Health
From Diet Coke to helium and snack pack ink, here are 5 shortages caused by the Iran war
The ripple effect of the Iran war has moved beyond oil markets and has now reached everyday consumer goods. The nearly three-month war has triggered shortages affecting smartphones,...
Farmers, conservationists and rural communities are uniting to protest high-speed rail
OTTAWA — Andie Bower, a farmer for Ferme Mont-Vulley Inc., allows wildlife to roam freely on his farm but worries this won’t be possible if a new high-speed rail...
Ontario traveller tests negative for Ebola; no further cases of hantavirus confirmed in Canada
An Ontario resident who’d recently travelled to Ethiopia has tested negative for Ebola while no further cases of hantavirus linked to a virus-hit cruise ship have been found in...
Read Danielle Smith's entire speech putting a separation question to voters
In a video address to Albertans on Thursday, May 22, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced that her government will present its own referendum question to voters — one...
New fuel surcharges on groceries and more making 'almost everything in the economy' more expensive
OTTAWA — Canadians already struggling with rising grocery prices are staring down another blow as delivery companies are hitting their retail customers with new fuel surcharges triggered by the...
Ottawa ready to help broker Churchill Falls deal with Quebec and Newfoundland
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said that the federal government is ready to help Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro reach a new energy deal with Hydro-Québec, while the Quebec...
'Zionism won': Jews earned Israel, Ben Shapiro tells Toronto audience
Ben Shapiro says most people, Jews included, often mistakenly define Zionism. The superstar American pundit told a Toronto symposium on anti-Zionism that Zionism is not about Jews having the...
Colombian hardliner hopes to channel Nayib Bukele's electoral magic
An independent candidate who looks and sounds a lot like El Salvador hardliner Nayib Bukele is winning over conservative Colombian voters tired of that country’s rising rates of violent...
