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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday sat down with the Associated Press to discuss the state of the economy, his concerns about the national mood, and his commitment to standing up to Russia's aggression in Ukraine. Takeaways from Biden's first news media interview since February: PAIN AT THE PUMP Biden blames gas prices for the nation's economic pessimism, saying before prices started rising, “Things were much more, they were much more optimistic.” The president acknowledged that A
PENTICTON, B.C. — Residents and property owners in part of British Columbia's southern Interior are being asked to prepare for potential flooding due a forecast of thunder showers mixed with rain and sunshine. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen says the flood risk has increased considerably due to cooler temperatures and delayed snowmelt, and rain could raise the flow of rivers, creeks and tributaries and affect homes in low-lying areas or floodplains. The district is asking people to
(Reuters) -Golden State Warriors sharpshooting guard Stephen Curry won his first NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award by a unanimous vote following the team's championship clinching 103-90 win over the Boston Celtics in Game Six on Thursday. The Finals MVP award was one of the few major honors that had eluded the eight-time All Star, who has won two league MVPs and four championships. "It means we won, it means we took advantage of the opportunity to get back here," Curry said, when asked how significant the award was to him.
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne has introduced a privacy bill that sets out rules on the use of Canadians' personal data by digital platforms. It also creates new safeguards around the development of artificial intelligence.
VICTORIA — The latest figures on COVID-19 in British Columbia show 276 people are hospitalized with the illness, with 19 people in critical care. In its weekly report, the BC Centre for Disease Control recorded 50 deaths linked to COVID-19 during the week ending June 11, down from 57 the week before. This brings the death toll to 2,682 since the pandemic began. Since April, B.C. has been reporting all deaths from any cause when the person died within 30 days of a positive COVID-19 test result, w
Despite supply issues, Saskatchewan's housing sales remain high compared to pre-pandemic years. In fact, housing sales in Regina hit a record high in May, with 456 units sold. That number raises the year-to-date sales up to 1,615, according to the Saskatchewan Realtors Association's market statistics for May 2022. In Saskatoon, 541 units were sold in May. That's among the highest levels seen. "I think what's different for Saskatchewan is that some of the inflationary challenges that everybody is
Two people were killed and another seriously injured in a series of collisions on Queen Elizabeth Way in Mississauga late Thursday, emergency services say. The first crash happened around 10:30 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of the highway near Cawthra Road, according to Ontario Provincial Police. It was a two-vehicle collision involving three people. Both vehicles ended up blocking the left lane. As the people involved in the first crash surveyed the damage, a third vehicle slammed into them. One
An LGBTQ+ pride society in B.C.'s Lower Mainland has received an apology from local Catholic church authorities, three years after a parish forbade them from hosting an event at a church-owned facility. In April 2019, the White Rock Pride Society wanted to host a dinner-and-dance event at the Star of the Sea Community Centre in the city, which is located south of Vancouver. However, the centre was owned by the Star of the Sea Parish. The parish told the society that the rental could not happen,
HALIFAX — Responding to what city staff are calling a "homelessness crisis," Halifax city council has agreed to open four parks to camping for a total of 32 people without homes. The plan approved unanimously in a council meeting Tuesday night is a first for the city, which last year saw tensions flare when temporary wooden shelters built on municipal property by a community organization were removed at the city's direction. Coun. Lindell Smith says the goal is to provide added safety for people
As Fredericton ramps up efforts to boost its stock of rental housing, some are concerned it could come at the expense of heritage if the proper work isn't done first. Staff at city hall are set to embark on a two-year project to plot a path for how the downtown gets developed, known as the south core plan. That work comes as city council adopted its affordable housing strategy, which lays out recommendations, including allowing developers to create four to six-unit buildings in the urban core wi
The community of Kahnawake is now considering adding Grade 12 to their high school because of Bill 96. According to education authorities in the community, the aim is to find ways to encourage students to pursue post-secondary studies, a path they claim has been made more difficult because of the new language law. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, it's about giving students more options.
MONTREAL — More than 32 years after a gunman motivated by a hatred of feminists opened fire at École polytechnique, killing 14 women and injuring others, Nathalie Provost finally got to attend a convocation. The gun control advocate and survivor of the 1989 shooting received a standing ovation as she was recognized on Thursday with an honorary doctorate at a ceremony in downtown Montreal. Provost explained before the ceremony that while she had two previous degrees from the school, traditional g
A report released this week paints a shocking picture of senior care in some long-term care facilities in New Brunswick. The report, titled New Brunswick's Elders: Neglected and Forgotten, says many seniors receiving care are suffering from malnutrition, medical negligence and poor standards of care. "I'm hungry, we don't have enough to eat and what is being served looks like dog vomit," is just one of the stories shared with the report's authors, a francophone advocacy group that has been looki
Legendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men who were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after they launched the first of the “freedom rides” to challenge Jim Crow laws will have their sentences posthumously vacated Friday, more than seven decades later. “While this judicial action is taking place 75 years after the injustice occurred, never should we falter in examining past wrongs, seeking reparation, and lifting those heavy burdens from our hearts and minds
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an abrupt change of course, the White House is now declining to comment on the frequency of President Joe Biden's COVID-19 testing regimen, even as it maintains that it would inform the public if he were to ever test positive for the coronavirus. Since Inauguration Day, the White House had frequently answered questions from reporters about when Biden, 79, last tested negative for the virus. Now, the White House says its policy is not to answer those questions. “I’m telling y
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla has cut job postings by 14% since Chief Executive Elon Musk warned he was worried about the economy, needed to reduce staff and would pause hiring worldwide. Tesla's actions are a concerning sign of the health of the global economy as markets contract, inflation soars and recession worries run rampant. The number of job listings on Tesla's website has dropped to 5,011 from 5,855 at the start of the month, according to data provided to Reuters by Thinknum Alternative Data.
OTTAWA — Prisons are badly failing to comply with solitary confinement laws and regularly violating prisoners' rights, a new report by a group of Canadian senators alleges. The Liberal government signalled that Bill C-83, passed in 2019, would put an end to the practice of solitary confinement. But a report titled "Senators go to jail," released Tuesday evening by a group of nine senators, says they recently observed widespread use of the practice. Parliamentarians have a legal right to access f
The City of Ottawa has quietly taken its staff directory offline after it determined the searchable list of employees' names, phone numbers and email addresses could pose a cybersecurity risk. In a brief statement attributed to the city's chief information officer Sandro Carlucci, the city confirmed this week the publicly available directory "was taken down proactively at the end of last year as we determined it was a potential cybersecurity concern. There were no incidents linked to this decisi
Actor Kevin Spacey appeared briefly in a London court Thursday, charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men between 2005 and 2013.