Politics The federal budget’s promise to spend $1.3 million to develop a regional missing persons alert for Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people falls far short of what’s needed, according to opposition MPs on the House of Commons Status of Women committee. Budget proposes developing a regional emergency notification systemContinue Reading
News A brutal, deadly stretch of heat in West Africa would not have been possible without human-caused climate change, a new report has found. ‘A 5-day heat wave of this intensity would not have been possible,’ climate researcher says Benjamin Shingler · CBC News · Posted: Apr 18, 2024 5:51Continue Reading
World The United States has voted against a Palestinian request for full United Nations membership, blocking the world body from effectively recognizing a Palestinian state. Move prevents the world body from effectively recognizing a Palestinian stateThomson Reuters · Posted: Apr 18, 2024 5:34 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 18 U.S. vetoes PalestinianContinue Reading
Hockey The Arizona Coyotes are officially headed to Salt Lake City. The NHL board of governors voted unanimously Thursday to approve a $1.2 billion US sale from Alex Meruelo to Utah Jazz owners Ryan and Ashley Smith, clearing the way for the franchise’s move to Utah next season. Deal includes provisionContinue Reading
Hockey 23-year-old Arshdeep Bains said a prayer and stepped onto the ice as he took his first NHL strides around the barren ice at Ball Arena in Denver, Colo. At that moment, it was official — Bains was in the NHL and just the fourth Punjabi player in league history.Continue Reading
Christine Rogers says she won’t go back to work until something is done at a neighbouring chemical plant. The 40-year-old lives and works on Aamjiwnaang First Nation, along the shores of the St. Clair River, next to the southwestern Ontario city of Sarnia, and says she and other family members started noticing symptomsContinue Reading
Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered a fiery speech Thursday that depicted the government’s latest budget as a threat to the country’s future while suggesting a number of new social programs will get a second look if he’s elected. Conservative leader claims pharmacare would ‘ban’ private plans — health minister saysContinue Reading
New Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Bavarian International Tennis Championships with a 6-3, 6-2 over Japan’s Taro Daniel on Thursday in Munich. Montreal native takes down Japan’s Taro Daniel 6-3, 6-2, to face Struff nextThe Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 18, 2024 2:38 PM EDT |Continue Reading
World A Polish man has been arrested in Poland on suspicion of planning to co-operate with Russian foreign intelligence services in preparation for a possible attempt to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, prosecutors said on Thursday. Polish prosecutors say man was collecting information about security at Rzeszow-Jasionka airportThomson Reuters ·Continue Reading
