Новости за 29.02.2024

The federal privacy watchdog says the operator behind Pornhub and other pornographic sites broke the law by enabling intimate images to be shared on its websites without direct knowledge or consent.

A tour guide is being hailed a hero because of his fast actions pulling a man to safety after a group of snowmobilers got hit by an avalanche earlier this week. 

A former U.S. ambassador said Thursday he will plead guilty to charges of serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades, bringing an unexpectedly fast resolution to a case prosecutors described as one of the most brazen betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the record expansion of renewable energy by the world's largest emitter and how Canada's pension funds are doing in the shift away from investments in fossil fuels.

The federal natural resources minister says Saskatchewan residents won't get a carbon rebate, after the province announced Thursday it would stop remitting the levy on natural gas to Ottawa.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Mexico has not warned Canada that the trade relationship between the two countries will suffer as a result of Canada's decision to re-impose visa requirements on Mexican travellers.

Louiseville Mayor Yvon Deshaies, who had issued a call to arms Wednesday, says he knew the man was a good shot and talked to him about taking down the turkey. 

It was meant to be a magical, chocolate-filled, immersive journey into "pure imagination." Instead, the much-hyped Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Experience in Glasgow, Scotland, left children in tears, parents demanding refunds and the internet in stitches.

A Saskatchewan judge has handed Alphonse Stanley Traverse an 18-year prison sentence for running over and killing RCMP officer Const. Shelby Patton.

Health Minister Mark Holland released the long-awaited details of the federal government's pharmacare plan Thursday with a commitment to cover some diabetes treatments and contraception.

Jordyn and Olivia Campbell of Dawson Creek, B.C. were both born on a leap day, four years and apart, and like to joke they are turning four and three years old.

The Canadian economy expanded at an annualized rate of one per cent in the fourth quarter as high interest rates weighed on growth, but not enough to push the economy into a recession.

The federal government is set to invest $50 million in preliminary work on an expansion of the Bruce Power nuclear plant — Ottawa's first major investment in expanding a large nuclear plant in decades.

A UBC international grad student faces an uncertain future after months in a vegetative state. His mother has filed a lawsuit alleging an improperly run martial arts tournament is to blame for his condition.

Most of the outages are in the Montérégie and Montreal regions, followed by the Eastern Townships, Lanaudière and the Laurentians.

Chris Robertson, 52, kept his struggle with addiction private for a long time; in the end, it took him to a public place.

Health authorities in Gaza said on Thursday Israeli fire on people waiting for aid near Gaza City had killed 104 Palestinians and wounded 280, with one hospital saying it had received 10 bodies and dozens of injured patients.

A rain and wind storm swept through New Brunswick on Wednesday, but temperatures quickly started dropping early on Thursday.

A private foster home operator that gave cannabis to kids in Child and Family Services care is blasting the province's decision to break ties with the company, arguing the real issue is the lack of support for vulnerable teens who face addiction.

While a recent election day snowstorm on P.E.I. delayed a scheduled byelection, New Brunswick's chief electoral officer has no such power.

The Liberal government is expected to table its pharmacare legislation today — possibly the biggest expansion of publicly funded health care in Canada in decades.