Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid is getting married this weekend. McDavid and longtime girlfriend Lauren Kyle got engaged in Ontario last summer and are getting married there on Saturday. The wedding may not be in Edmonton — like Wayne Gretzky’s in 1988 — but Oilers fans will be following glimpses of it … Read more
A complaint was filed against Canada at the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship, alleging the Canadian women’s team had used a drone to watch a rival country’s training session. CONCACAF confirmed the complaint was made against Canada by a rival federation, but said nothing came of it. The federation in question, believed to … Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has successfully untangled fishing gear on a humpback whale off British Columbia’s coast that was first spotted by a ferry passenger. Paul Cottrell, the department’s marine mammal co-ordinator, says a rescue team found the whale off Texada Island after the ferry passenger called it in on Thursday, … Read more
(NewsNation) — Karoline Stancik’s Army career came to a sudden halt after receiving a COVID vaccine. Now, after three years, three heart attacks, one stroke, an emergency pacemaker surgery and countless battles with the Deptartment of Defense, Stancik shared some good news with NewsNation on Friday night. “We got granted full relief of my case,” Stancik … Read more
Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium ended a meeting Friday at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that once again they have been told they will have to wait to see whether the VA will connect their illnesses to the toxic base where they were deployed shortly after 9/11. The denied … Read more
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Coalition of Organized Retail Employees reached a tentative agreement with tech giant Apple on Friday over improvement in work-life balance, pay raises and job security. Workers at the Towson, Maryland, Apple retail store, the first in the country to unionize, will vote on the tentative … Read more
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket — the most prolific launch vehicle in the world — is ready to return to flight after suffering a mission-ending failure during a routine journey earlier this month. The Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches and assesses mishaps, said Thursday that it had determined there were “no … Read more
Bell Canada president Mirko Bibic says the company takes complaints from Yukon residents about poor cellphone service in the territory “extremely seriously.” Bibic responded to a letter sent by Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai this week to the company, expressing frustrations about poor cellphone service in the territory where the company is the dominant … Read more
WASHINGTON – Nearly two weeks after Donald Trump’s near assassination, the FBI confirmed Friday that it was indeed a bullet that struck the former president’s ear, moving to clear up conflicting accounts about what caused the former U.S. president’s injuries after a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally. “What struck former President Trump in … Read more
Health Canada is warning some take-home naloxone kits come with bad instructions that should be ignored in favour of the correct guidance. The agency said Friday that naloxone kits by Canadian Hospital Specialties Ltd. may contain incorrect naloxone dosing information on the included “SAVE ME” instructional card, which could impact the efficacy of … Read more
