Trump or Harris — Canada will work well with either one, ambassador to the U.S. says

Trump or Harris — Canada will work well with either one, ambassador to the U.S. says

Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. said Tuesday the country will work well with whomever wins the November presidential election, saying the government’s “Team Canada” approach of continually meeting with a bipartisan group of American federal, state and local officials has prepared Canada for any eventuality. Speaking to reporters at the Liberal cabinet retreat in Halifax after … Read more

CrowdStrike says 97% of its Windows sensors are back online after global outage

CrowdStrike says 97% of its Windows sensors are back online after global outage

Business More than 97 per cent of Windows sensors are back online, CrowdStrike’s CEO George Kurtz said on Thursday, nearly a week after a software update by the cybersecurity firm triggered a global outage. Microsoft said about 8.5 million Windows devices were affected by outage Thomson Reuters · Posted: Jul 26, 2024 8:46 AM EDT | … Read more

Check out the elephants at risk of extinction, and the wild cats that are bouncing back

Check out the elephants at risk of extinction, and the wild cats that are bouncing back

Over 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction — 1,000 more than last year — according to an international conservation organization that blames pressures from climate change, invasive species and human activity such as illicit trade and infrastructural expansion. The International Union for Conservation of Nature released its latest Red List of Threatened Species on … Read more

Work stoppage averted as WestJet, aircraft engineers’ union reach tentative deal

Work stoppage averted as WestJet, aircraft engineers’ union reach tentative deal

WestJet and the union representing its maintenance engineers reached a tentative agreement late Sunday, averting a work stoppage that could have started disrupting flights as early as Tuesday afternoon. The Calgary-based airline and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), which represents the engineers who maintain WestJet aircraft and other technical operations employees, announced the development shortly after 10:30 p.m. MT on … Read more

From cult status to closure fears — what happened to The Body Shop?

From cult status to closure fears — what happened to The Body Shop?

It’s a store you know by scent. For decades, the sometimes-overwhelming aroma of The Body Shop’s satsuma soaps and coconut body butters have wafted through mall concourses, as much a staple to the culture as the food court. The U.K.-based beauty and cosmetics shop has more than 3,000 retail locations in 70 countries, including 110 standalone … Read more

After 15 years, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s wait to go to space gets a little longer

After 15 years, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s wait to go to space gets a little longer

After 15 years of waiting, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will have to wait at least one more year before his first flight in space. NASA announced Tuesday that the launch date of the Artemis II mission to the moon, originally scheduled for later this year, has been pushed back nearly a year to September 2025.  … Read more

Supreme Court dismisses CBC appeal of order to identify source in military sex assault case

Supreme Court dismisses CBC appeal of order to identify source in military sex assault case

The Supreme Court of Canada decided on Thursday morning that it will not hear the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s challenge of a court order that demanded it identify a source and release related documents in the sexual misconduct case against Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson. Edmundson was charged in December 2021 with sexual assault and committing indecent acts. The alleged offences date back to 1991. He … Read more