House won’t hold priority debate on MPs implicated in foreign interference report: Speaker

House won’t hold priority debate on MPs implicated in foreign interference report: Speaker

MPs will not hold a priority debate on how to release the names of politicians implicated in a foreign interference report released earlier this year. House Speaker Greg Fergus ruled Monday that the question of privilege raised by NDP MP Jenny Kwan in June didn’t rise to the level of a “prima facie” violation of MPs’ … Read more

Man who received world’s 1st eye and face transplant says it changed his life

Man who received world’s 1st eye and face transplant says it changed his life

As It Happens7:39Man who received world’s 1st eye and face transplant says it changed his life Aaron James can’t stop looking at himself in the mirror. The 47-year-old U.S. military veteran and electrical lineman  was badly injured in a workplace accident in June 2021 that destroyed his left eye, chin, nose, lips and left arm, and … Read more

How extreme weather affects food prices in Canada

How extreme weather affects food prices in Canada

Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store shelf, say experts. “Anytime you have major weather-related events, it tends to increase costs,” said Frank Scali, vice-president of industry affairs at Food, Health & … Read more

Aerosmith retires from touring, citing Steven Tyler’s vocal cord injury

Aerosmith retires from touring, citing Steven Tyler’s vocal cord injury

Aerosmith says Steven Tyler’s voice has been permanently damaged by a vocal cord injury last year and the rock band will no longer tour. The iconic band behind hits like Love in an Elevator and Livin’ on the Edge posted a statement on Friday announcing the cancellation of remaining dates on its tour and providing an update on … Read more

Some Canadians try to leave Lebanon, others plan to stay despite rising tensions

Some Canadians try to leave Lebanon, others plan to stay despite rising tensions

Lara Salameh was supposed to be flying out of Beirut Thursday en route to Montreal with her husband and two daughters, but the night before, their flight was cancelled. She said Air France told her service out of the Lebanese capital was suspended because of the unstable security situation — one that Ottawa has been … Read more

As Trudeau confronts an anxious caucus, some Liberals say he needs to act swiftly

As Trudeau confronts an anxious caucus, some Liberals say he needs to act swiftly

The email from national caucus chair Brenda Shanahan rejecting calls for an early in-person Liberal caucus meeting landed in members’ inboxes around 5 p.m. on the fourth of July. Citing “scheduling logistics,” Shanahan officially dismissed public demands from Liberal MPs for an urgent gathering to discuss the fallout from the byelection loss in Toronto-St. Paul’s. In … Read more

Canada promised an air defence system to Ukraine 18 months ago. It still hasn’t arrived

Canada promised an air defence system to Ukraine 18 months ago. It still hasn’t arrived

Ukraine’s minister of foreign affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, says his country is in urgent need of weapons and wishes the air defence system Canada promised more than a year ago was already in Ukraine. Canada announced plans in January 2023 to donate a $406-million surface-to-air missile defence system, but there’s still no delivery date. “Of course, we … Read more

SpaceX to undergo 4th test launch of its 37-storey Starship rocket

SpaceX to undergo 4th test launch of its 37-storey Starship rocket

Hot on the heels of the successful crewed launch of Boeing’s new CST-100 Starliner on Wednesday, we have another rocket launch: This time it’s SpaceX’s massive Starship. This is the fourth test flight of the rocket — which will be uncrewed — that SpaceX founder Elon Musk hopes will one day take astronauts to Mars. The 120-minute … Read more

5 shops damaged in Chandni Chowk blaze, 17 cars gutted by fire in east Delhi

5 shops damaged in Chandni Chowk blaze, 17 cars gutted by fire in east Delhi

New Delhi: Five shops were damaged in a fire that broke out in the Chandni Chowk area in the early hours of Wednesday, officials said. No one was injured in the incident, they said. According to a Delhi Fire Service (DFS) official, five shops located near Fatehpuri Masjid caught fire. A call regarding the blaze … Read more