The union representing faculty at Ontario’s 24 public colleges says its members have delivered a strong strike mandate. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union’s says 79 per cent of those who participated in the vote supported a strike mandate, with 76 per cent of members casting a ballot. The union, which represents some 15,000 professors,…
Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo advanced to his first career ATP Tour semifinal with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, upset of Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo on Friday at the Almaty Open tennis tournament in Kazakhstan. The 23-year-old, currently ranked 118th on the ATP Tour, had six aces without committing a double fault and was broken just once in the…
A final poll ahead of B.C.’s election day finds the BC NDP is favoured to win a third term. However, it is still a close race. A new Ipsos poll conducted in partnership with Global BC shows the NDP with a very slim two-point advantage over the Conservatives as the 2024 campaign reaches the finish…
Guy Felicella says he was stuck in a cycle of addiction, homelessness and crime for more than 30 years, but accessing harm reduction support in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside kept him alive long enough to reach recovery. Felicella travelled to northwestern Ontario this week to share his story at the Thunder Bay District Health Unit’s (TBDHU) eighth…
Billie Jean King started the Women’s Sports Foundation with a $5,000 check. She’s turned that investment into $100 million US and a half century of helping girls and women achieve their dreams through travel and training grants, local sports programs and mentoring athletes and coaches. King celebrated the 50th anniversary of the foundation by honouring…
By Alessia Passafiume The Canadian Press Posted October 17, 2024 2:48 pm Updated October 17, 2024 3:04 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The representative plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against Canada are urging First Nations chiefs to accept a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal. The deal was…
Tony Humby and Bruce Escott, two men accused of being central figures in a sexual exploitation case in St. John’s, were not believed to have acted alone. According to police search warrant documents — untested in court and obtained by CBC News — there were at least eight other potential suspects who came up during the course…
Serena Williams says she had a benign branchial cyst “the size of a small grapefruit” removed from her neck and “all is OK.” The retired tennis star, who turned 43 last month, posted Wednesday on social media that she found a lump on her neck in May, had an MRI exam, and was told she…
The Indigenous community is stressing the importance of having a voice in provincial legislation as Saskatchewan nears election night. And while all parties recognize the importance of having Indigenous representation, some appear to be doing more to address it than others. “Indigenous Peoples make up 17 per cent of the population, so we need to…
It wasn’t the first time Virginia Hinch had received a negative email. “I decided not to react to the first,” said Hinch, a candidate for Halifax regional council. “I didn’t want to run on any type of negativity.” But the second email she received from someone who lives in the district she wants to represent…
