McLaren drivers Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris are up and running at Silverstone today, with the pair warming-up for the start of the 2020 season at the wheel of a pair of F3 cars supplied by Carlin. Contrary to Mercedes and Renault which both prepared for the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix by undertaking two days […]
A small northern B.C. city’s residents are coming together to protect their local rainbow crosswalk after it was vandalized at least three times in the past few weeks. Dawson Creek, a city of about 13,000 near the province’s north-east border with Alberta, has painted a rainbow crosswalk outside the local secondary school to celebrate LGBTQ pride […]
OTTAWA — As the country enters its 13th week since the COVID-19 pandemic clamped down hard on the Canadian economy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau concedes it’s time the country gets a better look at the state of the federal government’s finances. But he is also managing expectations, saying this peek into the federal balance sheet […]
TORONTO — An Ontario bill will make it harder to launch class action lawsuits like the ones accusing nursing homes of negligence during the COVID-19 pandemic, lawyers and advocates say. “If Bill 161 is law, our most vulnerable citizens, seniors in long-term care homes overrun with COVID, will not be able to use class actions to […]
MONTREAL ― Canada’s emergency income support for the unemployed has prevented a sudden financial shock from hitting millions of people in the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, more than offsetting the lost income, a new analysis has found. While that means the country’s economy might actually be a little stronger than expected in the short term, Canada could […]
OTTAWA — “Are you pro-life or are you pro-choice?” Peter MacKay demanded of his primary challenger for a second time Wednesday. And for a second and, later, a third time, Toronto area MP Erin O’Toole sidestepped the question. If this sounds strangely familiar, it’s because it is. Wednesday evening’s federal Conservative party leadership debate was […]
Avec le retour de Kate Beckinsale, la saga “Underworld” entre dans une “Nouvelle ère”. Attendu pour le 1er février 2012, le quatrième épisode de la franchise se dévoile aujourd’hui grâce à une première bande-annonce. Kate Beckinsale ayant abandonné la combi moulante de Selene, la saga avait fait un retour dans le temps avec un troisième […]
Montreal police said Tuesday they’re investigating a racist video that has been circulating widely online and features two girls believed to be local high school students. It’s unclear when the video was created, but it shows two girls in blackface, singing and dancing as they direct a stream of slurs and insults towards Black people. […]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada and the United States will continue to limit non-essential travel between the two countries until at least July 21. Despite mounting pressure from business interests and border communities, however, Trudeau is offering no clues about how the border restrictions will be eased when the time finally comes. […]
TORONTO — All regions of Ontario except for Toronto, Peel and Windsor-Essex will be in Stage 2 of the province’s phased reopening plan as of Friday. Most areas of the province were allowed to enter the second stage last Friday, except for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, some regions that border the United States […]