FREDERICTON — Former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers has been acclaimed as New Brunswick’s Liberal leader. The party announced Wednesday the political rookie’s ascension was made official during a board of directors meeting Tuesday night. “I am incredibly humbled to become the next leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party,” Vickers said in a […]
LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas judge expressed shock Tuesday at the severity of injuries found on a 5-year-old girl whose death led to murder and felony child abuse charges against her 25-year-old mother and the mother’s former professional football player boyfriend. “Once you’ve seen them, you can’t ever unsee them,” Justice of the Peace […]
Authorities are responding to a massive fire at Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral, where video posted to social media shows the historic monument appearing nearly engulfed in smoke and flames. Firefighters responded to the scene around 7 p.m. local time on Monday, Le Monde reported. The gravity of the fire is still to be determined, but […]
An Ontario biology professor and her class found stomach-turning results after they tested the DNA of fish samples from sushi restaurants and grocery stores across the province. Fanshawe College Prof. Jennifer McDonald said the exercise, which mirrors testing done by food safety officials in the U.S. and Canada on products like olive oil and maple […]
An Ontario biology professor and her class found stomach-turning results after they tested the DNA of fish samples from sushi restaurants and grocery stores across the province. Fanshawe College Prof. Jennifer McDonald said the exercise, which mirrors testing done by food safety officials in the U.S. and Canada on products like olive oil and maple […]
Between politicians who fog the truth and the ones just in a fog, Chris Ragan wants to fan fresh air into a carbon tax debate that is clouding Alberta’s provincial election and drifting into an upcoming federal campaign. “It’s pretty clear this issue is warming up politically,” said Ragan, head of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, a […]
MONTREAL — McGill University has dropped the Redmen name for its sports teams, effective immediately. Principal Suzanne Fortier said in a statement Friday that the Redmen name has caused pain and alienation for Indigenous students at the university. Even though the name was not initially adopted as a reference to Indigenous peoples, that association was […]
OTTAWA — The federal government’s long-awaited announcement Monday of a watchdog to enforce responsible conduct by Canadian companies operating abroad was greeted with disappointment by human-rights advocates. That’s because International Trade Minister Jim Carr says it will take almost two more months to finalize the powers of the new “Canadian ombudsperson for responsible enterprise.” At […]
LONGUEUIL, Que. — David Saint-Jacques joined select company on Monday, becoming just the fourth Canadian astronaut to take part in a spacewalk and the first in 12 years as he embarked on a roughly seven-hour mission. Saint-Jacques’ and NASA astronaut Anne McClain officially began their spacewalk just after 7:30 a.m. EDT according to the U.S. […]
MONTREAL — More than a quarter of a million customers remain without electricity in Quebec today as the impact of high winds and freezing rain continues to be felt. Hydro-Quebec reported 255,000 customers were without power as of 9 a.m., largely centred in the Laval, Lanaudiere and Laurentians regions north of the city. The power […]