French soccer player Aminata Diallo arrested after attack on Paris Saint-Germain teammate
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Aminata Diallo has been taken into police custody following an attack on other players from the women's team last week, the soccer club said Wednesday.
U.S. inflation rate jumps to highest level since 1990, at 6.2%
The U.S. cost of living went up at its fastest annual pace in more than 30 years in October, new figures showed Wednesday, as the price of just about everything is increasing at a much faster pace than usual.
Ottawa spent more money in Alberta than it raised in tax revenues from the province in 2020, economist says
For the first time in decades, Alberta received more federal support than it raised in revenues last year, new data from Statistics Canada shows — and was also the largest recipient of COVID-related federal spending increases in Canada.
COVID-19 cases declining everywhere except Europe, WHO says
The World Health Organization reported Wednesday that coronavirus deaths rose by 10 per cent in Europe in the past week, making it the only world region where both COVID-19 cases and deaths are steadily increasing. It was the sixth consecutive week that the virus has risen across the continent.
Friend, cousin reflect on life, death and legacy of Cree teen Helen Betty Osborne, 50 years after her murder
On Nov. 12, 1971, Cree teenager Helen Betty Osborne was the victim of a now notorious hate crime that ultimately exposed what Indigenous communities had known all along — racism in Manitoba was alive, thriving and deadly.
Moncton woman can't continue addiction treatment unless she agrees to 'invasive' birth control method
A Moncton woman says she feels she's not in control of her own reproductive decisions, after losing access to her addiction treatment because she and her doctor don't agree on the birth control method she's chosen.
How some Canadian travellers are getting free COVID-19 tests in the U.S. to return home
Canada requires travellers to take a molecular COVID-19 test to enter the country, which can cost hundreds of dollars. But some Canadians report getting a free test in the U.S. that meets Canada's requirements.
Those coalition government rumours came at the right time for Erin O'Toole
What should Canadians worry about more — the COVID-19 skeptics in the House of Commons or a theoretical governing arrangement that might eventually exist between the Liberals and NDP? Facing persistent questions about the former, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole seems bent on redirecting attention toward the latter.
I see Bollywood as a connection to home. It lately sees me as a villain
Indian films fill that void of language, sights, sounds, colours that I feel I have lost in Toronto after moving away from my home in Lahore. But I’m also deeply uncomfortable with the increasing anti-Muslim rhetoric in these films, writes Haroon Khalid.
Pandemic showed need for national physician licence, doctors argue
Some doctors say a need for a licence to practice in each province is an outdated concept that is hampering recruitment efforts. The issue nearly left a part of Newfoundland and Labrador without a medical officer of health during the pandemic.