Two Pakistani brothers held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay military prison for two decades were freed by U.S. officials and returned home on Friday, officials said.
Posted: | 6:45 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26532 |
Rating: | 2653 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Rescuers with backhoes and bulldozers dug through tons of earth and rubble Thursday looking for 48 people missing after a landslide buried an open-pit mine in northern China. State broadcaster CCTV reported that the death toll in the disaster rose to five
Posted: | 6:18 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 26562 |
Rating: | 2656 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Police say a trucker and two mechanics were negligent in the inspection of a transport truck, which resulted in the death of a 56-year-old man last June.
Posted: | 5:55 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26598 |
Rating: | 2660 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Several British supermarket chains have limited the amount of some fresh fruits and vegetables that customers can buy amid shortages blamed on bad weather in Spain and Morocco.
Posted: | 7:23 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 26620 |
Rating: | 2662 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Loblaw Companies Ltd. says it earned a profit available to common shareholders of $529 million in its latest quarter as its revenue rose nearly 10 per cent compared with a year ago.
Posted: | 6:43 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26509 |
Rating: | 2651 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Artifacts belonging to a 19th century Plains Cree chief who was known as a peacekeeper are expected to be returned to his descendants in a repatriation ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Posted: | 6:32 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | History |
Hits: | 27049 |
Rating: | 2705 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The image, shot from the plane cockpit, reportedly has "legendary status" within the Pentagon.
Posted: | 6:28 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Uncle Sam |
Hits: | 26649 |
Rating: | 2665 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A Winnipeg man whose partner went more than five weeks without palliative home care before her death says he’s filed a complaint with the Manitoba Ombudsman about the experience.
Posted: | 5:57 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 26566 |
Rating: | 2657 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The botched order was for commuter trains due to operate in two mountainous northern regions.
Posted: | 5:56 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 26410 |
Rating: | 2641 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Julia Wendell, 21, created an Instagram account —which now boasts more than 950,000 followers — to plead her case.
Posted: | 6:28 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26379 |
Rating: | 2638 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Some doctors in Ontario are offering their patients the option of extra health care, at a price: seven-day-a-week rapid access to appointments with a nurse practitioner, for a fee of around $30 a month.
Posted: | 5:52 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 26615 |
Rating: | 2662 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Nearly all companies taking part opt to continue with new pattern as staff report better work-life balance
Posted: | 5:51 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26442 |
Rating: | 2645 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Donkeys are crucial for transportation in Africa, but China’s insatiable demand is stripping villages of their donkeys, jeopardizing their economic survival
Posted: | 7:22 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26305 |
Rating: | 2631 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A cyclone which is intensifying as it approaches the southeastern African coast has been labeled as 'dangerous' by the United Nation's weather agency on Monday as nations brace for landfall.
Posted: | 7:20 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 26424 |
Rating: | 2642 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday struck parts of Turkey and Syria that were damaged two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed around 45,000 people.
Posted: | 7:17 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 26541 |
Rating: | 2654 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Proposed rail bypass system that would move tracks away from Lac-Mégantic, Que., voted down by residents of Frontenac on Sunday. They have been raising concerns over the possible contamination of water and impact on the municipality of 1,600.
Posted: | 7:11 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 26414 |
Rating: | 2641 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Winterlude ended this year without seeing its star attraction the Rideau Canal Skateway open. One of the popular vendors on its ice is taking down three of its four stands.
Posted: | 7:05 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 26524 |
Rating: | 2652 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Nurses already in Canada who completed their training abroad but are finding it difficult to become accredited here worry that their skills and abilities are being wasted and question why provincial health officials are going on recruitment trips overseas
Posted: | 6:52 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 26560 |
Rating: | 2656 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow's participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the U.S., announcing the move Tuesday in a bitter speech where he made clear he would not change his strategy in the war in Ukraine.
Posted: | 6:51 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 26351 |
Rating: | 2635 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada's inflation rate slowed to 5.9 per cent in January, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday.
