Along with joy and relief at finding three-year-old Claire Bell alive in eastern Ontario after four days of searching come questions of how she survived and why she was alone at the side of a rural highway 150 kilometres from her home in Montreal. Police officially aren’t saying much about the case, as their focus moves from the public search into a criminal investigation stage, … Continue reading Claire Bell said ‘mom told me to wait’ after Quebec toddler found at side of Ontario highway: report

Some hockey fans are understandably bent out of shape over the Florida Panthers damaging the Stanley Cup this week, but the coveted trophy has been through worse. It’s been sunk to the bottom of a swimming pool. It’s been used in the baptism of several infants and at least one baby has pooped in it. It’s even been dropped — or maybe it was tossed … Continue reading Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup damage just the latest mishap in the trophy’s storied history

Professional basketball’s often contentious greatest of all time debate will likely never be settled, but the conversation about the greatest Canadian to play in the NBA could very well be resolved as early as this week. The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who this season joined two-time NBA regular season MVP winner Steve Nash of B.C. as the only Canadians to win the award, has … Continue reading How Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is quietly becoming the best Canadian basketball player ever

The City of Burlington, Vt., has announced it will rename one of its central avenues from Church Street to Canada Street, from now until Labour Day (or Labor Day as it’s known there). The name change was presented by a group of city councillors at their June 16 meeting, led by Councillor Becca Brown McKnight, who wore a maple leaf shirt and handed out Canadian … Continue reading Burlington Vermont is renaming a street in Canada’s honour (for a while)

CALGARY — The Federal Court overstepped its authority when it ordered the government to fill an “unacceptably high” number of judicial vacancies within a “reasonable time,” the Federal Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday. In a forceful rebuttal of the trial court ruling published Wednesday, the appeal court issued a sharp reminder to both judges and government: stay in your lane. “No one disputes the utmost … Continue reading Judge overstepped power when ordering government to appoint judges faster, appeal court rules

The ease with which people cancel plans to tend to their own well-being appears to be growing. But there can be serious costs to breaking commitments at the last minute. Continue reading How many times is too many times to flake on someone?

Scientists at the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates have devised a simple test that they can say can predict an increased risk of developing a host of health problems in older adults. All you have to do is try to pick up a five-kilogram weight. Struggle with that, they say, and you have a significantly higher risk of experiencing a lower quality … Continue reading Struggle to lift five kilograms? Your health could be at risk, study finds

OTTAWA — Canada’s helicopter industry is charging the federal government with a “serious breach” in allowing the RCMP to patrol the Canada-U.S. border with antiquated military helicopters that don’t meet the government’s own safety regulations, National Post has learned. The second-hand helicopters, purchased on the open market by private Canadian operators who were then hired by the RCMP, were granted highly unusual special exemptions by … Continue reading Ottawa in ‘serious breach’ in allowing used choppers to patrol border, industry says

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe agree that Moe’s predecessor Brad Wall is the right man to repair Canada-India relations, amidst news that Canada will soon be sending a new high commissioner to New Delhi. “I’d be supportive of that,” said Smith when asked on Wednesday about the prospect of Wall becoming Canada’s next high commissioner to India. “I think … Continue reading Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall can repair relations with India, say premiers

A Nova Scotia woman serving a life sentence for strangling her own daughter to death has been granted a 60-day unescorted temporary absence from prison, but was denied day parole. Penny Patricia Boudreau will be living at a halfway house in an undisclosed location for the duration of the two-month release. “Your criminal history is limited, however that has very little mitigating impact in terms … Continue reading N.S. mother who strangled daughter to death and dumped body gets 60-day unescorted leave