The head of one of Canada’s largest grocery chains says he’s seeing the early signs of consumer behaviour normalizing after years of trading down and cutting back in the cost of living crunch. Michael Medline, CEO of Sobeys parent company Empire Co., told analysts on the company’s earnings call Thursday that the past quarter saw…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The cost of a controversial project to remove tens of thousands of trees from Stanley Park has ballooned, with the latest budget increase coming following a closed-door meeting at Vancouver city council. The Vancouver Park Board says 160,000 of the park’s trees are dead or dying as…
The Toronto International Film Festival said Thursday it is suspending upcoming screenings of the controversial documentary Russians At War due to “significant threats to festival operations and public safety.” The announcement came a day after TIFF stood by the film, which is helmed by a Russian-Canadian director and received Canadian public funding, amid growing backlash…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is “ramping up” relations with American governors and senators ahead of the U.S. presidential election and crucial renegotiations of the North American free trade deal. Speaking at the Toronto Region Board of Trade on Thursday, Ford indicated that his government is trying to get ahead of the potential disruption by forging…
A silhouetted figure stands in stark contrast against the bright blue of planet Earth, his torso emerging from a space capsule hundreds of kilometres above the atmosphere. The man is Jared Isaacman, a tech billionaire who became the first civilian in history to perform a commercial spacewalk. Before today, the only people who could attempt…
The Toronto International Film Festival says screenings of a controversial documentary depicting Russian soldiers in Ukraine will go ahead as planned, despite Ontario’s public broadcaster pulling its support amid outcry from the Ukrainian community. A statement from the festival Wednesday defended the film, Russians at War, a day after a large protest was held outside its…
Despite bombing at the 2024 Olympics (and almost breaking the internet in the process), Australian breakdancer B-Girl Raygun is having the last laugh after being named the number one female breakdancer in the world. Raygun, a 37-year-old academic whose real name is Rachel Gunn, was placed in the top spot of the women’s rankings by…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size As humans, we’ve long had a fascination with paranormal activity and ghost stories; but what happens when a so-called “haunted object” starts to disrupt your life? A new series on History, also now streaming on StackTV, is diving deep into the objects in our possession that give…
The father of an 11-year-old Ohio boy who died last year after a minivan driven by a Haitian immigrant struck his school bus called Donald Trump and JD Vance “morally bankrupt politicians” and accused the pair, as well as other Republican politicians, of using his family’s tragedy for political clout. Speaking during public comment at…
A single dose of the mpox vaccine offers moderate protection against the virus, according to a new Canadian study. While “moderate” might not sound impressive, the researchers describe the results as “terrific” and hope more Canadians at risk will continue to get vaccinated. The study, published Wednesday in the BMJ, found that a single dose…
