Tag Archives: Canadian

Loblaws is partnering with an American autonomous vehicle company in what’s believed to be a Canadian first: taking grocery delivery orders between various Loblaws facilities via self-driving trucks. There is no human sitting in the driver’s seat of a half-dozen trucks adorned with PC Express branding, currently making their way around …

Every 22 minutes, a woman in Canada dies of a heart attack.  But the majority don’t have to, experts say, warning that more women will die unnecessarily if the medical community doesn’t tailor care to their needs. “We have one of the best health-care systems in the world, and we’re …

The word “woke” — originally used to describe awareness of discrimination — has been adopted by figures on the political right to discredit policies and politicians they consider too progressive, experts say. The word was directed earlier this week at the Liberals and NDP by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. And some Liberals have been dancing around the term …

Toronto rapper Smiley’s welcoming energy precedes him. Standing outside his trailer handing out cups and drinks, he takes the time to ask his team if they need anything moments before he hit the main stage at Rolling Loud, an international hip-hop festival held in Canada for the first time last weekend. Smiley was grateful for the chance to …

The war in Ukraine hit uncomfortably close to home — literally — for Canadian volunteer Alex Nau when Russia unleashed a wave of retaliatory missile strikes in response to the lightning-swift advance of Ukrainian troops in the eastern part of the country. Between Sunday night and Monday morning, four ultra-modern hypersonic …

How well can you remember the names of cartoon characters from your childhood? Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny and Pikachu are easy enough. But a non-descript cartoon elf seen in a Christmas photo has had the internet stumped for years, with some losing sleep trying to figure out exactly where it came …

Former corporal John Lowe was angry and overwhelmed by a sense of helplessness as he watched the breathtaking collapse of Afghanistan a year ago. Everything he and other Canadian combat veterans had fought for there seemed to have been swept away in the wake of the Taliban takeover — a brutal event …

Floods, droughts and major storms that wash out highways, damage buildings and affect power grids could cost Canada’s economy $139 billion over the next 30 years, a new climate-based analysis predicts. The report, titled Aquanomics, was published Monday by GHD, a global engineering and architecture services firm. In an interview with …

Before life as he knew it turned upside down with the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Mohammad Fahim Rahmani worked with the Canadian embassy.  Now, he’s being told to pack his things, move to a Toronto shelter and apply for social assistance. That’s because, nearly a year after he set foot in …

Public instances of threats and intimidation of women in public life have intensified in recent weeks, with significant examples of abuse targeted toward politicians — most recently, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland — as well as activists and journalists. For weeks, a group of journalists, particularly journalists of colour, have publicly shared …