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'Revolutionary youth summer program' gets underway at McGill pro-Palestine encampment
MONTREAL - A so-called "revolutionary" summer school is starting this afternoon at a pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University's downtown Montreal campus. The program includes lectures on Palest...
Jun 17, 2024

Market Watch: June 14
This week's highlights U.S. markets gap higher, Canada lags following Fed decision Fixed income advances amid improving interest rate landscape Canada's unemployment rate rises to 6.2%in May U.S. Fed ...
Jun 17, 2024

'Stupid' or 'unethical': Green leader suggests MPs should have asked more questions
OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says MPs identified in a secret parliamentary report on foreign interference should have asked more questions when offered help in their nomination races from...
Jun 17, 2024

Blair defends navy's Cuba visit, says critics may be 'confused' about its purpose
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Bill Blair says he was acting on advice from the military when he approved a plan to send a Canadian ship to Cuba, but he won't say what advice he got. The trip is getting at...
Jun 17, 2024

Sunnybrook Farms lunch to be nice as pie
Sunnybrook Farm in Red Deer is serving up a tasty lunch this week including home-made pie and ice cream.On June 19, you can head to the Calder School Community Hall to fill your plate and experience a...
Jun 17, 2024

Veteran quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell off to solid start this season with Ticats
HAMILTON - Bo Levi Mitchell is starting to look like his old self. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback has thrown for 300 or more yards in both of his 2024 starts. That's definitely a positive after t...
Jun 17, 2024

Veteran Tyler Mislawchuk leads Canada's Olympic triathlon team into Paris
TORONTO - Veteran Tyler Mislawchuk and rookies Emy Legault and Charles Paquet will represent Canada in triathlon in the Olympic Games in Paris. The 29-year-old Mislawchuk from Oak Bluff, Man. will com...
Jun 17, 2024

PWHL Montreal signs Boulier, Keopple and Chuli to contract extensions
MONTRAL - Montreal's Professional Women's Hockey League team signed defenders Amanda Boulier and Mariah Keopple and goaltender Elaine Chuli to contract extensions Monday. Boulier received a two-year c...
Jun 17, 2024

Canadian safety board says unregistered submersibles still diving after Titan deaths
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Since the doomed Titan made its descent to view the Titanic wreck one year ago, other unregistered submersibles have been operating within Canadian waters, says the Transportation S...
Jun 17, 2024

AI chatbots use Canadian news, but Ottawa won't say if they should be paying for it
OTTAWA - The federal government is dodging questions about whether AI companies should be paying Canadian news publishers for content their chatbots are openly using. Last year the Liberal government ...
Jun 17, 2024