MARKHAM, Ont. — A city just north of Toronto is making a play to try to position itself as the home for Amazon’s second North American headquarters. Markham, Ont. — one of 10 Canadian cities that joined with Toronto to bid for the hub — installed 23 bright orange signs on Monday throughout the city,…
A Nintendo Switch version of Sid Meier’s Civilization 6 will launch on 16th November, publisher 2K Games has confirmed. It’s the latest announcement clearly designed to drop last night during the now-postponed Nintendo Direct, following Final Fantasy 15: Pocket Edition for Nintendo Switch popping up earlier this morning. The Switch version of Civ 6 includes…
A wave of frigid arctic air that paralysed the US Midwest and caused at least a dozen deaths swept across the Northeast on Thursday but was expected to move along by the weekend, making way for warmer weather. The prospect of a weekend break offered little comfort to those enduring icy conditions, brutal winds and temperatures as…
London-based HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, has joined a growing number of financial institutions that are cutting off funding to oilsands projects. As part of reforms to its energy policy, HSBC says it will no longer finance new projects in the oilsands or related pipelines. It will also halt funding of new coal power plants, in…
In the paediatric ward of Al Ghaydah central hospital, a young child writhes, screaming in his mother’s arms. He has a skin infection, coupled with vomiting and a fever. At any other hospital he would be dosed with painkillers – but here in Yemen’s east, his screams echo through the ward without pause. There is no medication,…
Donald Trump was on Thursday heading to the border with Mexico to step up pressure on funding for the wall after his latest efforts to end the government shutdown ended in further acrimony. Mr Trump handed out sweets to leading Democrats as he sought their support for the wall in a meeting in the White House…
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A spill from Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline late last month was 48 times larger than initially reported, officials said. The spill volume reported from the company’s Darfield station north of Kamloops on May 27 was revised to 4,800 litres from 100 litres, the B.C. Ministry of Environment said Sunday. It said…
If Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion project proceeds, the land, resources and rights of more than 130 Indigenous communities and groups from Alberta’s oilsands to British Columbia’s coast could be affected. Because of this, the Canadian government and Kinder Morgan have a legal obligation to meaningfully consult with them. The pipeline company points to the…
North Korea has made dramatic strides in its development of the port of Wonsan into the “world-class” tourist resort that Kim Jong-un has demanded, with hotels, game arcades, a marina, theatres and funfairs sprouting along several miles of the city’s beach. Analysts suggest, however, that international sanctions and high-profile cases involving foreign tourists are likely…
TORONTO — Tim Hortons has seen its ranking take a hit in another study tracking Canada’s most reputable companies. Research firm Reputation Institute says the company has fallen to 67th from 13th place in one of the largest moves down of all 250 companies it analyzed this year, but the brand is still considered to…