77 minutes ago Canada Post strike threatens to impact healthcare charity, and patients, this holiday season

Mail disruption could hurt donations to healthcare foundation and affect its ability to support future healthcare advancements in Southern Alberta. Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Nov. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Calgary Health Foundation, a Calgary-based nonprofit which raises money for healthcare excellence, is being forced to adapt during its busiest fundraising period in response to the ongoing […]

Science

98 minutes ago Enrolment surge lifts London Catholic board from deficit to $9.5M surplus

The London region’s Catholic school board posted a $9.5 million surplus last fiscal year, a budget boon triggered by increased enrolment.  

Economics

2 hours ago Halifax security forum: U.S. senator questions Canada’s military spending

HALIFAX — An influential United States Republican senator delivered some blunt criticism of Canada’s military spending on Friday, telling a major security conference in Halifax the federal government has to do better to please president-elect Donald Trump. In a panel discussion on the first day of the Halifax International Security Forum, Republican Sen. James Risch […]

Events

3 hours ago At least 19 people are sick in Minnesota from ground beef tied to E. coli recall

At least 19 people in Minnesota have been sickened by E. coli poisoning tied to a national recall of more than 167,000 pounds of potentially tainted ground beef, federal health officials said. Detroit-based Wolverine Packing Co. recalled the meat this week after Minnesota state agriculture officials reported multiple illnesses and found that a sample of […]

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3 hours ago Canada Post headed for ‘another significant loss’ as strike hits second week, competitors step in

The Crown corporation said Friday it lost $315 million before tax in the third quarter, larger than its $290 million loss a year earlier

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3 hours ago ‘Be careful out there’: Ford tells Toronto cyclists to avoid major arterial roads

Ontario's premier and transportation minister are suggesting cyclists avoid Toronto's major roads as the province forges ahead with a plan to remove bike lanes from some streets.

Transport

3 hours ago Doug Ford just got even tougher on Ontario bike lanes with new measures

As if Doug Ford's plan to take control of bike infrastructure across Ontario wasn't troubling enough for those who travel on two wheels, the premier is moving to invoke some heavy-handed measures that would go as far as preventing anyone from suing the Province for injuries sustained where it chose to remove downtown cycle paths.The controversial Bill 212: Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act has garnered the public's full attention — likely strategically so — since it was first revealed in October, when the government asserted that more oversight of bike lanes was key to "tackling gridlock and getting drivers and commuters across Ontario out of traffic."Toronto and its legendary congestion are at the heart of the...

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4 hours ago Trudeau n’indemniserait pas les provinces dont la taxe provinciale serait levée

Et Québec ne lèvera pas sa TVQ dans la même période que la TPS sans compensation fédérale, a explicité Eric Girard.

Politics

4 hours ago Supreme Court steps into fight over FCC’s $8 billion subsidies for internet and phone services

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday stepped into a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas, in a new test of federal regulatory power. The justices will review an appellate ruling that struck down as […]

Technology

4 hours ago B.C. school bus crash was accident caused by medical emergency: police

Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with B.C. Highway Patrol says the evidence shows there was no criminality involved in the crash near Lac La Hache

Events