Move over, Moo Deng, there’s officially competition to be the internet’s favourite baby animal. A huge, fuzzy king penguin named Pesto from the Sea Life Melbourne aquarium has melted the hearts of many on social media since becoming a viral sensation this month. Though he is only nine months old, Pesto rose to fame large…
Canadian legend Christine Sinclair announced Friday that she will retire from playing professional soccer at the end of the season. The 41-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., said in a post on Instagram that she will finish out the National Women’s Soccer League campaign with the Portland Thorns, who are scheduled to finish out the regular season…
Thousands of people in the vicinity of a dam in Tennessee were evacuated Friday amid fears of a “catastrophic failure” from the adverse impacts of Hurricane Helene, but officials later clarified the structure hadn’t failed. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) issued an emergency alert from Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis about the Waterville Dam…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 27, 2024 12:13 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors announced Friday that guard Ja’Kobe Walter will not participate in on-court activities at the NBA team’s upcoming training camp in Montreal after sustaining a shoulder injury. The team…
Ottawa’s Han Langenbahn has a daily ritual of checking the weather forecast in Brazil. The master roaster at Happy Goat Coffee Co., a chain of cafés in the nation’s capital, says it’s a hectic time for the industry. Bouts of severe drought in Brazil and Vietnam are among a handful of factors driving up global…
It’s a case where a picture is worth 1,000 words. Luckily for Kane Blake, president of the Okanagan Forest Task Force, he happens to have 68 pictures. The group was recently notified about a trailer dumped along Beaver Lake Road in Lake Country. Blake said they posted some photos on social media. “It didn’t take…
The Canadian government on Friday began coordinating commercially assisted departures for Canadians looking to get out of Lebanon amid mounting violence, Global News has learned. Global Affairs Canada is reserving blocks of seats on commercial flights for Canadian citizens as it becomes increasingly difficult to book seats independently, sources in two government departments said. The…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The U.S. Department of Transportation said Friday it had fined Air Canada US$250,000 for operating flights in 2022 and 2023 in prohibited Iraqi airspace. The agency had jurisdiction because those flights had United Airlines’ designator code. The violations occurred on numerous flights between the United Arab Emirates and Toronto in airspace that…
The son of a Canadian couple killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Monday said he had to witness “horrific scenes” just to be able to identify his parents’ bodies. Daad and Hussein Tabaja, 69 and 75, were among those killed in Israeli strikes on Monday. The Tabajas first came to Canada in 1989 but…
Roland Cherry is lucky to be alive after he was attacked by a hippo while on a canoe trip in Africa and “thrown through the air like a ragdoll.” Cherry, 63, was on a five-week vacation in southern Africa in June with his wife, Shirley, when they embarked on a group guided safari along the…
