After more than a year, Joan Underwood got sick of walking past a large, leaking split in the ceiling of her apartment building’s hallway. Some days, she saw dark, murky water in a bucket placed below the hole, as brown stains extended from the cracked plaster and water damage dappled the carpet below. At one point, a pole appeared…
The boxing champion at the centre of a worldwide clash over sex and gender identity in sports has reportedly named Elon Musk and author J.K. Rowling in an online harassment complaint being investigated by French prosecutors. Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who won a gold medal in the women’s welterweight division in the 2024 Paris Olympics, filed a legal complaint in France for…
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 14, 2024 12:33 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The leadership of a Saskatchewan First Nation is calling for help hours after issuing an evacuation order due to an escalating nearby wildfire. Officials with the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation are asking…
The federal government is looking at whether the citizenship of a man accused of planning a terror attack in Toronto should be revoked, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday. “I’m as disgusted as any Canadian. But I have a responsibility to get to the bottom of it and I will,” he said during a morning news conference in Church…
After failing to catch on with an NFL team, Nathan Rourke is making a well-timed return to the Canadian Football League’s B.C. Lions. The Lions announced the star Canadian quarterback’s return Tuesday. Rourke, who was waived on Sunday by the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, was a CFL free agent. Rourke, who starred with the Lions in…
Allergy sufferers in Canada may be able to swap their EpiPen injections for a nasal spray as early as next year. Neffy, made by drugmaker ARS Pharmaceuticals Inc., is the first epinephrine nasal spray to be approved in the United States to treat life-threatening allergic reactions known as anaphylaxis. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
The last few weeks of Alaina Tripp’s life might as well be out of a movie. What began with heartbreak last September when her puppy Teddy was stolen from her downtown Ottawa apartment, led to skepticism, then joy last month when she received a series of phone calls and messages telling her the miniature white poodle had…
This is a web version of the Buzzer, the daily email newsletter from CBC Sports. Subscribe here. Paris officially bid adieu to its Summer Games this evening with a festive closing ceremony featuring joyous athletes, live music, theatrical performances and, yes, Tom Cruise. Summer McIntosh and Ethan Katzberg — Canada’s two youngest gold medallists — shared the role of flag-bearer…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 12, 2024 12:30 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Goodyear Canada is planning to spend more than $575 million to expand and modernize an eastern Ontario plant to produce electric vehicle and all-terrain tires and make its processes more energy efficient. Prime…
The company at the heart of the travel-nurse controversy is now the subject of a complaint over unpaid wages under New Brunswick’s Employment Standards Act. A nurse who moved to the province from France to work for Canadian Health Labs as a personal support worker says the company turned his life upside down when its…
