Police are intensifying their search for a masked gunman who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a busy New York City street Wednesday morning. Thompson, 50, was a prominent figure in the health-care industry, leading one of the nation’s largest insurers. A married father of two teenage sons, he lived in a Minneapolis…
TD Bank on Thursday warned of a challenging 2025 and suspended its medium-term earnings forecast as Canada’s second-biggest lender works through its anti-money laundering remediation program following a U.S. regulatory probe. Shares of TD, which faces an asset cap and a $3 billion penalty following a probe by U.S. regulators last year into its anti-money…
An amazing sight off the west coast of Vancouver Island has been captured on camera and it all began when a whale was spotted surfacing in Barkley Sound. The humpback whale, along with some sea lions, was going after a bait ball, which is a swarm of small fish that swim together to protect themselves…
Canada is set to release a new Arctic foreign policy aimed at boosting its diplomatic and security posture in the North to counter growing threats from foreign actors and climate change, the government announced Thursday. Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said the policy set to be released Friday will respond to the growing global threat environment,…
Aviation experts are trying to determine how a stowaway made it all the way to Paris on a flight that left New York last week. Svetlana Dali, a 57-year-old Russian national, snuck onto a Delta Air Lines flight at New York’s JFK International Airport without a boarding pass on Nov. 26 and flew all the…
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Thursday to stay in office until the end of his term, due in 2027, and announced that he will name a new prime minister within days in efforts to overcome the political deadlock following the resignation of ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Macron came out fighting a day after a…
South Korea’s opposition parties on Thursday submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his shocking move to impose a short-lived martial law that has embroiled the country in political chaos. The martial law declaration announced by Yoon late Tuesday lasted about six hours in total, after lawmakers managed to get into the…
Bitcoin has topped the $100,000 mark as a massive rally in the world’s most popular cryptocurrency sparked by the election of Donald Trump rolls on. The milestone comes just hours after the President-elect signaled a lighter regulatory approach to the crypto industry when he said he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to be…
Canada’s new WNBA franchise will be called the Toronto Tempo, a handle officially unveiled with some haste Thursday morning after it was leaked the previous day. The name appeared — briefly — on a team drop-down menu on the league’s official website. Team president Teresa Resch took it all in stride. “Well, nothing ever goes as planned,”…
While the holiday season may bring thoughts of snow and cheer, United States health authorities have a stark reminder for the warmer months: summer splash pads can harbour serious health risks, with illnesses spread by fecal contamination from children’s diapers in the water. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report…
