If you are soon travelling abroad, experts are urging vigilance after six tourists recently died, several of them from confirmed methanol poisoning — a nearly invisible killer that’s hard to spot in tainted alcohol. Methanol is a clear, colourless alcohol used in all kinds of everyday products like industrial cleaners, solvents, paint, cosmetics and anti-freeze….
Andrea Arnold knows a lot about what goes on in the Village of McBride, a community of about 600 people in British Columbia’s Robson Valley. As a reporter for the Rocky Mountain Goat newspaper, she keeps track of wildfires, local sports teams and pretty much everything happening in the picturesque mountain valley town that lies a 200-kilometre drive…
Ivanie Blondin was a key player in two of Canada’s medals at the long-track speed skating World Cup on Sunday in Nagano, Japan, earning a silver in the women’s mass start and a bronze with Yankun Zhao in the mixed gender relay. Those two pushed Canada’s total for the weekend to four medals. “I knew…
The trillion-dollar question these days is where the huge sums of money needed to address climate change are going to come from, especially for developing countries. Getting governments to put up more was the big focus at the UN climate conference that wrapped this week, but as seen by a wave of criticism about weak…
The Newfoundland and Labrador government is looking for prospective buyers for the abandoned Trinity Loop amusement park. (Paul Daly/Canadian Press) An abandoned amusement park on Newfoundland’s Bonavista Peninsula is up for redevelopment and could go to the right person with the right plan for only $55,000. But prospective buyers are encouraged to visit the site before they…
Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin won ISU World Cup gold in the women’s 3,000-metre long track competition Saturday in Nagano, Japan. The 34-year-old from Ottawa led the race from start to finish, posting the fastest split time for each lap to clock four minutes 3.76 seconds at the first event of the World Cup season. Blondin…
Christmas cards are a cherished annual tradition for Percy, who is covered in blond hair and has 33,000 Instagram followers. He sends out dozens of them every year — more than 70 last Christmas, each with a personalized message. But this year, things might be a little different. With the Canada Post strike stretching into…
In a Calgary courthouse Friday, Justice George Gaschler sentenced Wiley Provost to four and a half years in prison for killing his friend, Colton Crowshoe, in 2014. He will serve two years of probation following his release. Provost, 30, was charged with second-degree murder on July 7, 2022, nearly eight years to the day after Crowshoe, 18, was…
A woman who claimed mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor “brutally raped and battered” her in a Dublin hotel penthouse was awarded nearly 250,000 Euros ($257,000 US) on Friday by a civil court jury in Ireland. Nikita Hand said the Dec. 9, 2018, assault after a night of partying left her heavily bruised and suffering…
By Joe Bongiorno The Canadian Press Posted November 22, 2024 3:20 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s pension fund manager says it is co-operating with United States authorities after three former employees were indicted in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., in an alleged scheme to give hundreds of…
