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American pressure on Venezuela has not stopped, even amid a war the U.S. is fighting with Iran overseas. Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, is trying to manage the demands of the Trump administration as she looks to hang on to American support more than two months after the toppling of …
Read More »Trump says war in Iran could be over soon, but U.S. hasn’t ‘won enough’ yet
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. U.S. President Donald Trump hinted on Monday that the war in the Middle East could be …
Read More »Nova Scotia Power hasn’t paid some contractors in months
Multiple contractors that have done recent jobs for Nova Scotia Power haven’t been paid in months — some with outstanding bills in the hundreds of thousands, CBC has learned. “We’re being told it was the data breach,” said Tim Houtsma, CEO of Marid Industries. Marid is owed in the range …
Read More »No, David Suzuki hasn’t given up on the climate fight — but his battle plan is changing
Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki made headlines last week when he said in an interview with iPolitics that humanity has lost its fight against climate change. “We’re in deep trouble,” Suzuki told the outlet. “I’ve never said this before to the media, but it’s too late.” Though he made it clear that …
Read More »Why hasn’t Sask. called for military help? The province says it needs wildfire expertise
At nearly every one of their daily wildfire media briefings, Saskatchewan officials are asked why they haven’t called on the military for support. Right next door in Manitoba, late last month, military helicopters airlifted residents from remote communities. And year after year, the Canadian Armed Forces respond to natural disasters …
Read More »People in India from all walks of life buy gold, and it hasn’t lost its allure as price soars
Sidheshwar Shirsath, who lives in the suburbs of India’s financial capital, Mumbai, first started buying gold when he got married nine years ago. Shirsath, 35, works as a driver and earns about 55,000 rupees ($889 Cdn) a month. He decided that gold might be a good way to build a …
Read More »U.S. hasn’t sent essential seasonal flu data to WHO ahead of key vaccine meeting
Seasonal flu vaccines need to be updated each year because the virus changes so frequently. But the U.S. hasn’t contributed its information on what’s spreading there since January, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said. For seasonal influenza, which forced schools to shut down in some American states earlier this …
Read More »Nova Scotia hasn’t built public housing in 30 years. Why that was a ‘huge mistake’
As Nova Scotia continues to grapple with affordability and housing crises, experts are questioning the government’s failure to build new public housing units in nearly three decades. “If you consider housing as a human right – as a basic foundational structure for your citizenship – yes, it’s a huge mistake,” …
Read More »Policing hasn’t come up much in Ontario’s election campaign. That’s a problem, experts say
Police services across Ontario are facing growing calls for reform, yet the issue has been largely left off the political radar during this provincial election campaign, public safety experts told CBC News. Its absence from the campaign trail shouldn’t come as a surprise, and that’s a problem, said Michael Kempa, a professor …
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