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Thanksgiving is a holiday that will forever bring Alexandra Barrera pain and grief. Over Thanksgiving weekend last year, Barrera’s husband and high-school sweetheart, Edwin Alvarado, was killed in a triple shooting at a Toronto sports facility. Alvarado was refereeing an indoor soccer match. Police say his alleged killer, 19-year-old Cristian …
Read More »Canada’s India allegation puts U.S. in ‘difficult’ spot as it seeks deeper ties
Canada’s allegation that there is evidence agents of India’s government may have behind the killing of a Sikh leader on Canadian soil have put the U.S. in what experts say is a “difficult” bind as it seeks deeper economic ties with the South Asian superpower. The Biden administration has said …
Read More »Former NHLer Aliu questions Hockey Canada’s motives: ‘These summits mean nothing to me’
A former professional hockey player who faced both physical abuse and racism on his path to the pros believes Hockey Canada’s summit on toxic masculinity falls well short of what needs to be done to address the issue. In an interview with Global News, Akim Aliu says the two-day Beyond …
Read More »Canada’s economy grew 0.3% in May, but early signs of declines in June – National
Canada’s economy kept growing in May, but early signs of a long-awaited slowdown started to appear in June, according to Statistics Canada. The federal agency said Friday that real gross domestic product was up 0.3 per cent in May, with growth in services-producing sectors offsetting declines in goods. A return …
Read More »Call inquiry into Canada’s COVID-19 response, medical journal urges – National
A new series published in the BMJ medical journal is calling for an independent inquiry into Canada’s COVID-19 response. Experts from 13 organizations across Canada, including doctors, nurses, researchers, law and humanitarian specialists, along with Jocalyn Clark, a Canadian who is the BMJ’s international editor, wrote the seven articles published …
Read More »How the Hollywood actors strike may impact Canada’s film, TV industries
Canada’s film and television community is bracing for more job uncertainty amid a Hollywood actors’ strike that observers say has the potential to throw more people out of work, upend TV schedules and dim the wattage of celeb-studded events like the Toronto International Film Festival. The decision by the Screen …
Read More »Canada’s citizenship numbers are rising. How many passed the test? – National
On Canada Day, more than a thousand people will be pledging their oath to the country as new Canadian citizens. Ceremonies for 1,130 citizenship recipients are scheduled to take place across the country on Saturday, according to numbers Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada shared with Global News. Passing a citizenship …
Read More »Toronto heads to the polls to elect the next mayor of Canada’s most populous city – Toronto
TORONTO — Polls are open for Torontonians to vote for their pick for the next mayor of Canada’s most populous city, capping a hotly contested byelection campaign to replace scandal-departed John Tory. It’s the second mayoral election for the city since October, after Tory admitted to having an affair with …
Read More »Canada’s housing market has ‘rebounded sharply’. As rates rise, can it last? – National
The Bank of Canada’s return to interest rate hikes will not be enough to fully tamp down an uptick in activity in the housing market, argues a new report from Desjardins. Signals from the Bank of Canada that its interest rate tightening cycle had possibly peaked in January gave way …
Read More »Hundreds of European firefighters joining Canada’s wildfire battle – National
A battalion of nearly 350 firefighters from the European Union will soon be on the ground in Quebec to help their Canadian counterparts tackle a devastating and unprecedented wildfire season. One hundred and nine fire crews from France arrived last Thursday and spent the weekend dousing flames in Quebec, where …
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