Twenty-three metres below the surface of Barkley Sound, a sea sponge named Belinda is telling researchers about changing ocean conditions. “Honestly, it was very opportunistic,” Dominica Harrison, one of the study’s authors told Global News. “They just turned on the cameras, and there Belinda was. Just hanging out.” 2:01 Timelapse of sea sponge ‘Belinda’ sneezing,…
Hamas stood by its demand on Tuesday that Israel fully end its assault on Gaza under any deal to release hostages, and said U.S. president-elect Donald Trump was rash to say “all hell will break out” unless they go free by his Jan. 20 inauguration. Officials from the Islamist group and Israel have been holding…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says he will attend former U.S. president Jimmy Carter’s funeral in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 9. Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. He was the 39th president of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981. A public funeral will take place Thursday at the National Cathedral in…
As Donald Trump continues to talk about taking control of Greenland, his oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., travelled to the autonomous Danish territory on Tuesday — but Greenlandic and Danish officials are making it clear they want nothing to do with what the Trumps are proposing. “Don Jr. and my Reps landing in Greenland,” Trump…
A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 95 people in Tibet. Many others were trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the remote region. Rescue workers climbed mounds of broken bricks, some using ladders in…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump asked a New York court on Tuesday to throw out his conviction on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, and to dismiss the case before his scheduled Friday sentencing. The request to a state appeals court marked a last-ditch effort by Trump to block a lower court…
TORONTO – RJ Barrett and the Toronto Raptors had no excuses for their dismal effort against the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday. The Bucks embarrassed the home team 128-104 before 17,829 at Scotiabank Arena, even though the Raptors had starters Barrett, Scottie Barnes, Immanuel Quickly, Jakob Poeltl and Gradey Dick on the floor together for the…
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press Posted January 6, 2025 4:45 pm Updated January 6, 2025 4:46 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. Louisiana health officials announced…
Justin Trudeau’s decision to step down and prorogue Parliament will keep his government from implementing its proposed changes to capital gains for now, but Canadians might not be off the hook with tax collectors just yet. The changes would raise the portion of capital gains on which companies pay tax to two-thirds from one-half. The…
A judge has granted the continuation of an injunction to the owner and developer of a St. Norbert forest, forbidding the defendants from trespassing on the property. Justice Sarah Inness made her decision Monday, but did not grant the plaintiff’s request to extend the injunction to a strip of city-owned land the developer used to…
