By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 20, 2024 10:28 am Updated June 20, 2024 10:29 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Senate has passed a government bill intended to help deter, investigate and punish foreign interference. Senators approved the legislation late Wednesday after voting down a proposed…
Jaideep Singh knows not to tell people in the Punjabi community that he is gay, as that is often met with ridicule, disdain or the threat of ostracization. It’s an experience other 2SLGBTQ+ members say is common in newcomer communities. “It’s been really hard. In the community, to be queer, is really challenging,” the 24-year-old said. “Sometimes, I don’t…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size WestJet is cancelling dozens of flights across Canada as unionized maintenance engineers at the company prepare to go on strike. The company said in a statement on Wednesday that it was going to cancel 40 flights as it prepares for labour action by WestJet aircraft maintenance engineers…
A New Brunswick beverage business is accusing a Halifax brewery of screwing up the recipe for tens of thousands of cans of beer and jeopardizing the company’s future, according to court documents. Lawyers for Think Fermentation, which operates as Think Brewing, said in a statement of claim filed in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia…
Two sisters from Guelph are helping others manage and learn more about mental health through multiple creative outlets. Through their blog Twin Life, which they began in university, the Bolliger sisters have shared their journey through hobbies and activities as a way to maintain their mental health. Breanna Bolliger said it also gives them a…
A series of fires that have burned multiple tiny homes and other shelters in a homeless camp is being described as “odd” by the fire chief in Prince George, B.C. Over the course of two weeks, from May 27 to June 10, seven shelters were destroyed in five separate fires in the Moccasin Flats homeless encampment,…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Real Estate Association says that homebuyers were sleepwalking through the spring, but the first interest rate cut in more than four years could serve as a wake-up call. CREA’s home sales figures show transactions dipped 0.6 per cent between April and May. Home prices are…
On an overcast June morning in Saint John, a massive, tangerine-orange tanker — the Da Hua Shan, sailing under the flag of Hong Kong — is radioing for clearance to leave Courtenay Bay. It can’t go without help. The asphalt and bitumen tanker is 139 metres long, and the confines of the bay are narrow. To get…
Against the backdrop of the Caribbean Sea, Ontario couple Matt Lassaline and Kirsten Whiteley got married in Jamaica last month in a small beach wedding ceremony that was everything they had imagined. Having bought a house in 2021 and with a mortgage to pay off, the couple didn’t want to put themselves in more financial…
TikTok pays some creators on the platform for their videos that are one minute or longer, but Canadians have always been left out. Canada is not one of the countries that qualifies for the Creator Rewards Program, which was introduced this year, replacing the Creator Fund that TikTok originally launched in 2020. To be eligible,…
