“The Alberta Liquor Control Board is no longer our spiritual leader,” Calgary Herald columnist Don Martin declared in a Sept. 3, 1993, column. Martin was reacting to news that the Alberta government would give up exclusive control over liquor, having regulated sales via the Alberta Liquor Control Board since prohibition ended in the province in 1924….
Dr. Tina Atkinson grew up dreaming of going to the Olympics. Now, she can check both the Winter and Summer Olympics off her bucket list. The Nova Scotian is the doctor for the Canadian canoe/kayak team at the Olympic Games in Paris. The team began competition in slalom events on Saturday. Sprint events begin on Aug….
Voters in two Canadian ridings — one in Quebec and another in Manitoba — will head to the polls in September, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday in announcing that the campaign period for the pair of byelections has begun. The byelections will be held Sept. 16. In Quebec, the Liberals are hoping to hold…
A wildfire that’s destroyed hundreds of structures in the town of Jasper, Alta., and continues to burn out of control in the national park could still be burning months from now, a Parks Canada official says. “This fire is the largest one that Jasper National Park has recorded in the last 100 years,” Landon Shepherd, a deputy incident…
Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz got the Paris Olympics tennis competition started with first-round victories Saturday under closed roofs at Roland Garros, the site of their French Open titles less than two months ago. Novak Djokovic also won in straight sets as he, like Swiatek and Alcaraz, opened a bid for a first Olympic gold…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 27, 2024 10:33 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Umicore says it has halted spending on a $2.76-billion battery materials plant in eastern Ontario. The global materials company says it made the decision because of scaled-back expectations for growth in the electric…
Picture a spider web composed of water hoses. That’s how Stewart Cawood described Barkerville, B.C., at the end of an anxious week. For several days, around 1,000 residents and tourists had to evacuate from the historic gold-mining town, and nearby communities like the District of Wells, due to the 143-square-kilometre Antler Creek wildfire, said Wells…
Simone Biles is looking to add to the list of skills named after her in gymnastics’ Code of Points. The American superstar submitted an original skill on uneven bars to the International Gymnastics Federation on Friday. If Biles successfully completes it during women’s qualifying on Sunday, the skill will become the sixth to bear her…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Scotiabank says a “technical issue” has left some customers’ payments, including direct deposits, not being put into their accounts. Friday morning, posts on X started to flood in with customers asking the bank where their paycheques were and some turning to the bank’s customer service account for…
On a sunny summer afternoon, Susan Goldstein navigates a web browser as her teenage tutor cheerfully offers an occasional tip or encouragement. Goldstein has been reluctant to buy a computer but took the plunge earlier this month after finding herself “up against a wall more and more often.” While the Toronto senior has used her smartphone to…
