Canadian exporters’ confidence fell to a seven-year low in a survey released on Thursday amid the disruption caused by trade wars and the imposition of U.S. tariffs. The Export Development Canada survey was completed in March and April, before the United States removed punitive trade measures against Canadian steel and aluminum exports last month. “Disruptive international trade […]
The Canadian Red Cross has announced that its registration process for New Brunswick residents impacted by the recent spring’s flooding will end as of Saturday, June 15. Anyone who was evacuated or directly impacted by the flooding can register in person until Saturday at the Canadian Red Cross flood recovery office in Regent Mall in […]
A Winnipeg couple has gone to court over a dog they adopted from an animal rescue, saying the shelter took the dog back unfairly. Barbara Rudiak and her husband Kevin Jardine paid a $250 adoption fee to adopt Nicolas — a senior dachshund from Before the Bridge K9 rescue. In February they went on vacation […]
A runner who battled cancer for more than a decade has died, aged 32 – just days after she yelled 'not today' when her husband told her tests proved she didn't have long left. Gabriele Grunewald became the American champion over 3,000m indoors in 2014 after she was diagnosed with metastatic cancer. She was also […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y. — The mother of an unvaccinated child here in the New York suburbs says eating papaya helps to combat measles. The father of another child who has not been immunized believes that big pharmaceutical companies are […]
The death of a dog at an Alberta kennel is raising awareness about potential hazards related to pet collars. A beloved pooch died at CocoMutt Hut Pet Retreat in Medicine Hat, Alta., after its collar got caught in the jaw of another dog. The employee involved in the incident, Bobby Klein, expressed his condolences about […]
Computer Electronics Recycling Centre in Vancouver is where broken gadgets are given a second chance. Stacks of laptops, rows of desktop towers, and boxes of motherboards fill the cramped warehouse. Staff technicians do their best to refurbish the devices, salvage what parts they can and recycle the rest. Every year, that seems to get much […]
The fight between Congress and President Trump over census documents revolves around one crucial issue: discerning the true motive of the Trump administration when it made a historic decision to ask all residents in the country if they were an American citizen. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau, has long claimed that […]
While many prayers were answered with the announcement of a second Garth Brooks show in Regina, not everyone is thanking the heavens. The country music superstar’s two Mosaic Stadium shows are booked for the same weekend as the Regina Folk Festival, which is celebrating its 50th year. Now several artists from Saskatchewan are voicing concerns […]
When she was finally told her father’s secret in her late teens, Donna Wells says she found it disorienting — as though she hadn’t known who he was. “As a kid, you don’t think your parents had a life before you,” she says. “Then there’s this huge thing that happened to him, and it was […]