Michel Houellebecq, the enfant terrible of French literature, was awarded the Legion of Honour, France’s highest civilian distinction, in the New Year honours list on Tuesday. A forthcoming novel by the celebrated but controversial author predicts the doom of western civilisation. Seratonin, due out on Friday, focuses on the festering rage in provincial France that…
An explosion rocked a refinery in northwestern Wisconsin on Thursday, injuring at least 11 people, forcing the evacuation of homes, schools and a hospital, and sending a plume of noxious smoke billowing into the air. Authorities said a tank of crude oil or asphalt exploded about 10 a.m. at the Husky Energy oil refinery in…
The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to temporarily fund the government, a key step toward averting a federal shutdown after President Donald Trump backed off his demand for money for a border wall with Mexico. Senators passed the measure, which would keep government running to February 8, by voice vote without a roll call. The House is…
Canada Revenue Agency has identified nearly $600 million in unpaid taxes on real estate transactions since it began keeping a closer eye on the British Columbia and Ontario real estate markets in 2015, the agency said in a recent report. However, much of that money has to do with CRA rejecting GST/HST rebates to homebuyers….
A French court on Friday jailed British drug kingpin Robert Dawes for 22 years for large-scale cocaine trafficking at the end of a two-week trial. Dawes, 46, was convicted of arranging for 1.3 tonnes of cocaine to be smuggled into France on an Air France flight from Venezuela to Paris in 2013. Dawes had denied organising the…
Trump’s Tariff Tantrum Killed Any Chance Of A Warm Welcome At G7Donald Trump is due to arrive in Canada this weekend for his first official visit as President of the United States, to take part in the G7 meeting of global political leaders organized for outside of Quebec City. If he has the guts to…
The husband of a British diplomat based at the United Nations in New York has been arrested and charged with domestic violence, after Britain agreed to waive his diplomatic immunity. Youssef Amrouche, 37, was arrested after a dispute with his 46-year-old wife at their home in central Manhattan, near the UN. Police were called in…
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Walmart Canada Corp. says it’s cutting Weston Foods as a bread supplier, but the retailer says the decision has nothing to do with the Competition Bureau’s investigation into price-fixing. In an email statement, a spokesperson for Walmart says the company is reducing its number of bread suppliers for commercial reasons. The decision…
OTTAWA — The Canadian government is rejecting a push by the Trump administration to strike separate, bilateral trade deals with Canada and Mexico instead of pushing ahead with a stalled effort to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. Ottawa’s refusal Tuesday to pursue a one-on-one trade deal with the United States came after Donald…
Emma Kent Reporter @GoneEFK Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editor @wyp100 After recording a podcast about how it’s such an exciting time for Pokémon fans with Let’s Go, you can’t quite say the same for those looking forward to Fallout 76, the online spin-off in Bethesda’s role-playing series. Unfortunately, after playing both the beta and the full…