LONDON, Ontario (AP) — The police chief of London, Ontario, issued a public apology on Monday to a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by five hockey players on Canada’s 2018 world junior team — including four now currently in the NHL — for the length of time it took to complete an investigation […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky met Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly during her official visit to Kyiv on Feb. 2. Canada’s head of diplomacy arrived in Ukraine earlier today, holding a meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba. “We discussed continued support for Ukraine, joint steps to implement the Peace Formula, the development of a system of […]
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mélanie Joly, is in Kyiv to meet with her Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, to announce Canada’s role in the return of Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia, it was announced during a joint press conference. The pair also spoke of the ratification of the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, the provision of air defense […]
A mysterious shipwreck has been discovered on the shores of Newfoundland centuries after it is thought to have sunk. The 80ft ship is believed to have been dredged up by post-tropical storm Fiona before it was spotted by residents of Cape Ray, a small Canadian coastal town. “It’s amazing, there is no other word for […]
(Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to use emergency legislation to quell the “freedom convoy” protests that gripped downtown Ottawa and border crossings in 2022 was not justified, the Federal Court of Canada has ruled. Most Read from Bloomberg “I conclude that there was no national emergency justifying the invocation of the Emergencies Act […]
A Porter Airlines plane.Fabrizio Gandolfo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Image A Porter Airlines captain denied a passenger from boarding due to his wheelchair’s batteries, per CBC. Although Ken Harrower’s power chair uses a gel battery that IATA says is “non-dangerous.” Porter said the captain made a mistake, and booked Harrower on a flight the next day. An […]
Canada’s statistics agency reported residents’ estimated life expectancy at birth fell in 2022, but claims made on the popular Joe Rogan podcast that this decrease was due to Covid-19 vaccines are false. Statistics Canada and public health experts attribute the trend to deaths from opioid overdoses, chronic conditions and fatalities from Covid-19 infections. “Canada’s overall […]
TORONTO (AP) — Ed Broadbent, a social democracy stalwart who helped build up Canada’s leftist New Democratic Party, has died. He was 87. The Broadbent Institute, the Ottawa-based think tank he founded in 2011 to promote social and economic justice, announced his death Thursday. It not give a cause of death. The institute called Broadbent […]
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to U.S. boxer Kevin Johnson and Canadian ice hockey player Brendan Leipsic under a decree published on a Russian government website on Tuesday. Russian newspaper Izvestia reported in September that heavyweight boxer Johnson had asked Putin for Russian citizenship, shortly after Johnson adopted the Russian-style […]
Dec. 26—GRAND FORKS — Interstate 29 north of Grand Forks has been reopened as of Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 26, according to a release from the North Dakota Department of Transportation. The highway was shut down from Grand Forks to the Canadian border at 3:15 a.m. Tuesday due to blowing snow and icy road conditions. A […]
FILE – Hundreds of Palestinian refugees waving Palestinian and Canadian flags request asylum at a rally outside the the Canadian Embassy, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. People in the Gaza Strip who have Canadian relatives may apply for temporary visas to Canada, Canada’s immigration minister said Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. However, the federal […]
Meta has fixed a bug that temporarily prevented some Threads users in Canada from reading and sharing news on the app, a company spokesperson told Engadget. Even though Meta pulled news content from Canadian users’ Facebook and Instagram feeds earlier this year, the block hasn’t carried over to Threads. But a number of Threads users […]