Small tsunami expected to hit B.C. after massive 8.7 quake off Russia
British Columbia’s emergency preparedness agency says a tsunami is expected to hit parts of Vancouver Island late Tuesday, but with waves of less than 30 centimetres, after one of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck off the southwestern Russian coast. Emergency...
3-in-5 Canadians want to work from home as companies order employees back to offices: survey
More companies are shifting away from the work-from-home model. As more Canadians make their return to the office, new data from Angus Reid Institute suggests the majority of workers don’t want to go back if they don’t have to. Of...
Juno winner’s struggle to sell concert ticket sparking conversation of Canada’s music industry
A Juno award winner and Grammy-nominated artist said he is struggling to sell tickets to his upcoming tour and is sparking a bigger conversation about the state of Canada’s music industry. “I’m extremely embarrassed to tell you this but I’m...
Statistics Canada to end most term, casual employment contracts by October
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada has announced it will end many term and casual employment contracts by October as it faces budget cuts. A note sent to employees Monday by Chief Statistician André Loranger confirms the agency is ending many specified-period...
Toronto’s JFL to welcome comics Gabriel Iglesias, Dropout Improv, Sarah Millican
TORONTO — Toronto’s edition of Just For Laughs will welcome standup stars Gabriel Iglesias, Maria Bamford, Big Jay Oakerson and Ron Funches. Organizers announced a first round of comics that also includes “Daily Show” correspondent Al Madrigal, the U.K.’s Sarah...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs asks for release on a $50 million bond ahead of sentencing in...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking a judge to free him on a $50 million bond while he awaits sentencing in October after a jury found him not guilty of the most serious federal charges...
Union blames City for 2 recent heat-related indoor pool closures in Toronto
The union that represents the City of Toronto’s inside workers is blaming the City after a popular indoor pool was forced to close on Tuesday because of extreme heat that it says posed “unsafe” work conditions for staff. CUPE Local...
From 12 to about a million: A record of the first Filipinos in Canada
When Forrest Pass, curator for Library and Archives Canada (LAC), first dug into the history of Filipinos in Canada, he was only expecting to find some isolated or unusual cases of individuals migrating from the Philippines. But listed among early...
Hudson’s Bay has repeatedly threatened to end lease deal with B.C. billionaire: docs
TORONTO — New court filings say Hudson’s Bay has threatened to end a lease deal it has with a B.C. billionaire who wrote directly to a judge twice — against the retailer’s advice — to try to persuade him to...
8.8-magnitude earthquake causes tsunami in Russia and Japan, sets off warnings for Alaska and Hawaii
TOKYO (AP) — One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that set off a tsunami in the northern Pacific region and prompted warnings for Alaska, Hawaii and other coasts south toward New...
