The same lightweight concrete roofing material blamed for safety risks at the Ontario Science Centre is used in hundreds of other aging public buildings across the province, yet officials haven’t pointed to any others that have been ordered closed. The revelation comes as critics question whether the findings of an engineering report on the science centre’s … Read more
The federal Liberals say they ordered a national security review of popular video app TikTok in September 2023 but did not disclose it publicly. “This is still an ongoing case. We can’t comment further because of the confidentiality provisions of the Investment Canada Act,” a spokesperson for Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said this week. “Our government has … Read more
The revelation that Loblaw will end its 50 per cent discount on perishable foods like meat, fruit and vegetables as they near their best-before dates should attract the attention of Canada’s Competition Bureau, says one industry expert. Prof. Sylvain Charlebois, the director of Dalhousie University’s Agri-food Analytics Lab, believes the action taken by the grocery chain to align its policy with other food retailers might be … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Saturday, December 23, 2023 Unsplash/Javier Miranda What people believe about the End Times impacts how they operate in their daily lives, according to experts on eschatology. Dallas Theological Seminary theology professor Michael J. Svigel and author and scholar Darrell Bock discussed the topic in a recent episode of “The … Read more
If this was the year you decided to cut back on cable or one of your many streaming platforms, you may be looking for content to watch this holiday season for free. The CBC News Entertainment team has put together a short watchlist of free shows and films streaming in Canada — including our favourite … Read more
New Democrat ethics critic Matthew Green is calling for Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer to appear before Parliament’s access to information, privacy and ethics committee to answer questions about why he broke House of Commons rules by filming a partisan video in his Parliament Hill office. Scheer shot the video to endorse a Conservative candidate in an … Read more
