Small Manitoba cabinet shuffle includes replacement for Indigenous relations
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has appointed a new minister of Indigenous relations to replace Eileen Clarke, who resigned after the premier's comments on Canadian history. Pallister has named Alan Lagimodiere to the portfolio. Lagimodiere...
Small Manitoba cabinet shuffle includes replacement for Indigenous relations
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has appointed a new minister of Indigenous relations to replace Eileen Clarke, who resigned after the premier's comments on Canadian history. Pallister has named Alan Lagimodiere to the portfolio. Lagimodiere...
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Thursday, July 15, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 6:25 p.m. Alberta is reporting 53 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death. The province says 107 people are in hospital due to the virus, including 31 in intensive care. The...
Computers seized in probe of UK minister’s affair leak
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s information watchdog seized computer equipment Thursday during raids at two homes as it investigates how footage of a government minister kissing an aide made it onto the front page of a tabloid newspaper.
Surgeon general urges US fight against COVID misinformation
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Thursday called for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, urging tech companies, health care workers, journalists and everyday Americans to do more to address an “urgent threat” to p...
Delta strain prompts Spain’s Catalonia to restore curfew
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona and the surrounding northeast corner of Spain are curtailing public activity again to stem an outbreak of the delta variant of the coronavirus that is running wild among unvaccinated younger people and placing hospital...
Over 60 dead, dozens missing as severe floods strike Europe
BERLIN (AP) — More than 60 people have died and dozens were missing Thursday as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.
U.S. Black Hawk helicopter forced to land in Bucharest
BUCHAREST (AP) — A U.S. Black Hawk military helicopter training in Romania was forced to undertake an emergency landing Thursday in central Bucharest, bringing down two lampposts in the process. No one was injured.
Halifax announces fleet of 60 electric buses in effort to reduce carbon emissions
HALIFAX — The federal, provincial and municipal governments are investing a total of $112 million to bring 60 new, battery-operated electric buses to the Halifax Regional Municipality. Once in service, the buses are expected to reduce greenhouse gas e...
What pairs with beetle? Startups seek to make bugs tasty
LONDON (AP) — Tiziana Di Costanzo makes pizza dough from scratch, mixing together flour, yeast, a pinch of salt, a dash of olive oil and something a bit more unusual — ground acheta domesticus, better known as cricket powder.