Canada It’s the first weekend of the Calgary Stampede and for the first time since the pandemic, international visitors seem eager to come back to the 10-day event. Early ticket sales have surpassed 2019 levels with American and European tourists helping to drive numbers up. With international borders free of pandemic restrictions this summer, there’s
Two Edmonton women were arrested after returning to Canada from a prison camp for ISIS families in Syria, the RCMP confirmed on Friday. Helena Carson and Dina Kalouti were taken into custody upon arriving at Montreal-Trudeau airport.They were transported to Alberta and appeared in court in Edmonton before being released on bail.Neither have been charged
NOTE: This article contains disturbing descriptions. Please read at your own discretion. A mother and father in Florida have been arrested and charged with manslaughter after police say they left their 18-month-old child in a car overnight. An autopsy of the toddler found she died of hyperthermia, or overheating.In a livestreamed press conference, the Polk
The Las Vegas skyline has a multitude of over-the-top visual splendour, but the latest addition, called the MSG Sphere, makes Sin City stand out on a whole new level. Now known as the largest sphere on Earth, the dominating dome boasts the world’s largest video screen, and the city was treated to a preview of
An Edmonton lawyer is paving the way for a more streamlined, faster, cheaper and more co-operative model of divorce. The approach, being offered as a pilot project in Alberta, uses one lawyer jointly for the couple. It’s the first time this method has been offered in Canada — in fact, it’s believed to be a
During the world’s first human-robot press conference at the ‘AI for Good’ summit in Geneva, humanoids answered journalists’ questions on regulating artificial intelligence (AI), the threat of job automation and if in the future they ever plan to rebel against their creators.
A 22-year-old man has been charged after filming himself driving more than double the speed limit on a Brampton road. Peel Regional Police say they were made aware of a viral video on social media last month that showed a driver travelling near Steeles Avenue East and Airport Road. In the video, the driver is
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Kelly Mountain’s father had a hard time believing him when he called to share the news that a $3 bet just turned his son into a millionaire. “He didn’t think it was real,” he said.Mountain, who’s from the small New Brunswick town of Grand Digue, became $1,533,377
Canada’s unemployment rate rose in June despite a substantial rebound in job gains, Statistics Canada said Friday, which economists say sends “mixed” signals to the Bank of Canada ahead of a hotly anticipated interest rate decision next week. The agency said Friday Canada added 60,000 jobs amid a gain of 110,000 new full-time positions last
