Houston, Texas – Houston area residents affected by deadly storms last week that left at least seven dead were finally getting some good news as officials said they expected power to be restored by Sunday evening to a majority of the hundreds of thousands still in the dark and without air conditioning amid hot … Read more
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin launched its first crew of people from a site in Texas to the edge of space on Sunday since its suborbital New Shepard rocket was grounded in 2022, resuming its centrepiece space tourism business. Six people seated in a capsule atop Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket were … Read more
BERKELEY, Calif. – Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Stephen Hawking on the Big Bang. Millions of students for civil rights and against the Vietnam War. They were provocative in their times, products of an ideal that holds universities as sacrosanct spaces for debate, innovation — and even revolution. But Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 … Read more
Kinshasha, Congo – Congo’s army says it has “foiled a coup” early Sunday morning and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following a shootout between armed men in military uniform and guards of a close ally of Congo’s president that left three people dead in the capital, Kinshasa. At first, local media identified … Read more
It was early May and wildfire season had already started to rage in Western Canada when seven people settled into a monthly support-group meeting over Zoom. The facilitator, Toronto-based Kady Cowan, opened the conversation by prompting others to acknowledge any climate change-related concerns weighing on their minds. Worrying her, Cowan said in her … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested after police say he dragged an officer while trying to get around the scene of a fatal accident Friday ahead of the second round of the PGA Championship. The 27-year-old Scheffler, the world’s No. 1-ranked golfer, was attempting to get to Valhalla Golf … Read more
VIA Rail service resumed in the Kingston, Ont. area late Saturday afternoon, after a suspicious package investigation halted train service for up to five hours over the Victoria Day long weekend. Police said just after 12 p.m. Saturday that there was an ongoing investigation in the area of John Counter Boulevard and Montreal … Read more
Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne says federal opposition parties should be “celebrating” the recently announced electric vehicle deals, despite their criticisms the Liberals refuse to make public the terms and conditions laid out in the contracts. In an interview airing Sunday with CTV’s Question Period host Vassy Kapelos, Champagne insisted “every country in the … Read more
A young bear that had made its way into Lumsden, Sask. was killed by Saskatchewan RCMP officers after unsuccessful efforts to trap it. The bear wandered through town on Wednesday and Thursday, with several people taking to social media to document its existence. However, the unique encounter took a sudden turn as … Read more
Passengers heading from Montreal to Lyon, France on Friday were forced to return home and depart the next day after a pressurization indication was detected in flight. Air Canada Flight 876 was flying over Newfoundland and Labrador when the indicator went off, according to Air Canada’s media relations department. The Boeing 787-8 … Read more