Posted: | 5:59 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 26723 |
Rating: | 2672 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Increased uncertainty over the longer term will weigh on the industry, which could contract as it gets harder for producers to maintain profitability
Posted: | 4:41 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26249 |
Rating: | 2625 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter has entered hospice care in Plains, Ga., a statement from the Carter Center confirmed Saturday. At 98 years old, he is the longest-living former American president.
Posted: | 12:10 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 26500 |
Rating: | 2650 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Mr. Blinken on Saturday warned top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of consequences should China provide material support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Posted: | 12:09 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26193 |
Rating: | 2619 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A former Canadian sniper has triggered a cross-border battle over press freedom, after providing classified information to an American podcaster. Dallas Alexander, a former member of the elite JTF2 unit, released never-before-seen video of a record-settin
Posted: | 6:23 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 26432 |
Rating: | 2643 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Immigration to Canada set a record last year, beating its own ambitious target, with 437,120 new permanent residents entering the country.
Posted: | 6:11 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 26554 |
Rating: | 2655 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Videos showed anti-government rallies in several cities - the most widespread unrest in weeks.
Posted: | 6:05 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26257 |
Rating: | 2626 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
There are many ways the energy sector could spend those hefty returns, but so far, companies seem unwilling to waver from their primary strategy of paying down debt and passing on a good chunk of those profits to shareholders.
Posted: | 6:02 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26299 |
Rating: | 2630 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A drug trafficking investigation in the Tri-Cities has resulted in the identification of 13 suspects and the seizure of hundreds of kilograms of illicit drugs with a street value of roughly $3 million, according to authorities.
Posted: | 1:24 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26541 |
Rating: | 2654 |
Poster: | Strutz |
Just over a year after a single-use cup fee was implemented in Vancouver, the city’s council passed a motion to get rid of it.
Posted: | 1:11 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26310 |
Rating: | 2631 |
Poster: | Strutz |
The British Columbia government says it is introducing new approaches to manage timber resources that will protect more old-growth trees from logging, while supporting innovations to better care for the forests.
Posted: | 12:51 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 26317 |
Rating: | 2632 |
Poster: | Strutz |
A Grade 10 student has been rushed to hospital with critical injuries following a shooting at a high school in Toronto.
Posted: | 12:50 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26229 |
Rating: | 2623 |
Poster: | Strutz |
Several employees at a Tesla factory in New York have been fired a day after launching union organizing efforts, according to Tesla Workers United.
Posted: | 12:30 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26313 |
Rating: | 2631 |
Poster: | Strutz |
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh tabled a motion in the House of Commons Thursday to force Liberal MPs to condemn Ontario's experiment with more private delivery of common surgeries.
Posted: | 12:15 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26333 |
Rating: | 2633 |
Poster: | Scape |
A man who was walking his dog early Sunday north of Toronto was shot at 13 times after he gestured at a speeding vehicle, York Regional Police say.
Posted: | 11:00 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26374 |
Rating: | 2637 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Lamar Johnson's supporters cheered in the courtroom when his murder conviction was overturned.
Posted: | 7:21 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26180 |
Rating: | 2618 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A U.S. congressman says he's prepared to advocate for a new tax on Canadians who own property in the U.S. — unless Americans are offered more exemptions from Ottawa's new underused housing tax, which targets foreign property owners in Canada.
Posted: | 7:15 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26233 |
Rating: | 2623 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discusses the escalating crisis in Haiti with Caribbean leaders this week, some experts are urging him to put the brakes on suggestions of military intervention.
Posted: | 6:29 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26184 |
Rating: | 2618 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is working “very closely with American partners” and the Iranian diaspora in Canada to target people with ties to Iran’s regime.
Posted: | 1:39 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26352 |
Rating: | 2635 |
Poster: | Scape |
A tenant says she's pushed her landlord to address black mould and a leaking bedroom window in her apartment for years but they've never been fixed. The unit next door, however, has been upgraded and renovated and then listed as a short-term rental.
