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Statistics Canada finds people of colour generally more educated but paid less
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada reports that visible minorities are generally more likely than their white counterparts to earn a university degree but less likely to find a job that pays as well. The find...
Jan 18, 2023
Online sessions aim to help participants improve heart health
Local residents looking to manage their cholesterol and blood pressure are invited to an upcoming information online session to better understand their heart health. Heart Wise: Managing Cholesterol a...
Jan 18, 2023
Toronto Arrows return entire coaching staff for 2023 MLR season under Peter Smith
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows are returning their coaching staff for the 2023 Major League Rugby season under head coach Peter Smith. Smith is entering his fifth season as an Arrows coach and the secon...
Jan 18, 2023
Postmedia to move 12 Alberta papers to digital-only, will make layoffs
TORONTO - Postmedia is moving a dozen of its Alberta community newspapers to digital-only formats, eyeing more outsourcing deals for printing and laying off workers.The moves were announced Wednesday ...
Jan 18, 2023
Polar bear attack victims young mother and 1-year-old son
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A 24-year-old woman and her 1-year-old son were identified Wednesday as the victim of a fatal polar bear attack in an isolated Alaska Native village. Summer Myomick of Saint M...
Jan 18, 2023
Canadian middlweight Marc-Andre Barriault to fight on high-profile UFC 285 card
Canadian middleweight Marc-Andre (Power Bar) Barriault has been matched against Julian (The Cuban Missile Crisis) Marquez on the high-profile UFC 285 fight card that features a heavyweight title fight...
Jan 18, 2023
Canada's World Cup-bound men's basketball team to play Spain, Argentina in friendlies
TORONTO - Canada's men's basketball team will play exhibition games against Spain and Argentina this summer in preparation for the 2023 FIBA World Cup. The Canadians, who have clinched a World Cup ber...
Jan 18, 2023
B.C. court tosses lawsuit alleging province broke rules to report emission targets
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge has tossed out a lawsuit that accused the B.C. government of violating its own rules to account for greenhouse gas emission targets. In dismissing the lawsuit file...
Jan 18, 2023
B.C. First Nation says unique deal gives it veto power over proposed coal mine
A British Columbia First Nation is celebrating a deal with a coal company that it says gives it veto power over a proposed mine on its land. Chief Heidi Gravelle of the Tobacco Plains First Nation in ...
Jan 18, 2023
Defensive lineman Lorenzo Mauldin IV signs contract extension with Ottawa Redblacks
Defensive lineman Lorenzo Mauldin IV is staying put. The CFL's top defensive player last season was slated to become a free agent next month. But Mauldin signed a one-year contract extension to remain...
Jan 18, 2023