Canadian World News
Sun, 13 Nov 2022 09:35:37 ESTIran's soccer team silent during national anthem in Qatar in support of protesters back home
Tue, 22 Nov 2022 03:33:40 ESTPowerful earthquake rocks Solomon Islands, sends people fleeing
A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands Tuesday afternoon, overturning tables and sending people racing for higher ground.
Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:11:24 ESTSuspect held on charges, heroic patron speaks after 5 killed at LGBTQ bar in Colorado
The man suspected of opening fire at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., was being held on murder and hate crimes charges Monday, two days after the attack that killed five people and wound...
Mon, 21 Nov 2022 22:03:49 ESTLoved ones remember 5 people killed at Colorado gay club
The five people who were killed at a gay club in Colorado are being remembered as loving parents, enthusiastic performers and longtime patrons who cherished Club Q as a safe haven for members of the L...
Mon, 21 Nov 2022 06:37:45 ESTRescue underway on Indonesia's Java island after quake kills at least 162
Rescuers on Tuesday struggled to find more bodies in the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by an earthquake that killed at least 162 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia's main island of Java....
Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:41:45 ESTPenguin Random House and Simon & Schuster ditch $2.2B merger deal
Penguin Random House, the world's largest book publisher, and rival Simon & Schuster have scrapped a $2.2 billion US ($2.9 billion Cdn) deal to merge, Penguin owner Bertelsmann said in a statement.
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Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:27:45 ESTJason David Frank, of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, dead at 49
Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver on the 1990s children's series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has died. He was 49.
Mon, 21 Nov 2022 06:51:12 ESTDisney dumps CEO after 2 challenging years, Bob Iger returns to post
The Walt Disney Company has tapped its former CEO Bob Iger to return to head the company for two years, firing his successor Bob Chapek in a move that stunned the entertainment industry.
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Mon, 21 Nov 2022 09:32:06 ESTArtemis Orion capsule flies by moon en route to record-breaking lunar orbit
NASA's Orion capsule reached the moon on Monday, whipping around the back side and passing within 128 kilometres on its way to a record-breaking lunar orbit.
Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:12:01 ESTNATO secretary general says alliance must prepare for 'long haul' in Ukraine
Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's secretary general, says the alliance must prepare for a protracted conflict in Ukraine.
Sun, 20 Nov 2022 04:00:00 EST'It's a monster, this camp': NGOs say new model of refugee centre on Greek island is inhumane
The first closed controlled camp for asylum seekers built by the EU opened last year on the Greek island of Samos. While authorities present it as a model for future refugee camps, NGOs say it feels m...
Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:27:25 ESTHaitian leaders must all agree before Canada would lead a potential military intervention, Trudeau says
A potential Canadian military intervention in Haiti can't happen unless all political parties in the troubled nation agree to it, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday.
Sun, 20 Nov 2022 09:51:50 ESTBlasts shake Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is under Russian control, was rocked by shelling on Sunday, drawing condemnation from the head of the UN nuclear watchdog who said such attacks ris...
Sat, 19 Nov 2022 21:55:23 ESTClimate damage fund for poor nations approved at COP27 — but no deal on emissions reduction
Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the COP27 climate summit early on Sunday that sets up a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters — but does not boost effort...
Sun, 20 Nov 2022 12:29:03 ESTKyrie Irving rejoins Nets after 8-game ban, apologizes for hurt his actions caused
Kyrie Irving apologized Sunday morning to anyone who felt threatened or hurt when he posted a link to a documentary with antisemitic material, clearing the way to finally play again for the Brooklyn N...
Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:12:14 ESTMusk reinstates Trump's suspended Twitter account following poll
Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump's account on Twitter on Saturday, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan....
Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:26:53 ESTUkraine war offers preview of a world of 'tyranny and turmoil,' says Pentagon chief
U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin warns how Russia's invasion of Ukraine, if unchallenged, could normalize threats of nuclear blackmail and says the war offers a preview of a world where nuclear-arm...
Sat, 19 Nov 2022 04:00:00 ESTMexico's president channels Trump as he targets his country's electoral system
Although former president Donald Trump’s Stop the Steal campaign failed this month to undermine the U.S. electoral system from the outside, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has also s...
Fri, 18 Nov 2022 20:20:19 ESTBuffalo, N.Y., braces for another wallop of lake-effect snow as storms continue
Residents of western New York state were digging out Saturday morning from a dangerous lake-effect snowstorm that had dropped more than 1.8 metres of snow in some areas and caused several deaths.
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Sat, 19 Nov 2022 12:55:19 ESTNorth Korean leader's little-known daughter attends launch site with Kim Jong-un
North Korea has unveiled the little-known daughter of its leader Kim Jong-un at a missile launch site, attracting keen attention on a fourth-generation member of the dynastic family that has ruled Nor...