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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Former Liberal cabinet minister Stéphane Dion is lambasting the brewing separatist movement in Alberta and demanding …
Read More »Why excavators may be a tool of choice for some cash-seeking thieves
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. It’s been nearly six months since Amy Wang and her husband were able to open the Scarborough convenience store where they once worked thirteen hours a day, …
Read More »Xi Jinping — flanked by Putin and Kim — speaks of choice between war and peace at huge parade
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war as he held his country’s largest-ever military parade at Tiananmen Square flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. The lavish event to mark 80 years since Japan’s defeat at the end of …
Read More »The water’s not safe to drink in much of war-torn Sudan. But people have no choice
As It Happens2 1/2 years of civil war fuels cholera crisis in Sudan Two weeks ago, a human body was removed from a well in a refugee camp in Sudan, according to Doctors Without Borders. Two days later, people were drinking the water again. It’s a distressing illustration of the …
Read More »What a Yukon hockey star’s choice of a U.S. college means for Canadian hockey
The language used to describe Gavin McKenna’s game often comes straight from the realm of fantasy. “He’s a unicorn talent. He’s brilliant,” said Craig Button, a senior hockey analyst with TSN and former NHL general manager. Sometimes known as “McKenna Magic,” the 17-year-old player from Whitehorse and member of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation has been described as a hockey …
Read More »In wake of U.S. strikes, Iran faces a pivotal choice: dash to build a weapon or negotiate
Hiding key Iranian nuclear facilities deep under a mountain made them that much harder for U.S. and Israeli weapons to reach. It will also make it more difficult to assess just how successful the historic U.S. strikes against them overnight Saturday were and more challenging to predict Iran’s next steps. In his statement …
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