From the four-year-old victim of Russia's missile strike on Vinnytsia... to our spotlight on Ukraine's attempts to beat the blockade and export its grain: six key developments today.
MONTREAL — WSP Global Inc. is extending its buying streak, as the Montreal-based engineering giant announced its sixth acquisition in 10 weeks. The company said Monday after markets closed it has reached a roughly $975-million deal to purchase RPS, a consulting firm based in the United Kingdom with about $875 million in annual revenue and 5,000 employees worldwide. The 52-year-old outfit focuses on climate change and energy consulting, an area where WSP has recently broadened its footprint. In J
ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has COVID-19, her campaign said Wednesday. Abrams campaign spokesperson Alex Floyd said Abrams tested positive for the respiratory illness Wednesday morning after giving a public speech on the economy Tuesday night in Atlanta. Abrams tests daily for COVID-19, Floyd said, and had tested negative on Monday and Tuesday. The Abrams campaign requires visitors to its campaign headquarters to wear masks and take a rapid test for CO
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday authorized a new monkeypox vaccination strategy designed to stretch limited supplies by allowing health professionals to vaccinate up to five people — instead of one — with each vial. The so-called dose-sparing approach uses just a fraction of the typical amount of the Jynneos vaccine and administers it with an injection just under the skin rather than into deeper tissue. Recipients would still get two shots spaced four weeks apart. The highly u
While some New Brunswick businesses are seeing higher-than-usual traffic, tourism activity hasn't returned to 2019 levels. Tourism operators in remote rural areas are being hit the hardest, while the labour shortage and inflation is making it hard for other businesses to operate. "In terms of the return of tourists, we have not recovered to the 2019 level, but it has been a very strong season so far," said Tammy Scott Wallace, Minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture. "And I'm quite thrilled wi
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant was one of the most photogenic sports figures in Los Angeles and images of him seen by millions around the world — smiling in victory, grimacing in agony — keep his memory alive. But some photos of him should never be seen, his widow says, and she's seeking unspecified millions in compensation for snapshots taken of the NBA star’s corpse that were circulated after he was killed in a helicopter crash with their daughter and seven others in 2020. Vanessa Bryant's inv
Person-centred care sees the patient as a whole, unique individual and puts them at the centre of their health decisions.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the last year, Joe Biden has been throwing pieces of his domestic agenda overboard in an effort to keep his presidency afloat. Free community college, child care funding, expanded preschool — all left behind. But there was one critical piece that emerged largely intact, albeit not unscathed. The legislation approved by the Senate over the weekend includes nearly $400 billion for clean energy initiatives, the country's largest-ever investment in fighting global warming. The
TORONTO — A medical issue involving Italian star Lorenzo Insigne's family promoted Toronto FC to delay its flight out of Nashville on the weekend. Toronto coach Bob Bradley said Insigne "was made aware of a family health situation" after the team boarded its charter following Saturday's 4-3 win over Nashville SC. "We actually delayed out takeoff for 45 minutes just to make sure that he was comfortable with things at that moment," Bradley said. "We got home and everything has been monitored since
Helen Jiang said she grew up deeply immersed in social media and technology, just like most other gen-Zers. But sometimes, that can be tiring, she said. "Our generation is receiving much more information compared to the past, but it's also really exhausting," said Jiang. That's why she and three other artists — all students at Colonel Grey High School — wanted to put together an art show with a simple message: put your phones down and be more in the present moment. The exhibit, Generation Z: Dre
A significant number of disruptions at Saskatchewan hospitals are linked to laboratory services in the province's medical centres, according to online information from the provincial health authority, and one industry advocate says staff shortages are to blame. The problem isn't new, according to Christine Nielsen, the CEO of the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science — the national professional society and certifying body for Canada's medical laboratory professionals. However, very lit
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that it ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, hours after a judge lifted an order in effect since December that it be reinstated. The timing had been in doubt since the Supreme Court ruled on June 30 that the Biden administration could end the “Remain in Mexico” policy. Homeland Security officials had been largely silent, saying they had to wait for the court to
Metallic elements, known as rare earths, turn up in everything from hard drives and cellphones to elevators and electric cars. But an AP investigation has found the push for green energy has led to environmental destruction in Myanmar. (AP Video/Shelby Lum)
A woman is facing charges including kidnapping in connection with an Amber Alert that was issued on Sunday, Regina police said in a news release on Monday. The accused, 36, has also been charged with failing to comply with a condition of a release and abduction of a person under the age of 16. Police say their investigation began at approximately 4:40 a.m., on Sunday, when officers responded to a home in the 1100 block of 13th Avenue following reports that a woman, known to the resident of the h
A critical road link into Newfoundland's Coast of Bays region will stay open overnight Tuesday. In a news release sent Tuesday evening, the province said the Bay d'Espoir Highway will stay open, but drivers should "note that overnight visibility may be reduced and residents should drive carefully." "This decision will be reassessed in the morning as weather and visibility conditions could change," said the release. Forest roads along the highway are still closed, and the province said cabin owne
Matthew Jelley has been re-elected as mayor of the Resort Municipality of Stanley Bridge, Hope River, Bayview, Cavendish and North Rustico, according to results emailed out by the town's CAO. The email from Brenda MacDonald did not provide vote counts, only the slate of candidates with a column indicating who had been elected. Jelley has been leading the community for almost a decade, first elected as chair of the rural municipality on P.E.I.'s North Shore in 2014. The title more recently was ch
BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday repeated military threats against Taiwan while appearing to wind down wargames near the self-governing island it claims as its own territory that have raised tensions between the two sides to their highest level in years. The message in a lengthy policy statement issued by the Cabinet’s Taiwan Affairs Office and its news department followed almost a week of missile firings and incursions into Taiwanese waters and airspace by Chinese warships and air force planes
The LA Galaxy striker better known as Chicharito would like to get away from the us-against-them storyline and instead embrace both Major League Soccer and Mexico’s Liga MX. “We need to take the best out of each league," he said. "We need to take the best out of things and not stay in this narrative of heroes and guilty persons, and white and black, and etcetera. We need to be more positive and to have that narrative.” While other sports leagues in the United States pit their own all-stars again
Crews battling the wildfire that has forced the evacuation of more than 500 properties in British Columbia's southern Okanagan are taking advantage of calm winds and stable conditions to bolster fire lines. The BC Wildfire Service says the the wildfire covers 68 square kilometres southwest of Penticton, with most of the recent growth due to planned ignitions needed to create the control lines. An update from the wildfire service says newly created control lines are "holding well." It says a key
Small, affordable and built with seniors in mind. That's the idea behind Elderhouse — a proposed 17-unit elder care home in the Calgary neighbourhood of Inglewood that aims to help seniors age in their community. After waiting on provincial funding for almost four years, the non-profit behind Elderhouse says it will have to re-apply for federal funding and land use permits after finding out this week that the provincial funding stream will not be released until next year. Jack Long Foundation ex
Diving crews were at the Spray Lakes Reservoir on Tuesday, looking for a man who disappeared after he jumped off a boat to rescue his dog. RCMP media relations officer Cpl. Gina Slaney says the man, who is from Calgary, was with his spouse, a 10-year-old girl and a puppy, fishing on the Kananaskis Country reservoir Sunday. Slaney said the dog jumped from the boat and the man attempted to retrieve it by jumping in as well. "A short time later, the male and dog submerged and did not resurface," Sl
