HALIFAX — A murderous rampage by a Halifax man impersonating an RCMP officer has claimed 22 lives, plus the gunman, police announced Tuesday as some questioned why more wasn’t done to warn citizens along his route. The RCMP confirmed in a news release that the killing began in Portapique, N.S., and when police arrived Saturday […]
Justin Trudeau’s federal government rolled out more details on the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) Tuesday, the latest financial aid program introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The wage subsidy is designed to pay employers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic 75 per cent of an employee’s wages for up to 12 weeks, retroactive from […]
Cities that took action against COVID-19 before it became a global pandemic are seeing better air quality, according to one University of Toronto researcher. Marc Cadotte tracked the air quality index in six cities and how they dealt with the novel coronavirus in February. He then compared their levels to the same time period in […]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says two planes from China were forced to return empty to Canada on Monday, without the protective medical equipment that they were sent there to pick up. One of the planes was a federal charter and the other was destined for a particular province, Trudeau said Tuesday. Trudeau said […]
Justin Zahl holds onto little hope his parents are alive. He’s praying they’re stranded somewhere without a phone, and that maybe he will find them. But when he considers all the facts, he knows John and Joanne Zahl are likely among the more than a dozen victims of a 12-hour shooting rampage in Nova Scotia […]
The deadly mass shooting in Nova Scotia “reinforces” the need for stronger gun control in Canada, but it will take some time to ensure legislation is moved forward the right way, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. Trudeau was asked again by reporters in Ottawa Tuesday about a promised firearms bill that he said his government […]
MOORESVILLE, NC — Dale Earnhardt Jr. will once again climb behind the wheel of a No. 8 Chevrolet in NASCAR’s Xfinity series race in Darlington this fall, Mooresville-based JR Motorsports announced Monday. Earnhardt, who retains notoriety as one of the sport’s most popular drivers, retired as a NASCAR cup series driver at the end of […]
TUCSON, AZ — A Tucson power company isn’t burning fossil fuels to keep its solar panels free of desert brush and weeds, which can grow tall enough to block out the sun. Instead of using lawn mowers and weed trimmers — or chemical-filled sprays — Tucson Electric Power has acquired a flock of 25 sheep […]
Simon Deleplanque, responsable du Salon du Running qui se tiendra du 9 au 11 avril à Paris, détaille les grandes tendances qui ont influencé la création de nouveaux espaces sur l’événement. Les femmes et les jeunes pratiquent de plus en plus le running. Allant de pair avec la forte hausse du nombre de coureurs à […]
Zora tire les numéros du bingo, donne des cours de gym ou lit les infos… Avec ses 58 cm de technologie, ce robot humanoïde travaille comme coach pour seniors au côté du personnel d’une maison de retraite d’Issy-les-Moulineaux, près de Paris, une première en France. Ce modèle de robot Nao est doté d'un logiciel intégré […]