‘It’s been like a slow death’: Oakland baseball fans coming to grips with Athletics’ departure
The A’s final game at the Coliseum is scheduled for Thursday. The Athletics had long ago carved out a Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseball’s most successful —…
Nova Scotia wine growers walk away from government support talks for industry
The co-chair of a working group looking into support for Nova Scotia’s wine industry has resigned, calling the talks with the provincial government an “enormous disappointment.” Premier Tim Houston created…
Florida braces for major hurricane as Helene strengthening rapidly
Helene is rapidly intensifying and forecast to become a powerful Category 3 hurricane headed for Florida, forecasters say. Tropical Storm Helene off the Gulf Coast of Florida near Mexico and…
Conservative, Liberal MPs call for government to push for end to Israel-Hezbollah conflict
OTTAWA – A Liberal and a Conservative MP are calling on Canada to help to bring an end to the brewing conflict between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel before it becomes…
Ukraine urges world not to seek ‘lull’ in Russia’s war instead of peace
Ukrainian president singles out China, Brazil for pushing what he called ‘half-hearted settlement plans’. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New…
James Middleton says he ‘cannot avoid who his sister is’ and admits he will ‘always be Kate’s brother’
James Middleton has praised Princess Kate for giving him a platform to speak about mental health as he cannot “ever avoid or hide away” from who his sister is. In…
Boeing’s striking union workers not interested in ‘best and final offer’
The union representing thousands of striking Boeing U.S. factory workers said late on Tuesday a survey showed members were overwhelmingly against the planemaker’s latest pay proposal, which it described as…
Parents protest TDSB as education minister announces investigation into anti-Israel field trip
More than a hundred protesters gathered in front of the Toronto District School Board headquarters on Tuesday to denounce a recent school field trip that turned into an anti-Israeli rally.…
Meghan Markle hit with fresh claims of making staff ‘feel like s**t’ as insider tells of ‘psycho moments’
Meghan Markle has been accused of making members of staff “feel like s**t” with her “very bad, even psycho moments”. A former aide who worked for Meghan and Prince Harry…
Marcellus Williams: Missouri executes ‘innocent’ man despite push to free him, advocates say
Marcellus Williams, a 55-year-old Missouri man convicted of killing a former reporter in 1998, was executed Tuesday evening by lethal injection despite objections from prosecutors, defence lawyers and the victim’s…