One person died Wednesday afternoon after the load a crane was carrying came crashing down at a Vancouver construction site, according to officials. Vancouver Fire Rescue Services confirmed the death just before 6 p.m., saying there were no other injuries at the site of the massive Oakridge Park development. Emergency crews were … Read more
Streaming service Netflix announced Wednesday that a new documentary about Major League Baseball’s Montreal Expos and their departure from their Canadian home will be coming to the platform. The documentary is the first to be greenlit under a new creative partnership between Netflix and Montreal-based production company Attraction. The currently untitled documentary … Read more
New York – Caitlin Clark, the University of Iowa athlete who last week became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA women’s basketball, is breaking more records. Clark’s jerseys and shirts bearing her name are flying off the (virtual) shelves at Fanatics, with the guard becoming the online retailer’s top-selling college athlete since it … Read more
Scientists pursuing fusion energy say they have found a way to overcome one of their biggest challenges to date — by using artificial intelligence. Nuclear fusion has for decades been hailed as a near-limitless source of clean energy, in what would be a game-changing solution to the climate crisis. But experts have only achieved … Read more
Several communities are grieving and living in fear after back-to-back shootings last week in northwest Toronto, with those connected to the victims still reeling with shock. Arriving in November from Ghana, 40-year-old Adu Boakye had just begun his new life in Canada. Last Saturday, he was shot and killed while walking by a bus stop … Read more
(NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump’s testing czar stated that Americans who voiced concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine deserve an apology from health authorities amid a new study showing rare but significant side effects, including neurological and immune reactions. “These are legitimate concerns,” Dr. Brett Giroir, former assistant secretary of health in the Trump administration, … Read more
WASHINGTON – The explosive allegations at the centere of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden were false, federal prosecutors said, and came from an ex-FBI informant who said he was in touch with Russian intelligence. The informant, Alexander Smirnov, is “actively peddling new lies that could impact U.S. elections,” federal prosecutors said … Read more
Russia’s main domestic intelligence agency has arrested a woman with dual U.S. and Russian citizenship on charges of treason, accusing her of collecting money for the Ukrainian military. The Federal Security Service said in a statement early Tuesday that the Los Angeles resident was arrested in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, about … Read more
ArriveCan’s “arbitrary, inaccurate, incorrect and unreliable results” interfered with Canadians’ Charter rights, a class-action application alleges. Canadian firm Consumer Law Group says it filed a statement of claim earlier this week in Federal Court against the attorney general. The federal government launched ArriveCan in April 2020 to track health and contact information … Read more
Ottawa – Canada lambasted the Kremlin’s ambassador in Ottawa today over the reported death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Russian custody. The Canadian government says Ambassador Oleg Stepanov was summoned at the request of Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. Russia’s prison agency said Friday that Navalny, who was serving a 19-year … Read more
