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After days of shooting down unidentified “objects,” fighter jets from Canada and the United States were scrambled Monday night to intercept four Russian military aircraft as they buzzed North American airspace. The North American Aerospace Defence Command, which detected the group comprised of Russian long-range bombers and fighter escorts as it approached Alaska, painted the

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 13, 2023 12:19 pm Updated February 13, 2023 12:22 pm

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 In a Monday statement, the University of Regina said it had rescinded an honorary doctor of laws degree it bestowed on Turpel-Lafond in 2003.The school said the decision came following a request from the Indigenous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

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