By Nono Shen The Canadian Press Posted September 26, 2024 3:38 pm Updated September 26, 2024 7:16 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size British Columbia NDP leader David Eby was upstaged by a wasp that flew down his shirt and stung him during a news conference. Eby was delivering
The Canadian Armed Forces is changing its posture to the crisis in Lebanon and increasing troops in the region to give the government more flexibility — including the ability to move quickly if an evacuation of Canadian citizens is ordered, Motorcycle accident toronto today has learned. Canada’s plan has been ready for months and some assets have
Canada’s fertility rate, which has been steadily declining, has hit a record low and the country is now among the “lowest-low” fertility nations. Statistics Canada released new data on Wednesday showing that the Canadian fertility rate in 2023 was 1.26 children per woman, which is the lowest recorded level since the agency began collecting data.The
Grim details continue to emerge as part of the U.S. Coast Guard’s ongoing hearing into the doomed Titan submersible, with an engineer with the National Transportation Safety board revealing Wednesday that the sub had imperfections on its carbon fibre hull, dating back to the manufacturing process. Engineer Don Kramer said there wrinkles, porosity and voids
Marcellus Williams, a 55-year-old Missouri man convicted of killing a former reporter in 1998, was executed Tuesday evening by lethal injection despite objections from prosecutors, defence lawyers and the victim’s family. Advocates aggressively pushed for Williams’ execution to be paused in the days leading up to his death, but the U.S. Supreme Court, Missouri Supreme
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A rock climber scaling Wyoming’s Devils Tower National Monument fell to his death last weekend, leaving his partner stranded on a dangerous pitch. A news release from the National Park Service (NPS) said the duo was climbing the popular geologic feature when one fell while rappelling the
Auto fraud is on the rise in Canada — but the culprits might not be who you think. A new report released by Equifax Canada showed automotive fraud was up by 54 per cent year over year, and the credit bureau said it is largely driven by the continued prevalence of identity theft and falsified
Nearly 13,000 international students have applied for asylum in Canada in the first eight months of the year, data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada shows. Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31, a total of 119,835 refugee claims were made in Canada. Of these, 12,915 were claimants who were on either study permits (11,605) or
As Canadian MPs are set to vote on a Conservative motion that is trying to topple Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, more such votes are coming. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tabled a motion before the House of Commons on Tuesday and MPs from the four main political parties spent hours debating it.The motion simply states:
Cineplex Inc. says it will appeal a record $38.9 million fine for deceptive marketing practices imposed by the Competition Tribunal. The fine was embedded in a decision the tribunal issued late Monday that saw it side with the Competition Bureau in a case stretching back to May 2023. That was when the watchdog accused Cineplex