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WestJet to lay off 120 cabin crew members as of March 2, citing flight suspensions
CALGARY - WestJet Airlines Ltd. will lay off 120 cabin crew members as of March 2, blaming the measure on the lack of flights to Mexico and the Caribbean.WestJet spokeswoman Morgan Bell says the compa...
Feb 5, 2021
Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies
NEW YORK, NY. - Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film "The Sound of Music" and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, h...
Feb 5, 2021
Claypool expects Chiefs to defend Super Bowl title but could also see a Tampa Bay win
Chase Claypool is expecting another Super Bowl victory for the Kansas City Chiefs, but the Pittsburgh Steelers' Canadian receiver won't be overly surprised if Tom Brady captures a seventh NFL title. B...
Feb 5, 2021
Executives at Pornhub defend efforts at preventing child porn on their websites
MONTREAL - Representatives of Pornhub told a parliamentary committee today they don't know if they were contacted by a woman who says she struggled to have a video of her removed from the pornography ...
Feb 5, 2021
ICC clears way for war crimes probe of Israeli actions
JERUSALEM - The International Criminal Court said Friday that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, clearing the way for its chief prosecutor to open a wa...
Feb 5, 2021
Extra $250-million in COVID relief fund now available to Western Canadian businesses
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The federal government is allocating more money to the Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF).Since the program's launch in May 2020, it has given out nearly $427-million in support...
Feb 5, 2021
Defender Ricardo Ferreira switches soccer allegiance from Portugal to Canada
Ricardo Ferreira, a Canadian-born defender who won one cap for Portugal, has switched his international allegiance to Canada. The 28-year-old, born in Mississauga, Ont., to Portuguese parents, was wit...
Feb 5, 2021
Alberta to restore some coal-mining policy protections: government spokesman
EDMONTON, Ky. - The Alberta government plans to restore at least some aspects of a coal policy it revoked last spring, a move that has provoked provincewide protest. Government spokesman Kavi Bal says...
Feb 5, 2021
Approving three more vaccines could double number of Canadians vaccinated this spring
OTTAWA - The number of Canadians who could be vaccinated in the spring could nearly double if Health Canada gives the green light to all three vaccines it is currently reviewing.Prime Minister Justin ...
Feb 5, 2021
Valentine's Day contest scrapped by Halifax Transit following public outcry
HALIFAX - A public backlash has forced the Halifax Transit authority to scrap plans for a Valentine's Day contest it called "Love in Transit." When the municipal agency asked the public to share stori...
Feb 5, 2021