3 h. ago Foreign workers help Spain’s economic growth outpace the US and the rest of Europe

GUISSONA, Spain (AP) — Inside a cavernous production plant in Spain, people from 62 nationalities work side by side to keep a food company humming as millions of legs of ham travel on hooks along conveyor belts. Foreign workers have helped to make Spain’s economy the envy of the industrialized world, even as anti-immigration sentiments […]

Society

6 h. ago Diaspora groups call on Canada to activate foreign agent registry ahead of federal election

Parliament passed legislation last year to create the registry but the Liberal government has yet to explain exactly how it will work or appoint a commissioner

Politics

6 h. ago Un juge ordonne l’annulation des licenciements massifs de fonctionnaires lancés par Trump

Un juge a ordonné d’annuler les licenciements massifs qui font partie du plan de Donald Trump et d’Elon Musk visant à réduire les effectifs de l’État.

Society

7 h. ago Private plane crash that killed pilot could be tied to known landing gear issue: NTSB

Prior damage to the landing gear on a private jet owned by Mötley Crue singer Vince Neil could have contributed to a fatal crash earlier this month, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. Months before the aircraft veered off a runway in Arizona and hit a business jet, killing one […]

Events

7 h. ago Ailing China Steel Sector Seized by Talk of ‘Supply Reform 2.0’

China’s billion-ton steel industry is edging toward its biggest shake-up in a decade, with speculation growing that Beijing will order plant closures in response to a construction slowdown at home and a wave of protectionism overseas.

Society

8 h. ago Vancouver’s supportive housing freeze draws support, condemnation

Supporters and opponents of a controversial plan to freeze new supportive housing in Vancouver are speaking out, a day after city council approved the proposal.

Other

8 h. ago UBC Okanagan plans to create widespread use of hydrogen as fuel

Hydrogen is a clean fuel that, when burned, produces only water -- no carbon emissions -- thus reducing the province's carbon footprint.

Other

8 h. ago B.C. takes aim at subsidized U.S. diesel flooding provincial market

Prince George-based Tidewater Renewables welcomed the province's action to require low-fuel standards be met with Canadian products.

Events

9 h. ago Mike Klassen: Vancouver’s bold, practical approach to addressing the housing crisis

Opinion: By creating market rental housing with income restrictions, the city ensures more middle-income residents can stay close to their jobs and communities

Other

10 h. ago Pembina Pipeline announces stake in Alberta power plant that could supply data centre

CALGARY — Pembina Pipeline Corp. announced it’s investing in a proposed Edmonton-area natural gas power plant that could supply a massive data centre complex, as it reported a dip in quarterly earnings and a boost in pipeline volumes. It said Thursday it has entered into agreements for a 50 per cent stake in the Greenlight […]

Other

11 h. ago Le monde adopte de justesse un plan pour financer la sauvegarde de la nature

Il s’agissait du troisième et dernier jour des prolongations de la COP16 des Nations unies sur la biodiversité.

Other

11 h. ago Alberta Budget 2025: Education funding to see a 4.5% increase, hike in education property tax

Alberta plans to hike the education property tax in Budget 2025 with the increase covering more than one-third of the operating expenses for education. Finance Minister Nate Horner tabled the province’s 2025-2026 budget on Thursday, and Alberta Education will see a 4.5 per cent increase for the year with a total operating budget of $9.9 […]

Economics

11 h. ago Russian cargo plane seized in Toronto could soon be owned by Canada

In June 2023, the federal government officially seized an aircraft that had been sitting on the tarmac at Toronto's Pearson International Airport since February 2022.

Transport

12 h. ago Federal government moves closer to taking over Russian cargo plane

OTTAWA — The federal government has taken administrative steps to help gain full control over a massive Russian cargo plane parked in Toronto, which Ottawa hopes to use to generate financial support for Ukraine. “This looks like it’s the government gearing up for its forfeiture of that aircraft,” said William Pellerin, an Ottawa-based trade lawyer […]

Politics

12 h. ago Xenon Reports Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2024 Financial Results and Business Update

– Phase 3 topline data from azetukalner FOS epilepsy program planned for H2 2025 in support of NDA filing and potential commercial launch – First of three planned Phase 3 azetukalner MDD studies underway, with second study on track to initiate mid-year – Phase 3 azetukalner bipolar depression program planned for clinical trial initiation mid-year […]

Economics

12 h. ago ‘Chicken Shop Date’ creator Amelia Dimoldenberg brings flirty awkwardness to the Oscars red carpet

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amelia Dimoldenberg only needs 60 seconds with Timothee Chalamet. In her decade of hosting the popular YouTube show “Chicken Shop Date,” she hasn’t yet casually, awkwardly flirted with Chalamet over nuggets under bright fluorescent lights. Sunday, though, she might get her chance: Dimoldenberg will be on the Oscars red carpet as […]

Transport

13 h. ago With seven planets to be visible in the sky, MRU hosting planetary showcase

The event, held outside MRU's Soccer Field 2, will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday

Other

13 h. ago Trump tariffs: Ontario automakers could shutter plants within 1 week, analyst says

Ontario automotive assembly plants could shut down within a week of being hit with a U.S. tariff on their vehicles, some industry observers say. Car dealers in the U.S. have seen inventory on their lots steadily growing for more than a year. There are now about three million unsold vehicles, and a 25 per-cent-price increase […]

Economics

13 h. ago Public safety minister says Canada has answered U.S. demands on border security

WASHINGTON — Public Safety Minister David McGuinty said Thursday Canada has acted on U.S. concerns about border security and fentanyl trafficking — even as U.S. President Donald Trump insists economy-wide tariffs will go ahead next week as planned. “Any test that was put on this country, on Canada, in terms of showing progress and meeting […]

Politics

14 h. ago Plus de 10 500 plants de cannabis saisis à Montréal et Mascouche

Près de 200 policiers ont participé à cette opération qui a démantelé un réseau criminel.

Other