Posted: | 11:01 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26268 |
Rating: | 2627 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Research by Global Canopy also finds many companies are not monitoring set commitments
Posted: | 11:01 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 26280 |
Rating: | 2628 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Glaxo says the heartburn drug doesn’t cause tumors. But the company was warned by its own scientists and independent researchers about the potential danger.
Posted: | 7:09 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 26380 |
Rating: | 2638 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The cybersecurity incident that took down Indigo’s website is the latest in a string of attacks on Canadian organizations
Posted: | 7:03 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26213 |
Rating: | 2622 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A Polish mother of seven has successfully given birth to premature quintuplets, hospital officials in southern Poland said Tuesday.
Posted: | 5:52 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 26363 |
Rating: | 2637 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The conflict of interest and ethics commissioner is recommending all federal ministers and parliamentary secretaries report to his office for training after MP Greg Fergus became the latest high-profile Liberal in the House to violate the Conflict of Inte
Posted: | 9:29 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26206 |
Rating: | 2621 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Karma Singh, 20, was wanted by police after evidence led investigators to believe she was involved in a road rage shooting incident.
Posted: | 7:05 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26310 |
Rating: | 2631 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Indian tax authorities raided the BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, weeks after the country banned a documentary from the British broadcaster that was critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alleged role in deadly riots more than 20 yea
Posted: | 7:00 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26170 |
Rating: | 2617 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The Philippines has accused a Chinese coastguard ship of hitting one of its ships with a military-grade laser and moving dangerously close to it.
Posted: | 6:53 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 26319 |
Rating: | 2632 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Photojournalist Amber Bracken was on assignment for news outlet The Narwhal when she was arrested in November 2021 during police action against opponents of the Coastal GasLink pipeline being built west of Prince George, B.C.
Posted: | 6:46 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26185 |
Rating: | 2619 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for Metro Vancouver.
Posted: | 6:44 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 26322 |
Rating: | 2632 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The U.S. government first approved the sale of AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles to Canada in June 2020 and 36 have been ordered, but none have been delivered.
Posted: | 5:53 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 26343 |
Rating: | 2634 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A Manitoba man who spent more than two decades behind bars is getting a new chance to overturn his murder convictions.
Posted: | 7:02 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26349 |
Rating: | 2635 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Of course, Mr. Ford can certainly have friends, and developer friends, too. But no premier should allow such an event, let alone host it
Posted: | 6:58 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 26403 |
Rating: | 2640 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and senior aides were warned on at least two occasions that government MPs should be cautious in their political dealings with former Ontario Liberal cabinet minister Michael Chan
Posted: | 6:54 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26172 |
Rating: | 2617 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings for the province's Atlantic coast, which is forecast to receive at least 15 centimetres of snow between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning.
Posted: | 6:03 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 26319 |
Rating: | 2632 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
British police said on Saturday that 15 people, including a 13-year-old, had been arrested after a protest by crowds outside a hotel housing asylum seekers turned violent, causing injuries and a police van to be set on fire.
Posted: | 10:07 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26198 |
Rating: | 2620 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Some people have been told to evacuate there homes and the worst weather is expected on Monday.
Posted: | 10:05 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 26249 |
Rating: | 2625 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Bed Bath & Beyond's Canadian operations are going out of business, according to a court filing on Friday, two days after the retailer quickly raised cash to stave off a U.S. bankruptcy. The company operates 54 Bed Bath & Beyond stores and is insol
Posted: | 7:57 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26512 |
Rating: | 2652 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier is seen discovering the lurking vessel in a BBC documentary
Posted: | 2:28 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 26441 |
Rating: | 2645 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
An unpiloted Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station has lost coolant pressure, the Russian space corporation and NASA reported Saturday, saying the incident doesn't pose any danger to the station's crew.
Posted: | 2:23 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 26338 |
Rating: | 2634 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
York Regional Police said the vehicles were recovered as part of Project Majestic.
