Skip to Content
By Anthony Vasquez-Peddie, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Women in Canada are becoming more pessimistic about gender equality in the workplace, with a majority feeling the pace of change has been slow despite more awareness and they still aren’t being offered the same opportunities as men,
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Talbot, CTVNews.ca digital content editor Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A U.S. man allegedly trying to bring a 16-year-old girl into Canada against her will was denied entry, turned back and taken into custody, Vermont State Police said in a news release. Police said the attempted
Continue Reading
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Far-right former French TV pundit Eric Zemmour is holding his first campaign rally near Paris, a few days after he formally declared his candidacy for April’s presidential election in a video relaying his anti-migrants, anti Islam views. The 63-year-old with multiple hate-speech convictions has unveiled his campaign’s slogan: “Impossible is not
Continue Reading
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Julia Taubitz of Germany won two women’s World Cup luge races Sunday. Summer Britcher gave USA Luge its best individual finish in nearly two years by grabbing a silver medal in the women’s sprint. Taubitz won both the women’s race and the sprint that followed. Britcher’s silver medal was the
Continue Reading By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — After two brothers spent hours telling a jury how Jussie Smollett paid them to carry out a fake racist and anti-gay attack on himself, the big question when the actor’s trial resumes is whether he will tell his side of the story. The choice is risky, but
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold a massive stake in his company over the past several weeks. And yet he owns 564,000 more shares than he did at the start of the selling spree. An analysis of his filings shows Musk is not backing away from his holdings in Tesla, despite
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Smaller American companies are getting crushed in the stock market’s recent wild swings. That could be an ominous sign for the economy. The Russell 2000 index, home to companies like Crocs, BJ’s Wholesale and others with an average market valuation of about $3 billion, is now trading more
Continue Reading By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal has recorded its first case of the coronavirus omicron variant. The announcement was made by the Institute for Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training, which is one of the laboratories approved by Senegal for COVID-19 testing. The institute said the case was detected Friday from
Continue ReadingBy John Blake, CNN If the Jazz Police began launching midnight raids against musicians who offended their sensibilities, Kenny G would be at the top of their list. The 65-year-old saxophone player has been called the best-selling instrumentalist of all time, someone whose songs have formed the sonic backdrop of so many weddings, shopping mall
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, Oren Liebermann and Amir Tal, CNN President Joe Biden has a favorite story about his long relationship with Israel. For decades, he has been publicly recounting his 1973 meeting with then-Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir — which he described in 2015 as “one of the most consequential meetings I’ve ever had in
Continue ReadingBy Casey Barber, CNN While Ina Garten’s “engagement chicken” recipe might seem like it has magical powers, roast chicken shouldn’t be reserved for those wanting to put a ring on it. Nor do you need a specific recipe to make a roast chicken that causes marriage proposals — though knowing how to do so might
Continue Reading By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Thursday that the administration’s goal for offshore wind and the projects being developed now represent a “gust of job growth throughout the country.” Granholm visited a new offshore wind manufacturing hub in Providence to talk about the Biden administration’s plan
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say three skiers have been killed and two injured in an avalanche in central Austria. The victims included a rising young motorbike racer. They were part of a group of 11 skiers, eight of whom were hit by a roughly 200-meter (655-foot) wide slab of snow as they ascended a slope
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — Hundreds of people have marched through central Brussels to protest tightened COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Belgian government to counter the latest spike in coronavirus cases. Marchers came to protest the measures that were announced Friday, the third week in a row that the government has tightened the rules as the latest
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed At stake in the Mississippi abortion case heard by the Supreme Court December 1 is access to the procedure for millions of people across the country. As Justice Brett Kavanaugh made clear at Wednesday’s hearing, the justices are not considering whether to outlaw abortion nationwide. But a decision that overturns current Supreme
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Officials say the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen has accelerated its airstrikes on the capital and elsewhere in the conflict-stricken country. Meanwhile, government forces advanced in the west coast and the key province of Marib. The coalition said it hit military facilities in rebel-held Sanaa
Continue Reading By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Supreme Court weighs the future of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, a resurgent anti-abortion movement plans to press its advantage in state-by-state battles while abortion-rights supporters prepare to play defense. Both sides seem to be operating on the assumption that a court reshaped by
Continue Reading
By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A Pearl Harbor survivor will be in attendance at the 80th remembrance ceremony this week, thanks to the help of his daughter and dozens of strangers who wanted to make sure he could be there. Ike Schab, 101, told CNN he was on a docked ship when the attack occurred
Continue Reading CNN By Travis Caldwell, Artemis Moshtaghian, Ralph Ellis and Amir Vera, CNN Authorities executed a search warrant Monday at the home of the man who helped Ethan Crumbley’s parents before they were arrested, Oakland County Undersheriff Michael G. McCabe told CNN. Andrzej Sikora, 65, and his attorney, Clarence Dass, voluntarily went into the Oakland County
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Days after a 15-year-old student allegedly killed four classmates at a Michigan high school, the district’s superintendent has requested an independent investigation into the incident — the deadliest school shooting at a US K-12 campus since May 2018. Ethan Crumbley is accused of carrying out Tuesday’s shooting at
Continue Reading