The former chief financial officer for Royal Bank of Canada is suing the bank for almost $50 million over claims of wrongful dismissal. Nadine Ahn said in a lawsuit that there is no merit to the allegations by RBC that she had an “undisclosed close personal relationship” with another employee who received preferential treatment. In…
Canadians are in for an autumn with higher-than-average extreme weather events like wildfires and more serious named storms, government of Canada scientists said in a briefing Monday. Scientists told reporters that the wildfire season could last well into September, which is unusual since a normal wildfire season in Canada is expected to wrap up by…
A 51-foot fin whale got stuck in shallow waters at a Los Angeles beach and died before rescuers could get to the scene. This tragic tale comes as the U.S. continues to battle multiple “unusual mortality events” affecting large whale species. Lifeguards at Torrance Beach spotted the whale in distress around 6 p.m. and called…
Many people want to leave their mark on history, but scratching your initials into ancient structures at a UNESCO World Heritage Site isn’t the wisest way to do it. Thanks to one unnamed British tourist, travellers to Pompeii, Italy can now view the nearly 2,000-year-old House of the Vestals with a touch of modern vandalism….
For over 20 hours, firefighters in Greece have been working to bring “extremely dangerous” wildfires under control, the country’s climate minister said on Monday. “Since yesterday afternoon, the residents of northeastern Attica have been tested by an extremely dangerous fire with which we have been fighting for over 20 hours under dramatic conditions,” Minister of…
USA Gymnastics has submitted an appeal against the International Olympic Committee’s decision that gymnast Jordan Chiles must return her Paris Olympics bronze medal in floor exercise. The drama began last week when Chiles’ coach requested that judges review the gymnast’s difficulty score after her floor routine. Though Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu was positioned to take…
A bare-chested man was arrested Sunday afternoon after he was seen climbing the Eiffel Tower, prompting an evacuation of tourists hours before the Olympic closing ceremony took place. Witnesses on the ground turned their cameras to the iconic Paris landmark after noticing the man scaling the lattice exterior of the tower. One video captured footage…
Thousands of cannabis products are being pulled off the shelves across Canada over intoxication concerns arising from labelling errors — and some adverse reactions have been reported. In an update on Friday, Health Canada added two brands and eight new lots of cannabis extract oils and softgels to its earlier recall alert from June. The…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Scotiabank has bought a minority stake in U.S. regional lender KeyCorp in an all-stock deal worth US$2.8 billion on Monday, as the Canadian bank pursues growth outside its saturated home market. Canadian lenders have been looking for growth opportunities in the U.S. as expansion slows in the…
Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store shelf, say experts. “Anytime you have major weather-related events, it tends to increase costs,” said Frank Scali, vice-president of industry affairs at Food, Health &…
