Hailstones the size of golfballs pummel Sydney
Thunder, lightning, and hailstones the size of golfballs pummeled Sydney during a summer storm.
U.S.-China Trade War Could Hurt Canadian Companies, Consumers
OTTAWA — Grim scenarios of collateral damage for Canadian consumers and businesses are emerging in response to escalating the U.S.-China trade war. The Trump administration has taken aim at China by imposing a 25 per…
Venezuelan general deserts Nicolas Maduro in highest ranking military defection to hit regime
A general from the Venezuelan air force has announced he no longer recognises Nicolas Maduro as the country’s president, in what appears to be the highest ranking military defection to hit the regime. In a video circulating on…
Hey Canadian Millennials, Here's Proof You Missed Out On Buying A House
A recent inquiry into home ownership in Great Britain should serve as a warning to Canadians. The two-year investigation, chaired by a former Conservative cabinet minister, found that home ownership among Britain’s millennials is in…
As World Prepares For Electric-Car Era, Canada's Still Blowing Smoke
The recent Electric Mobility Canada (EMC) conference in Ottawa left me feeling a combination of dismay and hope. The dismay is that the Government of Canada has no national electric vehicle (EV) strategy on zero-emission…
Greece achieves ‘mission impossible’ by ratifying name change deal with North Macedonia
Greece’s prime minister hailed “a new page for the Balkans” on Friday after the Greek parliament narrowly approved a deal by which Macedonia, its northern neighbour, will change its name to North Macedonia. The ratification…
New photos show catamaran that British man sunk in Florida to kill wife
New photos have been released by prosecutors showing a hole-ridden catamaran, which British sailor Lewis Bennett sunk off the coast of Florida to kill his wife. Bennett, 41, will be sentenced in Miami on Tuesday.…
We’ve Got New Trans Mountain Data And We’re Sharing It
After two months of combing through reports from Kinder Morgan and the Canadian government and reaching out to communities, The Discourse, APTN and HuffPost Canada are sharing our updated Tracking Trans Mountain database. The database…
2K makes changes to NBA 2K microtransactions to comply with Belgium and Dutch gambling laws
Click:flocculation pool 2K has removed some elements of microtransactions from its basketball franchise, NBA 2K, in a bid to comply with gambling laws in Belgium and the Netherlands. According to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, two undated…
Making Health Data Public Would Give Canada's Economy A Leg Up
Move over, knowledge-based economy. Hello data-driven economy. Canadians are sleepwalking into a new reality, one that has been exploited successfully by today’s mega firms — Google, Facebook, Amazon, Uber and others — for more than…