Various frozen waffle products sold in Canada and the U.S. have been recalled after testing revealed possible listeria bacteria contamination at a manufacturing facility in Brantford, Ont. TreeHouse Foods, a multinational food-processing company, announced the voluntary recall of hundreds of its frozen waffle products on Friday. TreeHouse Foods did not say what stores in Canada…
Cost of Living27:31Freedom 25, 35, and 45? Nick Thompson and his wife, Melanie, love to watch their kids swim in the river near a waterfall on the property where they live in southern Ecuador, on the edge of the Amazon rainforest. “It’s the land of eternal spring, so it never gets below 16 [C] and…
Canada’s Gabriel Diallo advanced to his first career ATP Tour final on Saturday with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo at the Almaty Open. The 23-year-old from Montreal needed 68 minutes to complete the victory. Diallo, the world No. 118, had a 5-1 edge in aces and saved the lone break point he…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A local dance convention for young artists, complete with educational workshops, was always a dream for Brynne Abgrall. “It’s been a long time coming, it’s been something I’ve wanted to do forever and I’m just so excited,” Abgrall said. The 21-year-old Winnipegger has been dancing competitively since…
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…
