Новости за 25.09.2018

Emily and Kareem Morant are both physicians residing in Toronto — Emily, originally from Dartmouth, N.S., is a family doctor, and Kareem, originally from Mississauga, Ont. is a cardiologist. Together they're raising 2.5-year-old Andre and 11-month-old Annabelle, and have put a lot of thought into how they'll navigate racial identity with their children.

With a photo of last year's flooding in Rockland, Ont. behind her, the province's environmental commissioner slammed the new Progressive Conservative government's repeal of the Liberals' cap-and-trade program.

Over the last ten years, significant changes have been taking place in Quebec. As a society, it has become more diverse and more complex. Questions that were at the heart of Quebec politics, particularly those around independence, have been relegated to the back burner.

A veteran NDP MP used the most unparliamentary language to blast the Liberal government's push to complete the Trans Mountain expansion project despite concerns from many Indigenous groups.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. ― Comedian Bill Cosby was taken out of court in handcuffs Tuesday after a suburban Philadelphia judge sentenced him to three to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in 2004.

There's a lot about what happens to your vagina after delivering a small human that one might consider offensive or unsavoury.

FREDERICTON — Brian Gallant says the lieutenant-governor has given him permission to continue on as New Brunswick's premier for the time being, and he is promising to convene the legislature "before Christmas" to ensure he has its confidence.

No matter how you look at it, a standardized cigarette pack is ugly. The colours are unappealing, the font bland and the large graphic health warnings gruesome. That's why standardized packaging is such an effective public health policy — and why tobacco companies hate it.

The summer's heat wave with its scores of victims grimly reminded us that our emission of greenhouse gases is making the planet unlivable. While science is telling us that we should be paying attention to the carbon budget, the two main political parties in Quebec – the CAQ and the PLQ – persist in their obsession with fiscal budgets. As for the PQ and QS, both recently unveiled climate plans. I'de like to take a look at these from the point of view of climate science.

A veteran prairie broadcaster is being publicly blasted after lending his voice to a radio ad that tries to diminish the impact of residential schools on Canada's indigenous people.

The other day I was hanging out with a family that has a very interesting, cute, bright — and challenging — 14-month-old. This little girl is definitely one of those kids who I think of as "more." They are like other kids their age... except more.

TORONTO — A line-by-line review of the Ontario government's spending has found the province's operating expenses grew by 55 per cent over 15 years.

Sofia Vergara has stepped in front of the camera for Stella McCartney's new breast cancer awareness campaign.

With Toronto Real Estate Board's final appeal to the Supreme Court being denied, the ongoing legal battle about real estate sold prices being made public is finally coming to an end. But for many innovative companies, this is just the beginning of what they hope is a change in the way Canadians trade in real estate. Now that there is finally some clarity about the future, there will be a flurry of activity as real estate companies try to capitalize on a changing market.

Kyle, Sask. — It's 7 a.m. and the coffee pot is percolating. I am in the kitchen making lunches while my little girls (ages 4 and 2.5) still sleep. As soon as I have our lunch kit organized, I will wake them up and quickly get them dressed and hustled out the door. Unlike many other moms across Canada who work, my destination is not daycare and then the office. It's out to the field.

NEW YORK — Michael Kors is buying the Italian fashion house Gianni Versace in a deal worth more than $2 billion (CAD$2.59 billion), continuing its hard charge into the world of high-end fashion.

OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the federal government would find it easier to get the Trans Mountain pipeline built if it moves the route and the marine shipping terminal to avoid Indigenous communities that are oppose the project.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is in uncharted territory today, with the province's two main political parties manoeuvring for power after an election that ended in a near dead heat — and two smaller parties potentially holding the keys.

Voters in New Brunswick turned their backs on the province's entrenched two-party system on Monday, electing enough third party candidates to leave the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives in a virtual dead heat in what is sure to be a minority legislature.

DUNROBIN, ONT. — The force of the tornado that moved through an Ottawa-area community on Friday was strong enough to hurl a metal dumpster over the length of a football field, landing three metres (roughly 10 feet) shy from Alex Carlson's front door.

The federal border security minister conceded in the House of Commons Monday that he flubbed a TV interview by claiming the "overwhelming majority" of asylum seekers have left Canada.