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Amid an increasingly heated game of tariff-related chicken, Canadian politicians are in Houston telling Americans they’re fed up — in the most stereotypically Canadian way possible. “I don’t think friends do that to friends,” Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean said, speaking onstage Tuesday during a panel discussion at CERAWeek by …
Read More »Nordic combined, lone Winter Games sport without gender equity, faces shaky Olympic future
Nordic combined has a rich history in the Olympics and potentially, a bleak future. Since the first Winter Games in 1924, the unique sport has tested the bravery and endurance of athletes in ski jumping and cross-country skiing. A year from now, it might be a former Olympic sport. “That’s …
Read More »‘This is our home’: Lone survivor of Vaughan, Ont. condo mass shooting speaks out – Toronto
Doreen Di Nino is thankful that she and her husband, John Di Nino are alive and can go on with life. The 66-year-old lone survivor of one of the Greater Toronto Area’s worst mass shootings spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday, in an exclusive interview with Global News. “I …
Read More »Kiska, Marineland’s lone killer whale and last captive orca in Canada, has died
Kiska, a killer whale at Marineland and the last captive orca in Canada who has swam alone in her tank for more than a decade, has died. The Ontario government said Marineland, a theme park in Niagara Falls, Ont., informed the province Thursday of her death. The province had Animal …
Read More »The terrorist threat posed by lone actors is ‘difficult to detect,’ says federal report
Violent extremists in Canada have the “intent and capability” to commit acts of terrorism, but detecting attacks by lone actors or small groups before they happen is “difficult,” says an internal threat assessment conducted for the federal government last year. The warning is found in a threat analysis prepared by the federal government’s …
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