Author Archives:
Supreme Court clears path for defamation suit against CBC for show on chicken content
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear a bid by the CBC to halt a defamation lawsuit from Subway over a report on the fast-food chain's chicken sandwiches. The decision clears the way for the...
Jul 15, 2021
Israeli club calls off match with Barcelona over Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) - The owner of Israel's Beitar soccer club says he has called off a friendly match with Barcelona over its refusal to hold the event in contested Jerusalem. Israel captured east Jerusal...
Jul 15, 2021
Israeli club calls off match with Barcelona over Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) - The owner of Israel's Beitar soccer club says he has called off a friendly match with Barcelona over its refusal to hold the event in contested Jerusalem. Israel captured east Jerusal...
Jul 15, 2021
Bank of Canada will act to cool inflation if prices run too hot, Macklem says
OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada says the central bank will rein in inflation if temporary price pressures stubbornly stick around and appear more permanent. Tiff Macklem says the central b...
Jul 15, 2021
'Old wounds': Renewed interest over residential schools difficult for survivors
CALGARY - Flags at the Elbow River camp at the Calgary Stampede are at half mast this year to mark recent discoveries of unmarked graves at former Canadian residential school sites. A moment of silenc...
Jul 15, 2021
Spreading wildlife disease threatens deer, elk — and maybe humans, new research says
EDMONTON - The continuing spread of a fatal wildlife disease in Alberta and Saskatchewan has a federal agency recommending a deer cull across a wide swath of the Prairies. And soon-to-be-published res...
Jul 15, 2021
Wildfire in Lytton, B.C. a 'wake-up call' to take precautions: safety board
A wildfire in Lytton, B.C., during historically high temperatures points to a serious need to prevent similar occurrences, says the chairwoman of the Transportation Safety Board, which is investigatin...
Jul 15, 2021
Military college's first female commander says no immediate plans for radical changes
OTTAWA - Commodore Jose Kurtz may be bringing an outsider's perspective as the first woman to command the Royal Military College of Canada, but she says she has no immediate plans for radical changes ...
Jul 15, 2021
5 dead, many missing in Germany floods
BERLIN (AP) - At least five people have died and several people are missing in Germany after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping away cars and causing some buildin...
Jul 15, 2021
A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...
Jul 15, 2021