Posted: | 2:19 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26101 |
Rating: | 2610 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A 24-year-old Toronto man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in a fatal hit and run on Danforth Avenue, Toronto police said on Friday.
Posted: | 7:35 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26310 |
Rating: | 2631 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Moldova's pro-Western government resigned on Friday after a turbulent 18 months in power marked by economic turmoil and the spillover effects of Russia's war in neighbouring Ukraine.
Posted: | 6:42 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26184 |
Rating: | 2618 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
An Environment Canada meteorologist is warning skaters eagerly awaiting the opening of the Rideau Canal that they might have to get their fix elsewhere this winter.
Posted: | 6:35 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 26463 |
Rating: | 2646 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The Vancouver Police Department says a man was shot and killed during an "altercation" with police on the Granville Bridge in Vancouver.
Posted: | 6:28 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26208 |
Rating: | 2621 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Employment growth in Canada blew past economists' predictions in January, even as forecasters had expected higher interest rates to weigh on the labour market.
Posted: | 6:06 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 26508 |
Rating: | 2651 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Marketplace has been investigating the hidden fees tacked onto consumers’ bills at hotels, restaurants and attractions in Niagara Falls, Ont., and has found the fees continue to increase with little oversight or regulation.
Posted: | 5:52 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 26744 |
Rating: | 2674 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The UCP has taken the lead over the NDP province-wide and now has a marginal two-point lead among decided voters 47% to 45%. Those undecided in their vote intention dropped 9 points since early December. This is much more of a gain for the UCP than a loss
Posted: | 6:49 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 26375 |
Rating: | 2638 |
Poster: | Scape |
A Conservative MP is renewing calls for the federal government to ban authoritarian state broadcasters, including the China Global Television Network.
Posted: | 6:19 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26279 |
Rating: | 2628 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The Alberta Energy Regulator has issued an environmental protection order to Imperial Oil to address incidents of contamination at its Kearl project in the Athabasca oilsands region.
Posted: | 6:18 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 26381 |
Rating: | 2638 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is investigating after it fired an employee who the hospital says provided "extensive forged documentation" in order to be hired as a registered nurse and interacted with an estimated 200 patients.
Posted: | 5:52 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26257 |
Rating: | 2626 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A city bus from the Société de transport de Laval hit a daycare in the Sainte-Rose neighbourhood around 8:30 a.m. Police say two children are dead, six were injured. The driver of the bus is facing reckless driving and homicide charges.
Posted: | 6:20 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 26467 |
Rating: | 2648 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Daniel Suidani, premier of Malaita province, has been one of the most vocal critics of the Pacific country’s relationship with China
Posted: | 6:14 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26175 |
Rating: | 2618 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, 48, was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison with a minimum term of 30 years for raping and sexually assaulting a dozen women over a 17-year period.
Posted: | 6:10 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26272 |
Rating: | 2627 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Floating, rock-like masses formed of fat, grease and trash like wet wipes and diapers — researchers found more than 100 of these "fatbergs" along Toronto's waterfront last summer.
Posted: | 6:02 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 26582 |
Rating: | 2659 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A Moncton property owner who told tenants not to help homeless people on or around the property is apologizing, calling her choice of words in a rental document a mistake that doesn't reflect her views today.
Posted: | 5:51 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 26352 |
Rating: | 2635 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Today, the country of North Macedonia lies just to the north of Greece. But until 2018, the country wasn’t called North Macedonia.
Posted: | 6:42 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | History |
Hits: | 26775 |
Rating: | 2678 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre was referencing the failed addicition policies of the city's Downtown Eastside
Posted: | 6:33 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26225 |
Rating: | 2623 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Alberta lawyers have voted to keep the rule allowing the law society to mandate legal education which has, so far, only been used for an Indigenous course.
Posted: | 6:32 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26278 |
Rating: | 2628 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The city says it will financially help those in New York trying to get somewhere else. For many, that somewhere is the Canadian border, just a short taxi ride away from the Plattsburgh terminus.
