The Canadian PressBob Weber Climate change threatens extinction for two-thirds of bird species across North America, including almost all of those filling the forests and tundra of northern Canada, says an extensive report. “More than we thought are vulnerable,” said Jeff Wells of the Audubon Society, which crunched 140 million […]
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The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO–Owners of a popular Toronto Syrian restaurant run by recent arrivals to Canada say they’ve had to close after staff began fielding hateful messages and death threats. The owners of Soufi’s in the downtown core did not state what is behind the hateful messages, but the […]
The Canadian Press A new survey examining young Canadians’ views on leadership says only 10 per cent picture a woman when they think of a CEO. The online survey, commissioned by the children’s rights group Plan International Canada and conducted by Nanos, polled more than 2,200 Canadians ages 14 to […]
The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA–The RCMP does not give lie-detector tests to employees undergoing top-level security screenings despite federal rules that require such examinations, The Canadian Press has learned. The revelation comes as the national police force assesses the damage from possible leaks by one of its most senior intelligence […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Reaching a deal with education workers that put a cap on wage increases was a “significant success” for the Ontario government, the province’s education minister said yesterday. Stephen Lecce said the tentative agreement with Ontario’s 55,000 education workers, which averted a strike that would have seen […]
The Canadian PressNicole Thompson Ontario’s police watchdog will not charge an officer who shot and killed a knife-wielding woman in a Hamilton apartment last October, the arm’s-length agency said yesterday as it wrapped up its investigation. The officer was under immediate threat when he shot at the 30-year-old woman four […]
The Canadian Press STOCKHOLM–Canadian-born scientist James Peebles is one of three researchers who have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for their contributions to the understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place within it. Peebles, born in the Winnipeg neighbourhood of St. Boniface, is a physics […]
The Canadian PressKelly Geraldine Malone WINNIPEG–Manitoba’s advocate for youth said a lot more needs to be done if the government is to save children in care from the grim reality of an Indigenous teenage girl whose body was found in a river. “Awareness is the first step,” said Daphne Penrose […]
The Canadian PressJoan BrydenMia Rabson OTTAWA–The only English-language debate to feature all six federal party leaders devolved yesterday into crosstalk and mudslinging as the leaders tried to break the impasse in voting intentions that has persisted through three weeks of campaigning. As the incumbent prime minister, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Loblaw Companies Ltd, is recalling its President’s Choice brand Lower Iron milk-based powdered infant formula due to possible contamination by Cronobacter bacteria. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the product was sold in stores across the country in 900 gram packages with a best before date of […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Education Minister Stephen Lecce said he remains optimistic about ongoing teacher contract talks after averting an education workers’ strike over the weekend. He says that in reaching a deal with the union representing 55,000 education workers important lessons have been learned which can be applied to other […]
The Canadian Press NANAIMO, B.C.–British Columbia conservation officers say two piranhas found in a Vancouver Island lake were likely unwanted pets. One red-bellied piranha was reeled in by an angler at Westwood Lake in Nanaimo last week. Another was caught in the same lake during the summer. The provincial Conservation […]
