Новости за 20.03.2024

A citizen's effort to recall Calgary's mayor is facing increased political scrutiny after a document began circulating on social media this week suggesting the endeavour is being supported by a group with the stated aim of putting more conservatives on city council.

This year's World Happiness Report suggests people under 30 are less happy than older generations, particularly in Canada and the U.S. When it comes to overall happiness, Canada is ranked 15th in the world, down two spots from last year.

After years of feeling alienated by the NHL and campaigning to diversify the sport, Akim Aliu is getting another shot at playing pro hockey, this time with the San Jose Sharks' American Hockey League affiliate.

Saskatchewan's Finance Minister Donna Harpauer delivered her final budget on Wednesday.

The Manitoba government will formally apologize in the legislature on Thursday to Edward Ambrose and Richard Beauvais, who were switched at birth in 1955.

For more than eight hours on Tuesday, the late Brian Mulroney's family — wife Mila, daughter Caroline and three sons Ben, Mark and Nicolas — stood in a receiving line and greeted almost everyone who came to pay their respects to the former prime minister — close to 1,000 people. 

Politicians and Jewish leaders criticized the cartoon. Serge Chapleau, the cartoonist who drew it, dismissed the criticism in an interview with CBC News and said he did not believe it was antisemitic. Nonetheless, by late morning, the cartoon no longer appeared on the La Presse website.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the amended motion on the Israel-Hamas war the House of Commons passed Monday could make it harder for people seeking asylum in Canada to get out of Gaza.

A London, Ont., woman who lived in Mexico for close to a decade was shot and killed during a roadside robbery while driving home to Canada, according to friends and news reports.

A British privacy watchdog said Wednesday it is looking into a report that staff at a private London hospital tried to snoop on the Princess of Wales's medical records while she was a patient for abdominal surgery.

General tickets for the April 20th game between Montreal and Toronto went on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET and sold out in under 20 minutes, setting the league up to break the world record for largest attendance for a professional women's hockey match. 

There is debate in the science community on whether cloning animals is ethical, according to bioethicist Kerry Bowman.

Israel's military said on Wednesday it had killed around 90 gunmen in a raid on Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, an allegation the militant Hamas group denied.

A landmark lawsuit settlement in the U.S. is playing out at the same time as a proposed national class action lawsuit makes its way through Canadian courts, with the lawyer behind the claim saying a win would reduce the cost of Canadian homes.

Until this Sunday, fans of one of Canada’s longest-running TV dramas will have the chance to buy props and other items from the show, in a live online bidding war that’s garnered international attention.

A group of 49 orcas has been seen hunting sperm whales, elephant seals, dolphins and even a leatherback turtle, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the journal Aquatic Mammals last week.

A new ballet opening Wednesday is the first work by an Asian choreographer commissioned by the National Ballet of Canada for its main stage at Toronto's Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

Fish harvesters and their supporters took to Confederation Building before sunrise on Wednesday, as part of their plan to protest against the provincial government on budget day.

There were 41 incidents of communal tension and violence in Maharashtra between January and October 2023, according to India Hate Lab, a Washington-based research group. The group is expecting a huge rise in hate speech events during India's upcoming general elections, which run April 19 to June 4.

There were 41 incidents of communal tension and violence in Maharashtra between January and October 2023, according to India Hate Lab, a Washington-based research group. The group is expecting a huge rise in hate speech events during India's upcoming general elections, which run April 19 to June 4.

As legal sales of cannabis show signs of flattening in Canada, the industry is urging provinces to loosen rules that ban pot producers and retailers from collaborating on promotions.

Consumers turn to online reviews to help us with everything from shopping for shoes to finding a dentist. But a former U.S. federal investigator says so many are fake reviews — written by people paid to post — that she no longer believes people should rely on them.

Climate change is altering the way animals, insects and plants behave, and it has cascading effects in delicately balanced ecosystems that also can affect humans.

Some dating apps want to convince you that you’ll have a higher chance of finding love if you pay for their subscriptions or special features, some researchers say. But according to one dating coach, what might get you more dates is how your profile looks — and not how much money you spend on it.

It's no doubt telling that so many political leaders in Canada have calculated they are better off taking a position against the carbon tax. But opposing the federal carbon tax is also a relatively easy thing to do.