Posted: | 6:31 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26381 |
Rating: | 2638 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
After more than a decade of work, the blueprints for a network of marine protected areas covering 30,000-square-kilometers off of Vancouver Island have been announced.
Posted: | 5:49 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 26265 |
Rating: | 2627 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The federal government will propose a decade-long plan to fund and reform the health-care system when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with the premiers in Ottawa on Tuesday, according to sources with knowledge of the plan.
Posted: | 12:31 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 26454 |
Rating: | 2645 |
Poster: | Scape |
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 2,600 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise a
Posted: | 12:27 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 26319 |
Rating: | 2632 |
Poster: | Scape |
Firefighters were battling dozens of raging wildfires in Chile on Sunday, trying to gain control of one of the country's worst natural disasters in years as the death toll rose to at least 24 with nearly 1,000 more injured.
Posted: | 7:45 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 26433 |
Rating: | 2643 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A small earthquake rumbled through western New York early Monday, alarming people in a region unaccustomed to such shaking but apparently causing no significant damage.
Posted: | 6:10 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 26279 |
Rating: | 2628 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A higher percentage of women agreed Canada is broken than did men, and more in the youngest age brackets than among the oldest
Posted: | 6:08 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 26223 |
Rating: | 2622 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The Town of Bonavista is hoping to put a freeze on accommodation properties because the short-term rental market in the popular tourism destination is putting stress on local housing, says the mayor.
Posted: | 6:07 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 26534 |
Rating: | 2653 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkiye and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,300 people. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as resc
Posted: | 5:48 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 26287 |
Rating: | 2629 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The extreme cold that gripped Nova Scotia late Friday and into Saturday caused water pipes to freeze. With the warming temperatures, those pipes are now thawing and busting, leaving people scrambling to find help.
Posted: | 10:09 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 26382 |
Rating: | 2638 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Dozens of raging wildfires in Chile claimed at least thirteen lives and torched some 14,000 hectares, authorities reported on Friday, as a summer heatwave sweeps across the country.
Posted: | 7:28 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 26371 |
Rating: | 2637 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Zipping down a snow-covered hill on a toboggan can be a fun activity for kids or families, but for one group of New Brunswickers, tobogganing brings out their competitive spirit. The Fredericton Toboggan Club is heading to Maine for the U.S. National Tobo
Posted: | 10:41 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 26348 |
Rating: | 2635 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
As Nova Scotians deal with a blast of frigid weather, some are also dealing with power outages. As of 1:48 p.m. AT Saturday, around 13,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were without electricity.
Posted: | 10:33 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 26389 |
Rating: | 2639 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A train derailment and resulting large fire prompted an evacuation order and a declaration of a state of emergency in an Ohio village near the Pennsylvania state line on Friday night, covering the area in billows of smoke lit orange by the flames below.
Posted: | 10:38 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 26428 |
Rating: | 2643 |
Poster: | Strutz |
Thousands of frustrated Texans shivered in their homes Thursday after more than a day without power, including many in the state capital, as an icy winter storm that has been blamed for at least 10 traffic deaths lingered across much of the southern U.S.
Posted: | 6:31 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 26338 |
Rating: | 2634 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A northern Ontario First Nation that has lived under a boil-water advisory for nearly three decades has hired an outside consultant to find out once and for all what ails the community's water system.
Posted: | 5:51 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 26559 |
Rating: | 2657 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
NDP MP Lori Idlout says she wants to see progress this year on completing the TRC’s Calls to Action related to missing children and burial sites, along with passage of Bill C-273 and amendments to Bill C-38.
Posted: | 4:24 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26248 |
Rating: | 2626 |
Poster: | Scape |
A search warrant executed at a Surrey business allegedly being used as "a front for drug trafficking" led to the seizure of thousands of potentially fatal doses of illicit drugs, according to Mounties.
