Tag Archives: Canadian

If you walk into an Old Navy or browse online, you’re bound to find huge discounts offered and hot deals aplenty. But an investigation by CBC’s Marketplace has found some of those bargains are not what they seem. ​Marketplace tracked the price of items sold at two major retailers — …

Canadian doctors are leading a group of international medical experts who believe that Britain’s most prolific child killer of modern times may have been wrongly convicted.  Lucy Letby, the former neonatal nurse, was found guilty in two trials, in 2023 and 2024, of murdering seven premature infants and attempting to …

A lawsuit from the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) aims to prove that prohibiting people from sheltering in public spaces in Vancouver during the daytime violates sections of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  “Shelter is a fundamental human right. It provides people with safety, security, community and is necessary, …

Canadian scientists say the uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump’s apparent pause on federal health spending could stall research on new drugs, vaccines, and treatments for cancer, dementia and more — including at labs in Canada. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) powers some of the best scientists around the world. Most …

Even with a torrent of blood flowing from his mouth, knowing several of his teeth were bent out of place, Gord McArthur believed he could get back on the wall. Moments before, in the middle of a manoeuvre last February at the Ice Climbing World Cup in Edmonton, the Canadian …

Canada’s sprinters ensured the host team didn’t leave Calgary’s speedskating World Cup without a medal, while American star Jordan Stolz completed his hat trick at the Olympic Oval on Sunday. Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin, Carolina Hiller of Prince George, B.C., and Beatrice Lamarche of Quebec City won gold in the women’s …

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadian Armed Forces veteran David Lavery is “safe” in Qatar — months after a network that supports vets expressed concern that he went missing in Afghanistan and was possibly detained by the Taliban government. In a social media post on Sunday, Joly said she “just spoke with David …

A ketchup giant is seeing red after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brought up its past exit from Canada while discussing a potential Canada-U.S. trade war. Speaking with reporters after a Wednesday meeting with the premiers, Trudeau urged consumers to seek out Canadian-made products to avoid U.S. imports that could soon …

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board remains in the ice on Lake Erie near Buffalo, N.Y., according to Omar Faba with the U.S. Coast Guard. It’s been frozen in the water since Wednesday. Efforts to break it free saw “progress” on Thursday, said Faba. However, work was called off …

A Mississauga, Ont., man says he was detained at the Amritsar, India, airport on New Year’s Eve without food or medical assistance for 36 hours before Indian officials ejected him from the country. Gurcharan Singh Banwait, 77, a Canadian citizen for nearly 50 years, says he frequently travels to India …