Canada Post workers officially went on strike Friday after failing to reach an agreement with the Crown corporation. As workers take to the picket lines, many Canadians may find themselves scrambling to handle holiday mail, online order returns and seeking alternative mail services. “Some 55,000 postal workers represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers…
Business The Canadian Real Estate Association says the number of homes sold in October rose 30 per cent compared with a year ago, marking a shift from the market’s holding pattern that the association has previously described. Greater Toronto Area, B.C.’s Lower Mainland recorded double-digit increases The Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 15, 2024 10:38…
At the end of a dark week for Canada Soccer, it’s up to the men’s national team to provide a little light. Canada plays Suriname away on Friday (6 p.m. ET) in the first leg of its CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal matchup, with the return leg slated for Nov. 19 at BMO Field in Toronto….
As global diabetes rates rise, the prevalence of the disease in Canada has stabilized in recent years, with women seeing the most progress, new research suggests. But experts say “it’s still really an epidemic” that needs greater attention. A peer-reviewed study published in The Lancet journal on Wednesday ahead of World Diabetes Day showed that…
If it weren’t for a stem cell transplant — less than half a cup of blood from a stranger’s umbilical cord — four-year-old Tristan Ford would almost certainly have died as an infant, his parents say. Now, he’s smaller than other kids his age. But in almost every other way, he’s a normal kid. Ford…
In 2021, in snow-swept Edmonton, Maxime Crépeau dove across his goal during a training session for the men’s national soccer team, came an inch short of stopping a high, hard shot, and began turning the cold air blue before he hit the ground. “I’m laughing,” he said when he was reminded of the moment, not…
Friends, family and co-workers are mourning the loss of a 24-year-old woman who died after a pickup truck crashed into the northern Alberta restaurant she worked at on Saturday. Global News has spoken to a person who has started a GoFundMe page to raise money for the victim’s family to help with funeral costs, loss…
In the midst of a budget freeze, trustees at an Ontario Catholic school board sent a senior staff member to Rome and Berlin this fall, and approved a third trip to Dubai next year, costing the board over $31,000. Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB) superintendent, Anthony Cordeiro, also went to São Paulo, Brazil, in…
Bev Priestman is out as coach of the Canadian women’s soccer team in the wake of an independent report into the Olympic drone-spying scandal. Canada Soccer says assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joseph Lombardi, who like Priestman are serving a one-year FIFA ban over the illegal use of a drone to film New Zealand…
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 12, 2024 2:52 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size New Brunswick’s premier says her newly elected Liberal government will draft a carbon pricing plan that will be submitted for Ottawa’s approval. Susan Holt made the commitment in Fredericton during a news conference with…
