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Listen to this article Estimated 3 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. The first stretch of Canada’s proposed high-speed rail network, from Montreal to Ottawa, is expected to …
Read More »Ancient people had nautical tech, know-how to cross hazardous Arctic channel
Archeologists have found the remains of an ancient camp on a remote High Arctic island that dates back more than 4,000 years. They offer surprising new insights about the first people who lived near what is now the Canada-Greenland border and journeyed to take advantage of a rich new ecosystem …
Read More »Nunavut MP says she won’t cross the floor to join Liberals ‘at this point’
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. Nunavut’s MP says she has no plans right now to join the federal Liberal Party. “I …
Read More »Belarus political prisoner Statkevich freed, but he refuses to cross border: senior official
Belarusian opposition politician Mikola Statkevich refused to cross into Lithuania with other freed prisoners after they were pardoned and released at the request of U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, a senior official in the exiled opposition party told Reuters. “This is a real drama because Mikola Statkevich completely refused to leave Belarus, and they …
Read More »Red Cross helping Sask. wildfire evacuees
The Canadian Red Cross is assisting with evacuee registration and providing meals and emergency accommodations for Saskatchewan residents fleeing wildfires. “It’s been hard to find places for people with so many people evacuating [communities] all at one,” said Luc Mullinder, Canadian Red Cross vice-president for Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Nunavut, in an CBC News …
Read More »Organizer of transgender history conference in Canada says U.S. participants now afraid to cross the border
The chair of transgender studies at the University of Victoria is worried about attendance at this year’s Moving Trans History Forward conference, with expectations of a 40 per cent drop in numbers. Aaron Devor says potential U.S. attendees are reluctant to cross the border — not because of what might happen …
Read More »Canada’s Marielle Thompson wins 3rd straight ski cross gold medal
Canada’s Marielle Thompson made it three in a row on Saturday in Val di Fassa, Italy. The Whistler, B.C., native raced to her third straight ski cross gold medal on the World Cup circuit, beating French skier Marielle Berger Sabbatel to the finish line. Thompson was joined on the podium by her …
Read More »Alberta baseball game to raise money for Cross Cancer Institute wraps up after more than 100 hours
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Fifty-six people took a swing at playing the world’s longest baseball game east of Edmonton this weekend to raise money for Edmonton’s Cross Cancer Institute and after finishing their over-100-hour game on Sunday, the event’s organizer says he is sure the record …
Read More »A N.S. community forced to cross dangerous highway daily may finally have hope – Halifax
Residents of a mobile home park in Lower Sackville, N.S., are pleading for a better pathway to services in their area — as many are resorting to crossing a dangerous highway to access groceries and transit services. Since 2011, two people have been struck by vehicles and died in an …
Read More »Hundreds of Canadians cross at Rafah on Sunday as Gaza evacuations continue – National
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 13, 2023 7:42 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size After 234 Canadians, permanent residents and their eligible family members were allowed to cross from Gaza into Egypt yesterday, a published list of those who will be allowed to cross Monday …
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