Toronto urged to take action after string of pedestrian and cyclist...
TORONTO — Advocates, politicians and members of the public are demanding Toronto make its streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians after a string of recent deaths highlighted...
Canadian territories plan to open country’s first northern universities (Details)
The world’s only northern nation without some form of Arctic university may soon have three of them.There are plans in all three of Canada’s territories to give...
Ottawa orders probe of high-pressure telecom sales tactics (Details)
OTTAWA—The federal government has ordered an investigation into complaints of misleading and aggressive sales tactics by the country’s telecommunications companies.In a rare move, Navdeep Bains, minister of...
Canada faces another trade test in EU after Italy says it...
OTTAWA—Add Italy to the growing list of Canada’s trade headaches.Italy’s agriculture minister said his country’s new government won’t ratify the Canada-European Union free trade accord, media reports...
Quebec calls on Doug Ford to reverse plan to scrap cap-and-trade...
MONTREAL—Ontario’s partners in a North American emissions-trading market are hoping to convince Premier-elect Doug Ford to scrap an election pledge to pull out of the program.Quebec Environment...
Auditor general defends calling Phoenix pay system an ‘incomprehensible failure’ (Details)
OTTAWA—Auditor general Michael Ferguson is standing by his conclusion that the federal public service’s “obedient” culture led to the “incomprehensible failure” of the Phoenix pay system.Ferguson reiterated...
Alberta Indigenous community welcomes first rainbow crosswalk to celebrate Pride Month...
By The Canadian PressThu., June 14, 2018MASKWACIS, ALTA.—A rainbow crosswalk in an Indigenous community south of Edmonton might be the first one on a First Nation reserve...
Embassy hits back after Conservative MP links Mexican visitors to illegal...
OTTAWA — The Mexican government is taking a Conservative MP to task for implying that many Mexican visitors to Canada are involved in the illegal drug trade.Sarnia,...
Amnesty calls for independent probe into OPP treatment of Mohawk protesters...
Amnesty wants an inquiry to determine if officers used the cuffs to inflict pain and suffering, Craig Benjamin, Indigenous rights campaigner for Amnesty International Canada, told the...
Advocates ‘delighted,’ school ‘troubled’ by Trinity Western court decision (Details)
In a pair of keenly anticipated decisions Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada said law societies in Ontario and B.C. were entitled to deny accreditation to a...
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Star Dan Walker quits BBC’s Football Focus after 12 years
Dan Walker has announced he is quitting Football Focus after 12 years presenting show.
The BBC Breakfast star, who has been a staple of the sports show, shared the news on Twitter.
Walker has expressed...
Music icon Cher apologises for George Floyd tweets that sparked backlash
Cher has apologised for a tweet she made about George Floyd on Friday (April 2), in which she suggested she could have prevented his death.
Expressing her feeling that the events leading to Floyd’s death...
Star Britney Spears Says She’s ‘Embarrassed’ by New Documentary
Britney Spears lamented how she is portrayed in the recently released New York Times documentary “Framing Britney Spears,” admitting that she found it embarrassing.
The documentary which explored her life in detail premiered in February...
Yaphet Kotto, Jewish actor who was first Black Bond villain, dies aged 81
Actor Yaphet Kotto, who is best known for his role in Alien and James Bond villain Mr. Big, has passed away at age 81.
“I’m saddened and still in shocked of the passing of my...
Corinne Masiero: French actress strips for culture during Cesar Awards ceremony
French actress Corinne Masiero protested naked at the César Awards (March 12th) to demand the government do more to support culture during the coronavirus pandemic.
Corinne Masiero, best known for her lead role in the...