Новости за 06.09.2017

A Calgary engineer thinks an invention he stumbled upon in the laboratory could transform the way Alberta gets its heavy oil to market.

Facebook says it has found that an influence operation likely based in Russia spent $100,000 on ads promoting divisive social and political messages in a two-year-period through May.

Canadian tourists in the path of Hurricane Irma, the worst Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history, are desperately trying to secure last-minute flights or face the prospect of weathering the historic storm as it moves through the Caribbean.

The English Football Association has banned a player for influencing a betting market when he ate a meat pie during his team's landmark FA Cup game against Arsenal.

Tiny, realistic replicas of favourite foods have been popping up all over Ottawa, and the artist behind them says she gets a kick out of the joy it brings the devoted sleuths who track them down.

Two powerful solar flares erupted from the surface of the sun Wednesday, disrupting radio communications on Earth's day side. And we may see some other effects in the coming days, mainly in the form of northern lights.

Fifteen states and the District of Columbia on Wednesday sued to block U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation — an act Washington state's attorney general called "a dark time for our country."

North Korea’s nuclear escalation has created a potential opportunity for Russian President Vladimir Putin, writes Chris Brown.

A Spanish woman's claim that she is the daughter of deceased artist Salvador Dali has been proven false after forensic tests on his exhumed remains, his foundation says.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signals he is open to compromise on his government's plan to tighten the small business tax regime but pledges to largely stay the course as he looks to collect more revenue from some of the wealthiest Canadians.

The owner of a McDonald's franchise in Yellowknife has apologized to staff after a manager ordered employees to speak only English while on the job.

U.S. ​President Donald Trump overruled congressional Republicans and his own treasury secretary Wednesday and cut a deal with Democrats to fund the government and raise the federal borrowing limit for three months, all part of an agreement to speed money to Harvey relief.

For the fire-breathing, lizard-tongued rocker Gene Simmons, Alberta’s capital city brings up all kinds of fuzzy feelings.

A Toronto-area police officer has pleaded guilty to assault after siccing his K-9 unit dog on a man who was lying down awaiting arrest.

Family and friends of Andrew Kinsman say they have lost hope they will find the missing man alive and are instead pleading with whoever may have taken him to anonymously tell police where his body is.

The provincial government will be providing an update on the future of the Massey Tunnel replacement project Wednesday afternoon.

Six male teens in the Bridgewater, N.S., area have been given conditional discharges after admitting to sharing intimate images of 19 girls without their consent.

Hurricane Harvey caused unprecedented flooding and devastation in Texas and parts of Louisiana. Now Hurricane Irma — a powerful Category 5 storm that has already made its first landfall in the northeast Caribbean— seems to have its sights set on Florida.

Concerned Quebecers are throwing their support behind the village of Ristigouche Sud-Est, which is facing off against an oil company in a legal battle over its water source.

Canadian consumers can expect to see the impact of the latest move by the Bank of Canada to nudge up interest rates again in several areas of the finances.

Hamilton's Christ's Church Cathedral wants to relocate the remains of about 400 people buried under a parking lot to make way for a multimillion-dollar condo and retail project.

It's the latest in a string of campaigns that have targeted energy companies around the world.

The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a point to one per cent, triggering a jump in the loonie.

Two of France's biggest luxury conglomerates, LVMH and Kering, have joined forces with a charter to ban unhealthily thin models.

University tuition fees have jumped an average of 3.1 per cent for undergraduate programs for the 2017-2018 academic year, according to Statistics Canada.