The Associated PressShawn PogatchnikPablo Gorondi BUDAPEST, Hungary — Tempers flared among the thousands trapped in a makeshift refugee camp in the heart of Budapest on Wednesday as Hungary played hardball with its unwelcome visitors for a second day, blocking train ticket-clutching migrants from travelling deeper into Europe. The migrants, who […]
Canada
By Sheryl Ubelacker THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The college that regulates Quebec doctors will soon provide practitioners with detailed guidelines — including what drugs to use — for euthanizing terminally ill patients who seek help to end their lives. But it’s unclear whether other provinces and territories will adopt […]
The Canadian PressAndy Blatchford OTTAWA—Canada’s economy recoiled for the second-straight quarter of 2015—knocking the country backwards into a technical definition of recession, fresh Statistics Canada data revealed today. The federal agency said real gross domestic product contracted at an annual pace of 0.5 percent in the second quarter of the […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO—Ontario’s auditor general would question the timing of a new pension plan ad—which is running during the federal election campaign—if the Liberal government hadn’t changed the oversight rules. The provincial government this spring amended the criteria under which the auditor general approves or rejects government ads, […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO—Ontario’s Liberal government has released a new ad promoting an updated sex-education curriculum that is in schools this year. The new curriculum has met with some opposition and controversy and has prompted protests by some parents, with some even threatening to pull their kids out of […]
The Canadian PressDean Bennett EDMONTON—Alberta’s finance minister says the province is on track for a record $5.9-billion deficit this year as the oil crunch hits families and businesses. And Joe Ceci says the worst may not be over if low oil prices persist and the province continues in recession. “If […]
The Canadian Press KELOWNA, B.C.—The record for the world’s longest cucumber might belong to a Kelowna, B.C., man who’s also vying to have the longest pickle on the planet. Daniel Tomelin, 54, said his garden has produced the king of all cucumbers, somehow splitting off from the crowd and going […]
The Associated PressJosh Lederman ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Submerged countries, abandoned cities and floods of refugees await the world barring urgent action on climate change, President Barack Obama warned yesterday, painting a doomsday scenario as he opened a historic visit to Alaska. In a bid to further his environmental legacy, Obama brought the […]
The Associated Press MADRID, Spain—A Spanish mayor says a man has died after being charged down and gored by a bull that was being herded into a northern village as part of annual celebrations to honour its patron saint. Jesus Garcia Pastor said the 66-year-old man had wandered into an […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Canadians on average are socking away more money for potential financial emergencies than in the past, but a new survey has found that almost a quarter are still living paycheque to paycheque. The survey, conducted by Pollara for the Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO), found that Canadians on […]
By Rob Gillies THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO — Police have closed off a number of blocks in Toronto’s downtown financial district because of an unstable antenna on the Trump International Hotel and Tower Toronto. Toronto police said Monday the area will be closed until at least noon on Tuesday. Several […]
The Canadian Press Community agriculture is going mainstream, and big business has taken note. No longer limited to a few gardening boxes on an old parking lot, the trend is taking centre stage in housing developments being built around the idea of community-grown local food. The agriculture-based developments, or so-called […]
