As the Canada Post strike drags on without an end in sight, the Crown corporation and the union are still far apart at the negotiation table. Heidi Petracek explains why the federal government won't intervene, and how the labour dispute is leaving remote communities feeling even more isolated.
Jennifer Craft says she did everything right when she received an Ontario child-care bursary in 1996 as a single mother.The money was to help pay for daycare for her two-and-a-half-year old daughter while she studied at Fleming College in Peterborough, Ont., and that's how it was used, she says."It helped subsidize some of that cost so that I could go to nursing school and provide a better life for ourselves," said Craft. But Craft was recently contacted by a collection agency seeking that money
The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their medication.
In a recent discussion with The Guardian, Rami Malek detailed his experiences with racism as an Egyptian-American, pointing to one racial profiling incident where he found himself on the hood of a cop car. “I got thrown on the bonnet of an LAPD cop car because someone had robbed a liquor store and stolen a …
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Halifax Regional Police are warning of a scam targeting seniors in the wake of multiple reported incidents.In a release Friday, HRP urged people to be suspicious of all calls or emails asking for money, and said they were looking for help identifying a suspect in a number of frauds in the Halifax area. In each reported instance, the victim received a call from someone pretending to be a family member who had been arrested and needed to be bailed out.They were then passed off to another individua
The dramatic rescue Friday by Chris MacRitchie was caught on video by his son, who had first spotted a dog struggling to escape an icy river as they were going through the drive-thru of a local Dunkin’ Donuts.
The children — whom authorities refer to as Baby Harry, Roman and Elsa — were abandoned in London in 2017, 2019 and 2024, respectively
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has been sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women in separate instances, including locking one in a cinder block cell.
Two veteran Iranian Supreme Court judges known for handling high-profile cases were shot dead inside the court in Tehran, state-affiliated media reported.
Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a man was shot by police Friday northwest of Kingston, Ont., and taken to hospital with serious injuries.Just after 5 p.m., Ontario Provincial Police responded to a "disturbance" at a residence on County Road 4 near the village of Camden East in Stone Mills Township, the OPP said in a statement on Saturday.According to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), officers tried to talk with a 41-year-old man inside.At some point, the man left the reside
Palestinian prisoners released by Israel after three hostages left Hamas captivity in an exchange said conditions in prison were “very difficult” and “chaotic.” (AP Video by Amer Abdeen and Imad Isseid and production by Jalal Bwaitel)
The attacker ploughed into people outside a stadium in the country's deadliest attack in a decade.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after determining prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the Black man's trial.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran's capital Saturday, officials said, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of dissidents in 1988.
NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court on Monday sentenced a police volunteer to life in prison after finding him guilty in the rape and killing of a trainee doctor last year, a crime that sparked nationwide protests over inadequate safety for women and led to a speedy trial in the country’s slow-moving justice system.
Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed around 27 times as he travelled home on a bus through Woolwich, south-east London, on January 7.
On Jan. 7, 2025, Kaitlyn Braun yet again glumly stood in front of a judge, her voice strained. This time, it was in Hamilton, Ont., — but the charges were familiar. Braun pled guilty to four charges in total: two counts of false pretences with intent to defraud, one count of intent to harass, and one count intent to injure or alarm — all related to her acts in spring 2024, when she reached out to both a birth worker and a family crisis worker, telling them she was pregnant and required emergency
UPDATED with latest: As the Santa Ana winds quieted over the weekend, there was more good news regarding containment figures for both the Palisades and Eaton blazes. The former fire is 52% contained (up from 43% yesterday) and the latter fire is contained at 81% (risen from 73%). The reprieve is much-needed for fire personnel …
Frank and Connie Paul of Sitansisk (St. Mary’s) First Nation spend most of their nights driving their pickup truck around the Fredericton region, giving food, clothes and blankets to people struggling with homelessness.
After the ceasefire came into force Gaza residents celebrated, but many of those returning are facing devastation.
