A federal law requiring alcohol going from one province to another to move through a provincial liquor authority will soon be a thing of the past. But unless the provinces follow suit by amending their own liquor laws, many Canadians will remain unable to do things like place online orders for home delivery from wineries […]
The largest media group in Atlantic Canada has launched a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against another media company it alleges was not “forthcoming about a number of questionable business practices” before a 2017 takeover. SaltWire Network says it has initiated the lawsuit with the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. The media entity was created in April 2017 when […]
OTTAWA – The feud between the federal Liberals and the Ontario Tories is taking another turn in the run-up to the Doug Ford government’s first provincial budget. Labour Minister Patty Hajdu, who oversees federal student-support programs, is asking her provincial counterpart to roll back changes the Progressive Conservatives made in January to the Ontario Student […]
The City of Montreal is honouring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by naming a park after him. Kent Park in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood will be renamed in recognition of the American civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968. Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante described King as instrumental in fighting for civil rights and […]
One person was seriously injured in a motorcycle collision in northwest Calgary on Wednesday. The crash happened on southbound Shaganappi Trail just south of Country Hills Blvd. N.W. at around 11:45 a.m. EMS told Global News the motorcyclist was taken to hospital “at least” in serious condition. — More details to come… Source: Read Full […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The families of some of the victims of the mass shooting last year in Parkland, Fla., filed 22 lawsuits on Wednesday accusing the local school district and sheriff’s office of negligence and seeking potentially millions of dollars in damages as compensation. The lawsuits claim that the Broward County Public Schools failed […]
From bridge to bingo, accordion playing and dancing, there’s always something to do at the Kelowna Senior Citizens’ Society, the longest-running senior social club in the city. “We were founded in the early 1950s when the B.C. government was trying to get senior citizens’ activities going,” said Cecilia Buckley, president of the society. The club […]
[Read the latest edition of Crossing the Border, a limited-run newsletter about life where the United States and Mexico meet. Sign up here to receive the next issue in your inbox.] SAN YSIDRO, Calif. — It was never like this before. The migrants come now in the middle of the night or in the bright […]
Lined with farmland and few street lights, the road that leads to a local mosque in Oakville, Ont., is rather quiet. But inside, there’s plenty going on. It’s a Wednesday night, and the mosque is filled with young children. Some are chasing each other around the prayer room’s striped carpet; others are tucked in a […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) called on the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Tuesday (April 9) to issue a full recall of the “Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play Sleeper” infant rocker, which has been linked to 32 infant deaths, it said on its website. The infant deaths were tallied by […]