Saturday marked the 32nd week in a row featuring a march in downtown Ottawa against the war in Gaza, beginning from the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights on Elgin Street. Israel launched it offensive in Gaza following an Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel. PHOTO GALLERY Our website is your destination for up-to-the-minute news…
Former President Donald Trump called on gun owners to vote in the 2024 election while speaking to thousands of National Rifle Association members. The NRA had officially endorsed him just before he took the stage at their annual meeting in Texas on Saturday…
Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court decision that desegregated public schools, stands in the collective national memory as a turning point in America’s fight for racial justice. But as the U.S. observes its 70th anniversary, Brown also represents something more somber: It ultimately led to thousands of Black teachers losing their jobs…
Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty ImagesJERUSALEM—Israel is crippling the ability of NGOs and human rights organizations to address the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank, by smearing, threatening and torturing existing aid workers, while limiting or denying visas to people who want to come and help.The U.N…
A ballot measure on the legalization of recreational marijuana has been overshadowed by the vote on abortion rightsThe push to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida ramped up this week. Campaigners bankrolled by dominant players in the cannabis and CBD marketplace launched a $5m advertising blitz in support of a ballot measure in November’s election that…
CBC News’s Paul Hunter travels with the World Food Program from the port city of Cap-Haïtien to Port-au-Prince to witness the cataclysmic humanitarian crisis and efforts to bring food and aid to millions of Haitians…
Blue Origin is back in the space tourism game. Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company successfully flew six paying customers to the edge of space and back this morning, breaking its nearly two-year-long hiatus from crewed missions. This was Blue Origin’s seventh trip with humans on board. The mission — a quick jaunt to cross the Kármán…