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A low-ranked American tennis player is banned after testing positive for marijuana at a tournament
LONDON (AP) – A low-ranked American tennis player who competed for the University of North Carolina has been suspended for two years after testing positive for marijuana during an ATP Challenger tournament, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Tuesday. The ITIA said Casey Kania’s in-competition urine test contained cannabis in August 2023 at Cary, North ... Read More »
Macy’s to close 150 unproductive namesake stores amid sales slip as it steps up luxury business
NEW YORK (AP) – Macy’s will close 150 unproductive namesake stores over the next three years including 50 by year-end, the department store operator said Tuesday after posting a fourth-quarter loss and declining sales. As part of the strategy, Macy’s aims to upgrade its remaining 350 stores, with plans to add more salespeople to fitting ... Read More »
Woman’s death in Quebec City after weekend house fire ruled a homicide: police
Quebec City police say the death of a woman who was found unresponsive after a house fire over the weekend has been ruled a homicide. Police say 42-year-old Joëlle Lapointe was killed and the exact cause of death will be determined after investigators receive autopsy results. Lapointe was found unresponsive in the basement of a ... Read More »
BMO reports revenue and profits constrained by “challenging economic backdrop”
TORONTO – BMO Financial Group cited numerous headwinds as it reported first-quarter results where revenue and earnings fell short of expectations. The bank’s net income totalled $1.29 billion, up from $133 million a year earlier, but its results in recent quarters have been clouded by everything from its Bank of the West acquisition to accounting ... Read More »
Three-time amateur champion Lisa Meldrum named to Canadian Golf Hall of Fame
OAKVILLE, Ont. – Accomplished amateur and professional player Lisa Meldrum has been selected to the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. The 41-year-old from Montreal will be inducted into the player category in a ceremony on May 28. She will become the Hall of Fame’s 86th member. Meldrum, a Class A member of the PGA of ... Read More »
No evidence that data was extracted from RCMP during recent cyberattack: commissioner
OTTAWA – The head of the RCMP says there is no evidence to date that data was extracted from the national police force’s systems during a recent cyberattack. RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme says he was briefed this morning on the security breach that targeted the force’s networks. The RCMP said last Friday it had launched ... Read More »
Dior celebrates the 1960s and the origins of ready-to-wear at Paris Fashion Week
PARIS (AP) – Sculptural figures resembling cane warriors, clad in billowing dresses that evoked skeletal forms, stood sentinel on Dior’s runway Tuesday, presenting a visual metaphor for the protection of vanishing cultures. The display marked another chapter in Maria Grazia Chiuri ‘s ongoing fusion of fashion and fine art at Paris Fashion Week. Celebrities including ... Read More »
Online hate speech must not become political ‘yo-yo,’ anti-hate expert warns
OTTAWA – The former chair of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network is warning parliamentarians against turning a newly reintroduced section of the Canadian Human Rights Act into a game of political “yo-yo.” Bernie Farber, a founding member of the advocacy group, says he welcomes the reintroduction of online hate speech as a discriminatory practice in new ... Read More »
B.C. First Nation sues federal government over ban on herring spawn fishery
BELLA BELLA, B.C. – A British Columbia First Nation says it has launched a civil lawsuit against the federal government over its decision in 2022 to ban one of its commercial fisheries The Heiltsuk Nation says the Fisheries Department’s move to close the commercial harvest of herring spawn-on-kelp in the nation’s territory was an infringement ... Read More »
‘How many bodies did I get?’ Saskatchewan inquest hears about arrest of mass killer
SASKATOON – Jurors have heard how a man who went on a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan asked RCMP how many people he had killed as he was taken into custody. “How many bodies did I get?” Myles Sanderson said in video captured on RCMP dashboard cameras. Three days before he was captured, Sanderson went from ... Read More »
‘Not consulted’: Alberta health minister questions Ottawa’s national pharmacare plan
EDMONTON – Alberta’s health minister is questioning the need for a national pharmacare plan, saying the province already has a comprehensive program for seniors, those on a low-income and those who receive disability benefits. The federal NDP said last week it had reached a deal on pharmacare with the Liberal government that would allow every ... Read More »
