The federal government has blown its own timeline to unveil an update to Canada’s corporate-misconduct provisions, including changes that could help SNC-Lavalin avoid being barred from lucrative federal contracts. An internal federal document obtained by The Canadian Press shows the Liberal government was planning to announce a long-studied revision to its so-called “integrity regime” in […]
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, United States (AFP) – Attention, Grand Canyon visitors – watch your step before attempting a selfie from the edge of the vertiginously deep and perilously steep US landmark. The national park surrounding the enormous canyon – the second-most visited US national park, after the Great Smoky Mountains in the country’s south-east […]
A controversial flag raising took place in the southern Alberta town of Taber Saturday afternoon. Two years ago, a pride flag was taken down and destroyed by fire. “Words just can’t explain how I’m feeling to have the pride flag raising again here in Taber for the third year in a row,” said Jayce Wilson, […]
Raquel and her husband were floored when she learned she was seven weeks pregnant, earlier this year. It was unplanned and unwanted. “I run two very successful businesses. I work 80-plus hours a week. It was just the wrong time for everything,“ said Raquel, who is being identified by her middle name because she fears […]
Indigenous women in Atlantic Canada say they have mixed feelings about whether the final report of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) will result in tangible change. The 1,200-page document, unveiled in Gatineau, Que., on Monday, contains 231 “calls for justice” aimed at ending what its authors call “genocide” and […]
Parents are speaking out about the investigation into an incident at a Moncton daycare that cost four staff members their jobs. The reaction comes as the probe is about to enter a new phase. Lindsay O’Blenis’ three-year-old son Connor lives with autism and has delayed speech. He’s been attending Moncton Headstart since early January. O’Blenis […]
Claus von Bulow, who has died aged 92, figured in one of the most sensational trials of the 20th Century. The case, among the first to be televised in the United States, had all the ingredients of a soap opera – adultery, drugs, murder and fabulous sums of money. Its principal characters included the heiress […]
VIRGINIA BEACH — The Virginia authorities on Saturday identified the dozen victims of a shooting rampage at a government office complex and named the suspect in the attack for the first — and they said only — time. Most of the victims, city officials said, worked for the Virginia Beach government, several of them for […]
TORONTO – Steve Kerr has never been shy about making political statements. Game 2 of the NBA Finals was no different for the head coach of the Golden State Warriors. Kerr sported a black T-shirt at his media availability about 90 minutes before Sunday’s tip-off with the slogan “Vote For Our Lives” in response to […]
Just how far can you get in the New York City socialite scene without a real fortune of your own? Incredibly far, in the case of Anna Delvey – real name Anna Sorokin – who tricked the city’s elite into thinking she was a billionaire heiress. She hired a private jet, went to all the […]