer surgeries and other priority procedures than before the COVID-19 pandemic, national data shows.
| Posted: | 7:47 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1580 |
| Rating: | 158 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Coal company lawsuit alleging expropriation dismissed by Alberta Appeal Court
Alberta's top court has dismissed a coal company's request for compensation over government policies to phase out coal power.
| Posted: | 7:23 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1229 |
| Rating: | 123 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Police operation at Montreal port leads to recovery of nearly 600 stolen vehicles
A police operation at the Port of Montreal has led to the recovery of 598 stolen vehicles since December, many of them stolen from southern Ontario and slated for sale overseas.
| Posted: | 5:26 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1463 |
| Rating: | 146 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Boy, 11, killed in dog attack at south Edmonton home: police
The south Edmonton home where an 11-year-old boy was attacked and killed by two large dogs on Monday had been visited twice previously this year by Animal Control peace officers investigating other complaints of dog attacks.
| Posted: | 7:22 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1302 |
| Rating: | 130 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
E-cigarette users 20 percent more likely to develop heart failure: Study
People who use e-cigarettes are 19 percent more likely to develop heart failure, compared to those who have never used them, a new study published Tuesday revealed.
| Posted: | 7:18 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1249 |
| Rating: | 125 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Granville Island crosswalk users urged to pick up a brick
A Vision Zero volunteer and Granville Island residents say more work needs to be done to improve pedestrian safety in the area, especially at crosswalks between the seawall and Anderson Street.
| Posted: | 10:40 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Funny |
| Hits: | 2208 |
| Rating: | 221 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Nunavut became a territory 25 years ago. Here are 5 fun facts | story
From flat-rate taxis to three official languages, here are five facts to celebrate Nunavut’s 25th anniversary of becoming a territory.
| Posted: | 8:00 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 1839 |
| Rating: | 184 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Carbon tax protest west of Calgary forces temporary traffic redirection on Highway 1
Alberta RCMP have ended the traffic diversion on Highway 1 west of Calgary toward Banff as of just after 7:30 p.m. on Monday.
| Posted: | 6:53 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 1444 |
| Rating: | 144 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Scientist who gene-edited babies is back in lab and ‘proud’ of past work despite jailing | Genetics
China’s He Jiankui, who used Crispr to edit genome, says he is working on genetic diseases and suggests human embryo gene editing will one day be accepted
| Posted: | 6:52 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 1998 |
| Rating: | 200 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Germany legalizes cannabis for personal use
Marijuana campaigners in Germany lit celebratory joints on Monday as the country liberalized rules on cannabis to allow possession of small amounts.
| Posted: | 9:31 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 1954 |
| Rating: | 195 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada 'not interested' in investing in LNG facilities, energy minister says
Canada is not interested in subsidizing future liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, including electrification of projects currently in the works, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said in a television interview on Sunday. Countrie
| Posted: | 6:22 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 1710 |
| Rating: | 171 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |