As the Senate gets set for a historic trial, a nonpartisan watchdog agency says the White House violated federal law by withholding Ukraine aid last year. TOP STORIES ‘The Eyes of History … Are Upon You’ For only the third time in American history, the Senate has begun considering articles of impeachment to determine whether […]
HONG KONG — The airline Hong Kong Express has apologized for having required some female passengers bound for the U.S. territory of Saipan to take pregnancy tests. The low-cost carrier said in a statement Friday that it began requiring such tests in February — after concerns were raised by Saipan authorities — to ensure U.S. immigration […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two NASA astronauts ventured out Wednesday on a second all-female spacewalk to finish upgrades to the International Space Station’s power grid, but quickly ran into a helmet problem. It was the second pairing of Jessica Meir and Christina Koch outside the orbiting lab. Last October, they teamed up for the world’s […]
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led U.S. Senate finally passed North America’s long-delayed new free trade pact Thursday, its final piece of legislative business before it transforms into a high political court of sorts for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. After passing the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives last month, the so-called implementation bill — the nuts […]
OTTAWA — The federal public health agency says it believes Canadians are at low risk of contracting a new type of pneumonia that has killed one person and made dozens sick in central China, but it has issued a warning to travellers to and from the city of Wuhan. The agency is advising travellers to […]
VANCOUVER — BMO Financial Group is establishing an advisory council of Indigenous leaders from across the country after an Indigenous man and his 12-year-old granddaughter were handcuffed at one of the bank’s Vancouver branches. CEO Darryl White said Thursday the customer was not treated with respect or trust. “He entered our branch to open an […]
The Redpath Waterfront Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this summer and they’re bringing the world’s largest rubber duck back to Toronto. “Mama Duck” is 20-meters tall and weighs close to 29,000 pounds. It made its first splash back in 2017, drawing in more than 750,000 people to the three-day festival and generating an estimated […]
TORONTO — Ontario is creating 57 new post-secondary scholarships to honour the victims of the Iran plane crash that left no survivors last week. Premier Doug Ford says in a statement that a new government fund will disperse $10,000 scholarships in memory of each of the 57 Canadian victims of the Ukraine International Airlines crash. […]
TORONTO — There is no way Ontario’s teachers will get salary raises higher than one per cent a year, Premier Doug Ford said Thursday. “We either stay stagnant and roll over like the previous Liberal government did, give the unions whatever they want, or we can be responsible and respect the taxpayers’ money,” Ford told […]
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that the most expensive defender in world football will be taking the armband at Old Trafford on a full-time basis Harry Maguire will be keeping captaincy duties at Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed, with the £80 million ($104m) defender taking the armband from Ashley Young. The Red Devils […]