Postmedia Network Inc. will close six small-town newspapers and cut print publication of four more, while slashing 10 per cent of its total salary outlay through layoffs and voluntary buyouts by the end of August.…
TORONTO — Consumers will see “fewer, better” specialty TV channels and more targeted advertising from Corus Entertainment, company executives said Wednesday as they explained their plan for rebuilding a media business that is struggling to…
China has hit back at US media reports that Muslim detainees in its northwestern autonomous region of Xinjiang are being subjected to forced labour. In a scheduled press briefing on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua…
Canada’s cannabis industry has exploded since the Liberals came into power in Ottawa. There are now some two dozen publicly-traded marijuana companies with a combined market value of $23 billion. But that nascent industry will…
Angela Merkel had heard enough. After a ten-minute presentation by Theresa May and a discussion in which she had used the time-worn phrase “Brexit means Brexit”, the German Chancellor was running out of patience. “What…
CALGARY — Opposition politicians hit the Liberal government with pointed questions Monday over news that two Kinder Morgan Canada executives will each be given $1.5-million bonuses to ensure they stay on as its Trans Mountain…
The gunman suspected of killing three people and injuring 13 near Strasbourg’s Christmas Market served several terms in prison for armed robbery and is believed to have been radicalised in prison. 29-year-old Chérif Chekatt has been on…
A decorated US Green Beret has been charged with the murder of an Afghan man in 2010 after he confessed to the killing in a TV interview. Army Major Matthew Golsteyn said he shot and…
SEATTLE — Starbucks will eliminate plastic straws from all of its locations within two years, citing the environmental threat to oceans. The company becomes the largest food and beverage company operating to do so, as…
Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, reportedly offered private counselling to Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince, on how “how to weather the storm” after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Three former…