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OTTAWA — A new poll suggests the Conservatives are back within striking distance of the Liberals after a slump in support late last year amid internal grumbling about the party's election loss. The Leger poll, conducted Jan. 21-23, pegged Conservative support at 31 per cent, back to the same level of support the party enjoyed before last fall's federal election. Liberal support stood at 34 per cent, down two percentage points from a December survey. Leger executive vice-president Christian Bourq
Vaccine mandates for truckers have raised transportation costs — but haven't impacted the shipment of goods to stores, the head of one of Canada's largest grocery chains says. Instead, Metro president and CEO Eric La Flèche said Tuesday the biggest impact on Canada's food industry supply chain has been worker absenteeism due to COVID-19 protocols. The labour shortage caused by quarantined workers has impacted the entire supply chain — including retail stores, distribution centres and suppliers a
"There seem to be more unique solutions to managing travel and COVID-19 than there are countries to travel to," says the director general of the airline group, which represents 290 airlines including Air Canada, WestJet and Air Transat,
The actress talks teen fashion disasters and naked dresses.
Station owner Fred Grant apologized for the incident on Facebook and urged everyone to focus on uplifting the students.
The federal government says it will not back down on its vaccination rule for cross-border truckers despite entrenched opposition from some drivers and groups claiming to represent their interests. In a joint media statement released today, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan, Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough and Stephen Laskowski, the president of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), said COVID-19 vaccines are the "most effective tool to reduce the risk of COVI
The A68A iceberg was the biggest iceberg on Earth when it broke off. Now gone, it has dumped nearly 1 trillion tons of water into the ocean.
Starbucks' reversal of its COVID-19 requirements has sparked controversy among loyal customers and its front-line workers.
Peter Robbins, who voiced Charlie Brown in the classic 1960s Peanuts cartoons, has died. The former actor died by suicide last week, his family told San Diego’s Fox 5. He was 65. Robbins (real name Louis G. Nanasi) was born in 1956 in Los Angeles. He began acting in 1963 and was the first to […]
"I wish that I had a person that was releasing music or openly advocating for mental health, to [help me] realize that there's a lot of people that go through it."
After weeks of being closed, restaurants, theatres and cinemas will soon be allowed to reopen in Quebec. The Quebec government announced a loosening of several restrictions Tuesday, as hospitalizations slowly begin to come down from all-time pandemic highs. Restaurants will once again be allowed to reopen at half capacity as of Monday, Jan. 31. Up to four people from four different addresses or a maximum of two family bubbles will be allowed to share a table. However, restaurants will have to st
Despite Trump's focus on attacking censorship and hitting out at tech platforms, Trump is drawing on technology firms to moderate Truth Social.
Drake Batherson won't be able to play in the NHL All-Star Game after taking a dirty hit from Aaron Dell.
The world’s oldest male gorilla and the third-oldest gorilla in the world died this week.
A University of Toronto researcher is defending her work after Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe referred to her estimate on excess deaths related to COVID-19 in the province as "egregious misinformation." Tara Moriarty, an associate professor and infectious diseases researcher at the University of Toronto, has been studying excess deaths in Canada and how they relate to COVID-19. She is the lead author for the working group of a peer-reviewed study commissioned by the Royal Society of Canada on ex
A silence from the Mercedes driver means there is still uncertainty over whether he’ll return for the new season
The actor has inspired a wave of dialogue about trans rights since coming out in December 2020.
Bill Clinton's famous sentence in which he declared he had not had sexual relations with White House intern Monica Lewinsky was spoken on 26 January, 1998.
GENEVA (AP) — Pablo, meet Crypto. Heirs of Pablo Picasso, the famed 20th-century Spanish artist, are vaulting into 21st-century commerce by selling 1,010 digital art pieces of one of his ceramic works that has never before been seen publicly — riding a fad for “crypto” assets that have taken the art and financial worlds by storm. For an exclusive interview before the formal launch this week, Picasso's granddaughter, Marina Picasso, and her son Florian Picasso opened up their apartment — which is
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is keeping its key interest rate target on hold at 0.25 per cent, but warning it won't stay there for much longer. More coming. The Canadian Press