I raised my kids as a waitress in a small town and it made us a better family

Jennifer McGuire used to resent her job as a waitress and felt it represented poor choices she had made. Fifteen years later, she's come to see it as a blessing.


Cuba's electrical grid goes dark for the 2nd time in a week

Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed on Friday in the second nationwide outage this week and the fourth this year as a U.S.-imposed oil blockade has crippled the island's already obsolete generation system.


Toronto Tempo break attendance record during Montreal debut

The Toronto Tempo made WNBA history as 20,996 fans packed Montreal's Bell Centre for the team's matchup against the Dallas Wings, setting a new regular-season attendance record.


Trump's D.C. reflecting pool drained — again — as renovation troubles continue

Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as President Donald Trump’s problem-plagued effort to revamp the waterway pushes well past his initial goal of having it ready by July 4 to mark the nation’s 250th birthday.


Cute or cringe? The internet weighs in on Trudeau's TikTok 'dancing debut'

It's been more than a year since Justin Trudeau stepped down as Canada's prime minister, but he keeps bouncing back. This week, he hopped into millions of social media feeds in a promo video for his popstar girlfriend Katy Perry's new single Watch It Burn, setting off online debates about whether he's cool, cringy, disgraceful or all of the above.


Apple files lawsuit, accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets

Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets as it seeks to build its own hardware for ChatGPT, a major rupture in a partnership between the iPhone maker and the artificial intelligence company.


Gordie Howe International Bridge set to open 'soon,' source says


Don't want someone using your Instagram pics to generate AI content? Here's what to do

Muse Image is only available in the U.S. at this time, but the announcement revealed, to the dismay of some, that Meta AI permissions are automatically turned on for users with public accounts in other countries — including Canada — and must be switched off manually in your app settings.


First Nations chiefs across country 'blindsided' by pipeline announcements

First Nations chiefs countrywide are expressing concern about the lack of engagement after two pipelines were announced in Alberta, B.C. and Ontario. Two leaders say they only learned of the plans through last-minute emails and rumours.


2nd boat was with B.C. charter before fatal sinking, raising rescue questions

Top Vancouver Fishing Charter company took to social media on June 28 to brag about how its two vessels had gone out together and would head back to port with a haul of fish, but the company's other boat, the nine-metre Top Ocean, had sunk about two hours earlier.