As Paris braced for another day of “yellow vest” anti-government protests, a massive explosion ripped through a building in a central area of the city, killing two firefighters and a Spanish tourist, injuring dozens and causing severe damage to nearby buildings. "As firemen were looking for a gas leak in the building, a dramatic explosion…
A record-high share of Canada’s small and mid-sized businesses are reporting they are being held back because of a skilled-labour shortage, but that doesn’t seem to be helping Canadians find work any faster. The Business Barometer from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) for October found nearly 47 per cent of small and mid-sized…
VANCOUVER — Beatrice Janyk credits vitamins, 12 hours of sleep a day and a busy mind for allowing her to donate blood regularly for most of the last 70 years. At 95, Canadian Blood Services says Janyk is the country’s oldest blood donor. The great-grandmother and Coquitlam, B.C., resident has been donating blood since the…
The African Ranger’s phone rings in the middle of the night. Her covert contact deep within the organised crime network of elephant poachers tells her 200 kg of ivory is about to be loaded into a container at the docks bound for the Middle East. Should she act now to seize the ivory and arrest…
Marriage used to be a given for most heterosexual people, but a new survey shows that Canadians today are less interested in tying the knot than ever before. The Angus Reid Institute conducted an online poll of more than 1,500 people to understand the changing attitudes towards marriage across Canada. Fifty-three per cent of participants…
The sight of Angela Merkel being given a warm welcome in Athens this week will have come as a relief to anyone with a stake in European stability. It was a far cry from the days of the Euro crisis, when protesters built a gallows outside the Greek parliament with a sign that read “Reserved…
Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has lost the battle against minimum wage increases set in motion by Katherine Wynne, but the business lobby group will likely win the war against minimum wage workers with Doug Ford on its side. In a news release entitled “Ontario Chamber Calls on Provincial Government to Immediately Repeal Bill 148”…
The FBI secretly launched an investigation into whether Donald Trump was working on behalf of Russia while in office, according to an explosive report by The New York Times. The decision was said to have been taken after Mr Trump fired James Comey, the FBI director leading the Russia election meddling investigation at the time,…
Canadian oil can’t get to the world, and the world won’t pay for what it can’t have. The result? Canadian crude was trading at a 77-per-cent discount to benchmark North American oil at the end of this week. Prices have fallen for much of the past two weeks, with Western Canadian Select (WCS) — the…
OTTAWA — Canada’s ambassador to the United States says predictions that NAFTA talks can be settled by the end of month are “aspirational” — even if American and Mexican officials are close to resolving their differences on complex auto sector issues. But David MacNaughton supports the push towards the ambitious goal and says Canadian negotiators…