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Canadian defender Jayde Riviere to miss CONCACAF W Gold Cup through injury
Defender Jayde Riviere, who had to come off in the first half of Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Brighton on Feb. 4, has withdrawn from Canada’s roster for the CONCACAF W Gold Cup. Canada coach Bev Priestman had acknowledged there was an injury question mark over the 23-year-old from Markham, Ont., in announcing her squad ... Read More »
Workers at a gold mine in Turkey are believed trapped underground
ISTANBUL (AP) – A landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, apparently trapping at least nine workers underground, officials said. The landslide at the Copler mine happened at 2:30 p.m. near the town of Ilic in Turkey’s mountainous Erzincan province. Footage seemingly shot by a nearby worker showed a massive wave of ... Read More »
RCMP charge Montreal men who allegedly tried to smuggle people across U.S. border
RCMP have charged two Montreal men after they were allegedly caught trying to smuggle people across the border into the United States last year. Police say Marcos Chagolla Rojas, 39, and Lino Guerrero Martinez, 29, have been charged with conspiracy to commit an offence in the United States. An RCMP news release says the two ... Read More »
S&P/TSX composite down more than 300 points, U.S. stock markets also fall
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index was down more than 300 points in late-morning trading in a broad-based decline, while U.S. stock markets also fell after a hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation report. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 324.17 points at 20,743.13. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 417.19 points at 38,380.19. ... Read More »
One person taken to hospital after cougar attack in Banff National Park
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. – A cougar attack in a wilderness area of Banff National Park has left one person with minor injuries. Alberta Health Services says its EMS crews responded to the Rockbound Lake trailhead in Canada’s busiest national park around 11 a.m. on Monday for reports that a person had been attacked by a ... Read More »
La Scala concert features violins that inmates made from battered migrant boats
MILAN (AP) – The violins, violas and cellos played by the Orchestra of the Sea in its debut performance at Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala carry with them tales of desperation and redemption. The wood that was bent, chiseled and gouged to form the instruments was recovered from dilapidated smugglers’ boats that brought migrants to ... Read More »
National response needed for encampment crisis, evictions must end: federal advocate
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Unhoused people have a fundamental right to live in encampments, and that right is violated when authorities tear them down, Canada’s housing advocate says. In a piercing report released Tuesday, Marie-Josée Houle says the expansion of homeless encampments across the country is a national human rights crisis that requires immediate action ... Read More »
Slain Manitoba family identified in obituary, remembered as beautiful souls
CARMAN, Man. – A mother, her three young children, including a two-month-old daughter, and a teenage family member killed in Manitoba are being remembered as beautiful souls. An obituary has identified the victims as Amanda Clearwater, her children, Bethany, Jayven, and Isabella Manoakeesick, and niece Myah-Lee Gratton. Family and friends have also been sharing stories ... Read More »
After Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch master Frans Hals gets a major exhibition at the Rijksmuseum
AMSTERDAM (AP) – In the early 17th century, laughter was almost never captured on a painter’s canvas. Frans Hals changed that. “He was not a sober painter,” said Friso Lammertse, co-curator of a major exhibition of the Dutch master’s paintings that opens this week at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. “The people, they often laugh, and that’s very ... Read More »
N.L. releases tourism advertisement responding to rental company ad that angered many
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador has released a new advertisement that appears to respond to an ad by a vacation rental company that angered many in the province. Vrbo ran an ad during the Super Bowl broadcast on Sunday showing disappointed travellers discovering that their vacation rental is overrun by squealing livestock, while ... Read More »
Fraser announces $176 million in housing deals with more than 60 rural communities
OTTAWA – Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government will roll out more than 60 housing agreements with small and rural communities across the country over the next few weeks. Fraser said in a news conference this morning that the deals are worth $176 million and will help build more than 50,000 housing units ... Read More »
