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Does Canada need a national emergency response agency?
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 19:32:01 EDT
A road sign that says 'Venables Valley Rd' with flames in the hills in the background.


Half of the Paris Olympic athletes are women. Are periods in sports still taboo?
Sat, 27 Jul 2024 04:00:00 EDT
Olympic rowers in a boat

The Paris Olympics are being touted as the first to achieve full gender parity, with an equal number of female and male competitors. But even with more athletes talking about periods, we're still a long way from de-stigmatizing them in sports.


As the Biden presidency nears its end, Ukraine makes moves to ensure future U.S. support
Sat, 27 Jul 2024 04:00:00 EDT
Three mugshots of a woman and two men.

The pending shift in Oval Office leadership could have profound implications for Kyiv, which has already started reaching out to both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, either of whom could replace U.S. President Joe Biden.


Dark flowers thrive in this trendy backyard 'goth garden'
Sat, 27 Jul 2024 04:00:00 EDT
Woman sitting in black dress holding a plant in a garden.

Packed to the brim with black foliage, deep shades of green and the occasional white royal wedding poppy, a garden in Carleton Place, Ont., has drawn quite a bit of attention for its unique backyard collection.


B.C. Tree Fruits, known for its green sticker, shutting down after 88 years
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:35:39 EDT
A logo for B.C. Tree Fruits.

After operating in the B.C.'s Okanagan Valley for nearly nine decades, B.C. Tree Fruits announced to growers on Friday that it is dissolving the co-operative and seeking court direction to liquidate its assets.


Céline Dion performs opening ceremony's grand finale after athletes make rainy trip down the Seine
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:37:18 EDT
Two athletes, a man and a woman, are seen posing with the Canadian flag on a boat, in front of plenty of fellow athletes.


Community rallies around 7-year-old Saskatoon girl robbed of cash, candy at lemonade stand
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:54:36 EDT
lemonade stand

Madison Vanden Dungen's week started sour and ended sweet.


Company halts construction of $2.7B battery project in eastern Ontario
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:37:34 EDT
Landscape drone photo of battery plant

After breaking ground in 2023, the company building a plant to produce battery components for electric vehicles in a municipality near Kingston, Ont., says it's delaying construction of the plant citing a slowdown in EV sales.


Ryan Reynolds in Vancouver for Whitecaps-Wrexham soccer match
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 20:42:32 EDT
In this collage photo, famous actor Ryan Reynolds can be seen on one side as coaches for the soccer teams can be seen on the other.

Deadpool star will be in the owner's box when the Welsh club he co-owns faces off against his hometown soccer team in Vancouver.


Ontario megachurch pauses programming in wake of sex abuse allegations
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:00:00 EDT
A building.

The Meeting House said it was unable to secure parts of the insurance coverage it needs to continue normal operations beyond June 30. The pause comes two years after a former pastor was first charged with sexual assault.


Soccer experts question strategic value of Canadian team's drone gambit
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:15:51 EDT
A drone flies.


86-year-old retiring nurse recalls stretcher races, animal crackers and keeping it light for the team
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:52:05 EDT
A woman wearing Dora the Explorer scrubs

Kathy Skinner says that when she started nursing in the late 1950s, there were few career options for women. At 86, the Wallaceburg resident is retiring after working in Ontario and the U.S., and is taking memories of keeping things light on the job with her.


COVID-19 public health emergency in B.C. declared over
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:02:33 EDT
A waiter on an outdoor restaurant patio serves red wine to an older couple dining out on a sunny afternoon in Vancouver. See waiter and couple wearing PPE masks.  Taken on January 22, 2021

British Columbia's top doctor says she is ending the public health emergency declared in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Trump comeback could see familiar faces re-emerge — and they may spell trouble for Canada
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:00:00 EDT
Former U.S. president Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk prior to a NATO round table meeting in December 2019.

Two-thirds of Canadians say a second Donald Trump term would be either '"bad news" or "terrible news" for Canada, according to a poll of 1,435 adults conducted by the Angus Reid Institute.


Toronto backtracks on removing businessman's name from historic house after racism controversy
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:00:00 EDT
A large and mostly yellow brick house is seen through several trees.

City officials in Toronto have reversed course on a controversial decision to remove the name of a prominent early 20th century Toronto businessman from a historic home, in light of new information brought forward by his descendants.


Scotiabank says it has fixed technical issue that stalled payday deposits to customers
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:34:00 EDT
Pedestrians walk past a Scotiabank sign.

Scotiabank says it has resolved the issue that prevented paycheques from being deposited in customer accounts and clients will start seeing payments land in their accounts.


Each with their own political mission, Trump and Netanyahu meet at Mar-A-Lago
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:42:14 EDT
Men in suits sit around an ornate dining table.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his home in Florida on Friday, meeting face-to-face for the first time in years as they each try to boost their political fortunes.


Health Canada warns of dosing instruction error in naloxone take-home kits
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:05:43 EDT
naloxone kit

Health Canada warns that naloxone take-home kits from Canadian Hospital Specialties Ltd. may contain incorrect naloxone dosing information on the instructional card.


Postmedia enters agreement to buy SaltWire chain of newspapers
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:20:10 EDT
A pile of newspapers including the Halifax Chronicle Herald and the Cape Breton Post.

Postmedia has entered an agreement to purchase SaltWire, Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain, according to a news release issued Friday.