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Actor Elliot Page and musician Rufus Wainwright are among the stars being honoured at the inaugural PTP Pink Awards in Toronto Thursday. The gala is organized by media company Pink Triangle Press to recognize prominent 2SLGBTQ+ Canadians, who have each chosen a community organization to benefit. The organizations will each receive $5,000, a portion of […]
In congratulating Donald Trump for his “huge” election victory, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s social media posts were full of excitement. Calling it “history’s greatest comeback!”, Netanyahu predicted “a powerful recommitment” to the U.S.-Israel alliance. Netanyahu has reason to be pleased. His government has received more than $18 billion US in American military aid since […]
St. Louis Blues forward Dylan Holloway left Tuesday night’s contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning and departed the rink on a stretcher after being struck by a puck late in the first period. Holloway was hit in the neck area by a puck with 2:37 remaining in the period, and proceeded to finish his shift, […]
U.S. federal law enforcement and election security agencies are debunking two new examples of Russian election disinformation on the eve of election day, highlighting attempts by foreign actors to sow doubt in the voting process and warning that the efforts run the risk of inciting violence against election officials. In a joint statement late Monday, […]
Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic Thriller album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91. Jones’s publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday night at his home in the Bel […]
A crowd of enraged survivors hurled clots of the mud left by storm-spawned flooding at the Spanish royal couple — King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia — on Sunday during their first visit to the epicentre of their nation’s deadliest natural disaster in living memory. Spain’s national broadcaster reported the barrage included a few rocks and other objects, and […]
The Toronto Raptors are set to officially retire Vince Carter’s No. 15 at a ceremony during the team’s Saturday night home game, making him the first player in the franchise’s history to receive the honour. Carter was the team’s first superstar, electrifying fans with his high-flying, athletic play and leading the Raptors to their first […]
Residents of sleepy Falkland, B.C., are still wrapping their heads around the news that their tiny town was home to what police have described as the largest and most sophisticated drug superlab in Canada. On Thursday, the RCMP announced it had busted the lab operation. CBC News has learned it was located on a remote 66-hectare […]
With the U.S. election less than a week away, Karen Routledge’s phone keeps ringing with clients wondering what will happen to their investments after Tuesday. The Calgary investment adviser hears wide-ranging concerns about the impact of possible tariffs, rising U.S. debt levels and interest rates. There’s curiosity about swings in the value of the loonie […]
Crews searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings Thursday as people tried to salvage what they could from their ruined homes following monstrous flash floods in Spain that claimed at least 158 lives, with 155 deaths confirmed in the region of Valencia. More horrors emerged from the debris and ubiquitous layers of mud […]