The Canadian PressAleksandra Sagan TORONTO—Soft-serve, the often overlooked ice cream, is in the midst of a makeover. It’s being dipped in melted Belgian chocolate flavours, like key lime pie and white chocolate Oreo, before being slathered in toppings as the coatings harden. It’s being stuffed into cone-shaped pastries, layered on […]
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The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to travel to China for an official visit at the end of the month. During the Aug. 30-Sept. 6 trip, Trudeau also will take part in the G20 leaders’ summit in Hangzhou on Sept. 4-5. The Prime Minister’s Office said the visit […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA—Federal Health minister Jane Philpott will stop using a pricey limousine service owned by a Liberal supporter after Conservatives complained about a $1,700 bill for transportation in the Greater Toronto Area. Philpott said in a statement yesterday the price tag was “too high” and “inappropriate.” “I […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Ontario’s Liberal government is defending a publicly-funded ad that promotes an agreement to enhance the Canada Pension Plan—a federal program. “Ontario has been working to help close the retirement savings gap,” a voice says in the ad. “Now the improved CPP would help close the gap and […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON—Earth just broiled to its hottest month in recorded history, according to NASA. Even after the fading of a strong El Nino, which spikes global temperatures on top of man-made climate change, July burst global temperature records. NASA calculated that July, 2016 was 1.51 degrees F (0.84 […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO—Ontario is considering more changes to the collection and display of gender information on government documents, not long after announcing gender-neutral driver’s licences and health cards. Public consultations launched earlier this month look at how gender information is treated on government forms and identification documents, including […]
The Canadian Press WINDSOR, Ont.—Premier Kathleen Wynne is advising Ontario municipalities to consult constituents before they ask the province for increased taxation powers, but suggests such a request would be approved. Wynne told local politicians attending the annual meeting of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario in Windsor that they […]
The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO—Doctors in Ontario have rejected a tentative four-year fee agreement reached with the province’s Liberal government. The Ontario Medical Association said yesterday that 63 percent of its members who cast ballots Sunday voted against the deal, which would have raised Ontario’s $11.5-billion physician services budget by […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON—It’s the early bird that gets the Cheetos. But it’s the bigger bird that steals it away. Behavioural ecologist Rhea Esposito used the snack food to see how two types of smart birds—smaller magpies and bigger crows—interact and compete for food. Birds, like many of us when […]
The Canadian PressAlexander Panetta WASHINGTON—The Canadian government has begun a wide-ranging exercise to plan for the potential effects of the U.S. election, including the possibility of a President Donald Trump threatening to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement. The government is mapping out a complex array of outcomes for […]
The Canadian Press REGINA—Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is condemning what he calls “racist and hate-filled” comments on social media and other online forums that stem from last week’s fatal shooting of an aboriginal man on a farm. Wall said in a Facebook post yesterday afternoon that the comments betray the […]
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ATHENS, Greece—Archaeologists have made a sinister discovery at the top of a Greek mountain which might corroborate one of the darkest legends of antiquity. Excavations this summer on Mount Lykaion, once worshipped as the birthplace of the god Zeus, uncovered the 3,000-year-old skeleton of a teenager amid a mound of […]
