Yarmouth hockey star Allie Munroe is one of a pair of Nova Scotians on the Toronto Sceptres roster preparing to make their professional debut in Halifax. She joins Stellarton’s Blayre Turnbull on the ice to tackle the Montreal Victoire in the first-ever PWHL game in Atlantic Canada as part of the league’s 16-game neutral-city Takeover […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has accelerated a push to finalize several free trade agreements over the next few months to offset the impact of steep U.S. import tariffs and widen export destinations during growing global trade uncertainties. New Delhi is in advanced talks with the European Union, New Zealand and Chile and this week […]
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares slipped further on Thursday after declines for AI stocks dragged the U.S. market to its worst day in nearly a month. Traders were waiting for an update later in the day on U.S. inflation, and on a decision Friday by Japan’s central bank on interest rates. The Bank of Japan […]
The Christmas holiday season is a time to step back from the busy pace of modern life and connect with our nearest and dearest instead of screens, apps and chatbots. Here are some suggestions on how to unplug from the online world for the next few weeks as you sit down for a festive meal, […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Turning Point USA, the conservative youth organization that Charlie Kirk turned into a political juggernaut, will convene its flagship conference on Thursday for the first time since the assassination of its charismatic founder, testing the durability of a fractious movement that helped return President Donald Trump to the White House. Kirk served […]
In November, a train carrying almost 500 people came to a sudden halt in eastern Poland. A broken overhead line had smashed several windows, and the track ahead was damaged. Elsewhere on the line, explosives detonated under a passing freight train. No one was hurt in either case and the damage was limited, but Poland, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s glowing account of progress under his watch Wednesday was out of tune with the experience of price-squeezed Americans and the story told by some of his government’s own statistics. In a speech from the White House, Trump assailed the record of his Democratic predecessor and boasted expansively about his […]
VICTORIA — Former grocery executive Darrell Jones said he plans to apply lessons learned from B.C. billionaire Jimmy Pattison to the political world as he considers running for the leadership of the provincial Conservatives. He says Pattison taught him that the customer is the boss, and if Jones were to be become the premier, British […]
Nova Scotia has the highest rate per capita of human trafficking in the country, according to new data shared by Statistics Canada. The report published on Dec. 8 includes numbers from 2024, showcasing over a 10-year period that the average annual rate for Canada is 1.2 incidents per 100,000 people. In Nova Scotia, it is […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has launched a months-long effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting or hindering federal officers while protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and military deployments. Attorney General Pam Bondi has vowed such offenders will face “severe consequences.” In a review of scores of criminal prosecutions brought by federal prosecutors, […]