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 seniorContinue Reading
Canada Around 3.3 million steam cleaners are being recalled across North America because of a burn hazard that has resulted in consumers reporting more than 150 injuries. Company says hot water or steam leaking out during heating, use of device may pose a burn hazardThe Associated Press · Posted: JulContinue Reading
The upcoming Toronto-St. Paul’s federal byelection will be a critical test for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his party — a bellwether indicating how the party is faring in an area of the country where Liberals have performed well for decades. CBC News spoke to 15 voters in the ridingContinue Reading
Canada When following the Edmonton Oilers’ playoff run so far, you may have seen a Betway-related logo on display — whether when watching the games live, or seeing pictures from those games after the fact. Alberta has only one legal, regulated site for betting — and it’s not Betway GeoffContinue Reading
Canada When Catherine, Princess of Wales, smiled at the crowds at Trooping the Colour last weekend, her first public appearance since December, the general reaction online could perhaps best be characterized with two statements: 1. She looks great. 2. Why? Column praising princess’s appearance was lambasted for ‘lesser mortals’ comment Natalie StechysonContinue Reading
Misting station gives some relief from hot classroomsWith classrooms in an aging Toronto school getting too hot, a misting station being piloted this year offers some relief, albeit temporarily, according to its principal and some students. As summer approaches, classrooms start getting sticky and uncomfortable, according to Grade 8 students at Sts.Continue Reading
Canada·Analysis After flaming out at the World Cup in Qatar in 2022, Canada has qualified for Copa America, the South American soccer championship that includes some of the best nations in the world. Canada heads into star-studded tournament looking for rare success on international stage Jamie Strashin · CBC NewsContinue Reading
Montreal·First Person Patrick Kwok-Choon found himself in the captain’s chair on set during a shoot for Star Trek: Discovery. But as his character was having a big moment, the actor was having an even bigger one off screen. The lines between fiction and reality collided when I welcomed my childContinue Reading
Canada Ontario billionaire Frank Stronach, 91, is accused of committing sexual offences against three women between 1980 and 2023, according to court documents that provide further details of charges first announced by Peel Regional Police a week ago. Offences are alleged to have occurred between 1980 and 2023 in OntarioContinue Reading
