After six years at Concordia University, Alan Shepard is stepping down as president and vice-chancellor. The English-language university made the announcement Thursday afternoon, saying it is looking for new applicants as Shepard takes on the presidency at Western University in London, Ont., next year. “He leaves Concordia in a very strong position,” the university said […]
Quebec high school history textbooks are “fundamentally flawed” and should be removed from all schools across Quebec, an expert committee formed by the province’s largest English school board has concluded. Students in the Grade 9 and 10 Canadian and Quebec history classes are being taught a “skewed, one-sided view of the past that distorts the […]
Fifteen months after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., devolved into stunning violence, the trial of the man accused of plowing his car into a crowd, killing one person and injuring several others, is finally underway. It’s unlikely that the case against James Fields Jr., a 21-year-old Ohio man who reportedly embraced Nazi ideology, […]
Air Canada is cancelling its Hamilton-Montreal route amid sluggish sales from business travellers, announcing the move in a newspaper ad just one month after ramping up flights between the two cities. Direct flights will scale down to once daily from three as of Jan. 9, and stop completely after March 30. The Montreal-based company called […]
Norfolk OPP were called to a home in Simcoe on Wednesday after a toddler unknowingly locked their mother out of her home. Police were called by the upset parent at around 10:18 a.m. Officers determined that a parent of a two-year-old child and an infant was putting out the garbage when the toddler closed the […]
A hero teacher leapt on an out-of-control pitbull and held it down to prevent it attacking more students in a vicious mauling. Shocking video taken at a school in Oklahoma City shows Lee Hughes grappling with the black and white dog, which had already injured five pupils. Bodycam footage reveals Hughes lay on top of […]
Hamilton’s mayor says he’s “delighted” to hear Premier Ford’s latest statement regarding the city’s much-debated LRT project. While in Grimsby Wednesday, Doug Ford said Fred Eisenberger was democratically elected in last month’s municipal election and if “he wants an LRT, he’s going to get an LRT.” “Even though it wasn’t a split as the premier […]
The ‘elves’ are hard at work repairing, shining and packaging gifts in preparation for the holiday shopping season at Santa’s Workshop in Enderby. The workshop has been in operation since the 1990s, helping children, seniors and adults who may not have the financial means to purchase holiday presents for their loved ones at hugely discounted […]
Mandatory high heels for restaurant workers in Alberta should be banned, according to one Edmonton restaurant owner who hopes the government moves to make mandatory changes. “I would love to see change and to protect these women’s feet. Because when you’re young and you’re ambitious and you’ve got this exciting new job at this new […]
A northern Ontario town of about 1,400 people is crediting an ambitious marketing campaign with drawing two dozen new families to the community. Last year, Smooth Rock Falls, Ont., offered to reimburse 90 per cent of the cost of the land if people built on it within two years – reducing the land cost to […]