Posted: | 12:01 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26290 |
Rating: | 2630 |
Poster: | Strutz |
Chinese scientists have successfully cloned three 'super cows' that can produce an unusually high amount of milk, state media reported, hailing it as a breakthrough for China's dairy industry to reduce its dependence on imported breeds.
Posted: | 10:19 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 26675 |
Rating: | 2668 |
Poster: | Strutz |
The rising demand for ayahuasca has led to hundreds of psychedelic churches in the U.S., which advocates say are protected from prosecution by a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Posted: | 10:18 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Religion |
Hits: | 26650 |
Rating: | 2665 |
Poster: | Strutz |
Nestle Canada says it is winding down its frozen meals and pizza business in Canada over the next six months. The four brands that will no longer be sold in the freezer aisle at Canadian grocery stores are Delissio, Stouffer's, Lean Cuisine and Life Cuisi
Posted: | 10:08 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26307 |
Rating: | 2631 |
Poster: | Strutz |
A couple abandoned their baby at an airport check-in desk in Tel Aviv, Israel after arriving without a ticket for the child.
Posted: | 6:33 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26217 |
Rating: | 2622 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The EU plan is a direct response to the $369-billion Inflation Reduction Act promoted by US President Joe Biden.
Posted: | 6:15 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26165 |
Rating: | 2617 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Longtime CBC radio producer Michael Finlay died Tuesday from medical complications following a random assault in Toronto's east end, his family has confirmed.
Posted: | 6:03 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26329 |
Rating: | 2633 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The former chief medical officer removed from her post in Alberta has taken a new job with B.C.'s public health leadership team, the coastal province announced Wednesday.
Posted: | 6:01 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 26588 |
Rating: | 2659 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon explains why the combination of cold temperatures and winds will make Friday and Saturday an extreme cold event.
Posted: | 5:45 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 26444 |
Rating: | 2644 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
It was announced in December that Ottawa intended to seek the delay after hearing concerns the health-care system might not be prepared for an expanded regime.
Posted: | 6:53 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26221 |
Rating: | 2623 |
Poster: | Scape |
Ozzy Osbourne has announced that his touring days are officially over.
Posted: | 6:12 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 26766 |
Rating: | 2678 |
Poster: | Scape |
From January 27 to 30, 2023, Abacus Data conducted a nationally representative survey of 1,500 Canadian adults. The survey asked several questions about the political landscape that we track as part of our regular national omnibus surveys.
Posted: | 1:38 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 26134 |
Rating: | 2613 |
Poster: | Scape |
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the federal government needs to utilize the Canada Health Act, which he said has significant powers to challenge for-profit privatized care. But does it really?
Posted: | 10:31 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 26345 |
Rating: | 2635 |
Poster: | Strutz |
Nearly 130,000 Helly Hansen sweaters and hoodies have been recalled in Canada due to flammability concerns.
Posted: | 9:45 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26322 |
Rating: | 2632 |
Poster: | Strutz |
Dharmesh Patel is accused of deliberately steering his Tesla over a 75-metre cliff along a stretch of highway in San Mateo County, Calif., while his family was in the car.
Posted: | 6:24 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26138 |
Rating: | 2614 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
There have been at least three cases of attempted title fraud in B.C. since 2019 — two of which resulted in successful sales — where fraudsters purporting to be the homeowners attempted to sell properties they did not own.
Posted: | 6:22 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26230 |
Rating: | 2623 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The Corhamzic brothers applied “vicious force to a helpless and unconscious” victim over a minor fender-bender, the judge found.
Posted: | 6:17 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 26316 |
Rating: | 2633 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
As the national capital gets into the –20s and –30s, Ottawa Public Health has compiled a list of places people can go to warm up.
Posted: | 6:15 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 26356 |
Rating: | 2636 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The United States is filing another formal dispute over what it considers Canada's failure to live up to its trade obligations to American dairy farmers and producers.
Posted: | 6:06 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 26150 |
Rating: | 2615 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |