A major Canadian university has stripped former B.C. representative for children and youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond of an honorary degree. In a Monday statement, the University of Regina said it had rescinded an honorary doctor of laws degree it bestowed on Turpel-Lafond in 2003.The school said the decision came following a request from the Indigenous
As the search continues for an unidentified object shot down over Yukon by a U.S. fighter jet this past weekend, Canada’s defence minister says it will be “difficult” to find. Anita Anand told reporters in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday morning that terrain and weather in the northern territory are posing significant challenges to search and recovery
The Ontario Provincial Police say one person died following a crash on Highway 427 in Toronto and more crashes are being reported on OPP-patrolled highways as winter weather moves in. OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said there is a partial closure of Highway 427 express lanes approaching the QEW/Gardiner Expressway, between Burnhamthorpe Road and The Queensway. Schmidt said a broken-down transport …
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Although there’s “still much to know about” the unidentified object shot down over Yukon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it posed a “reasonable threat” to the safety of Canadians. Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Yukon on Sunday, Trudeau said the unidentified object “unlawfully” entered Canadian airspace and was shot down by an
Changes are coming for Starbucks and Tim Hortons customers in Canada – and some are not happy about it. Starting on Monday, Starbucks said it will be updating its rewards program, increasing the number of points needed to redeem free items.Rewards members in the U.S. and Canada were first notified about the changes by the
Canada’s Defence Minister Anita Anand says “it’s far too early” to say whether an “unidentified object” shot down over Yukon on Saturday came from China. Anand spoke after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday afternoon he had ordered the object shot down after it violated Canadian airspace. That followed confirmation from the North American Aerospace
Ottawa was “examining the trajectory and analyzing” a Chinese spy balloon last week before it decided not to shoot it down, the national defence minister says. Anita Anand explained to reporters in Washington on Friday that the Canadian government was closely monitoring the balloon with the United States via NORAD, the continental defence alliance between
Toronto resident Mercan Kismetli was putting her kids to sleep on Sunday night when a massive earthquake struck her hometown in Turkey. After seeing the news on TV that a 7.8-magnitude earthquake had ripped through Turkey and neighbouring Syria, she frantically started making calls to her relatives in the tiny town of Pazarcik.Kismetli, 30, said
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a man who was acquitted of dangerous driving, impaired driving and leaving the scene of an accident in the death of a 10-year-old girl. Talia Forrest was struck and killed by someone driving a vehicle on the evening of July 11, 2019, while …
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Two children are dead and at least six others were hospitalized after a city bus crashed into a daycare Wednesday morning in Laval, just north of Montreal. Laval police said the six other children remain in hospital, but their lives are not in danger. Authorities did not release the ages of the dead and injured