OTTAWA — The chair of the oversight committee tasked with reviewing Canada’s national security and intelligence agencies sighed when asked if a report probing foreign interference threats would be tabled before Parliament breaks for summer. Liberal MP David McGuinty faced questions before a Commons committee for the first time as chair of the National Security […]
What would you take with you if you only had 24 to 48 hours to pack your most important belongings into one suitcase? That’s the question Canadian photographer Kayla Isomura asked her subjects for The Suitcase Project — and it’s a question that has new relevance, threading together a part of Canada’s racist history with […]
Click:Hair growth remedy TORONTO — Two confirmed cases of measles in adults in Toronto are both travel related, the city’s public health unit said Monday as it warned the public of possible places where they may have been exposed to the virus. The latest incidents bring the total measles cases in the city this year […]
Julian Assange will face a revived investigation over a rape allegation in Sweden after a decision by prosecutors to reopen the case. The WikiLeaks co-founder, who denies the claim, avoided extradition to Sweden by seeking refuge at the Ecuadorean embassy in 2012. He was evicted from the embassy last month and sentenced to 50 weeks […]
TORONTO — The case of an Ontario woman who was murdered by her husband days after she filed for divorce underscores that victims of domestic violence face even greater danger when they try to leave their abuser, experts say. Elana Fric Shamji, 40, stayed with her abusive husband for more than a decade before serving […]
A series amplifying the perspectives of small-town and rural Canadians and an innovative project on the Trans Mountain pipeline plan have netted HuffPost Canada two RTDNA awards. The Radio Television Digital News Association recognized the best in Canada’s broadcast and digital media for 2018 at a gala on Saturday in Toronto. #TrackingTransMountain, a HuffPost Canada […]
BURNABY, B.C. — RCMP in British Columbia say an “absolutely heartbreaking” set of circumstances led to the death of a 16-month-old boy who was left alone in a hot vehicle for hours. Police said Friday that many of the details about the death were still being investigated, but Burnaby RCMP Supt. Deanne Burleigh warned parents […]
“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek isn’t holding back about his battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He told “CBS Sunday Morning” that his treatment produced overwhelming discomfort on and off camera. “This got really bad,” he said in a preview posted by CBS News. (The full segment will air on Sunday.) “I was on the floor […]
TORONTO — Ontario will be raising speed limits to 110 kilometres an hour on sections of three 400-series highways as part of a pilot program that could lead to limits being increased across the province. Transportation Minister Jeff Yurek, who announced the pilot Friday, said the government will also be holding consultations on the project […]
OTTAWA — A northern Ontario First Nation signed an agreement on Thursday with the federal and provincial government that lays out a plan to move a reserve threatened every year by flood waters. Members of the Kashechewan First Nation, north of Fort Albany, Ont., have had to flee repeatedly because of flooding and infrastructure problems. […]