TORONTO ― General Motors Canada president Scott Bell says the automaker will bring pickup truck production back to its Oshawa, Ont., assembly plant. The announcement Thursday came after the company reached a tentative contract agreement with Unifor. “Construction will begin immediately at Oshawa Assembly and will include a new body shop and flexible assembly module, […]
Two people died and dozens were wounded Saturday in what the state-backed Saudi Press Agency is calling clashes between African migrants and Saudi security forces in Saudi Arabia’s capitol Riyadh. The clashes followed protests against harsh crackdown on suspected undocumented workers, which escalated in early November. The Wall Street Journal reports SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH […]
New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was booed and heckled so vigorously at a Tuesday speaking engagement at Brown University that he was forced off the stage. Kelly, known for implementing and vigorously defending the stop-and-frisk policies of the NYPD, was slated to give a talk for Brown’s Taubman Center for Public Policy and American […]
Haas team boss Guenther Steiner isn’t overlooking the “obvious risks” associated with running two rookies in 2021, but the Italian also underlines the longer-term benefit for the US outfit of such a choice. Haas has yet to nominate its drivers for next season, having eliminated both Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean from its short list. […]
Two long-term care home staff face criminal charges in the U.S. for their pandemic response and although the same could happen in Canada, lawyers say proposed Criminal Code changes could make a bigger difference in holding managers accountable. Over 2,000 residents have died from COVID-19 during the pandemic in Ontario alone, and long-term care deaths […]
EDMONTON — Canada’s first case of a rare swine flu variant has been found in a patient from central Alberta, but the province’s chief medical officer of health says it seems to be isolated. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the Influenza A H1N2v case was detected in mid-October after the patient showed up at an emergency […]
Federal New Democrats are renewing a push for Canada’s wealthiest people and the corporations thriving amid the COVID-19 pandemic to pay more to ease the country’s crisis recovery. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced Wednesday his party will introduce a motion in the House of Commons calling for a so-called super-wealth tax and an excess-profits tax […]
A flash of luck helped astronomers solve a cosmic mystery: What causes powerful but fleeting radio bursts that zip and zigzag through the universe? Scientists have known about these energetic pulses — called fast radio bursts — for about 13 years and have seen them coming from outside our galaxy, which makes it harder to […]
QUEBEC — Police overseeing the manhunt for a suspect in the Halloween night stabbing rampage in Quebec City judged that a mass public alert to residents wasn’t necessary, a senior officer said Wednesday. Quebec City police Insp. Andre Turcotte said in an interview the force felt it had the situation well under control. “We were […]
The final result of the U.S. presidential election likely won’t be known for a few days or even weeks, but a familiar call is already ringing out — the “move to Canada” people. After many divisive major U.S. political events, from elections to debates, Americans have taken to social media crying out their desire to […]