A taxi stops in the small town of Champlain. Loaded down with belongings, a family with two children gets out and hurries to the road’s end at a stream marking the US-Canada border. “We are coming all the way from Jersey City,” says the father, Mohammed Ahmed. The city near New York is more than … Read more
Paul Byron scored with just eight seconds left to lift Montreal to a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators, spoiling the return of former Canadien P. K. Subban to the Bell Centre. The crowd of 21,000 cheered and chanted “P. K.! P.K.!” as the Nashville Predators let Subban take a solo spin around the ice … Read more
Most of the hundreds of people streaming over the US border into Canada in recent weeks are asylum-seekers, coming from Syria, Yemen, Turkey or Sudan, according to the United Nations’ refugee point man in the country. In an interview, Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the representative in Canada of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said it … Read more
The only person convicted in the 1985 Air India bombings that killed 331 people is now free, Canada’s parole board said Wednesday. Inderjit Singh Reyat had been ordered to live at a halfway house following his release from prison one year ago, after serving two decades behind bars. That condition has now been lifted and … Read more
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must have been feeling the heat. Mr Trudeau will not attend Fidel Castro’s funeral in Cuba this week, despite the decades-long friendship between his father and the former Cuban communist leader. Canada will be represented by Governor General David Johnston at a memorial service in Havana on Tuesday. Mr Trudeau’s … Read more
It was the 71st minute of Tuesday’s opening leg of the Eastern Conference final between the Montreal Impact and Toronto FC, and the 61,104 fans at Olympic Stadium were cheering the Ivorian’s entrance into the game, which ended 3-2 in favor of the home side. The fans might not have known it yet, but it … Read more
The World Anti-Doping Agency and its head Craig Reedie faced stinging criticism from national Olympic committees yesterday for its handling of the Russian doping scandal, days before its board meeting where the Scot is up for re-election. Reedie, speaking to the general assembly of the Association of National Olympic committees in Doha, Qatar, said these … Read more
Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen died in his sleep after falling down in the middle of the night at his Los Angeles home, his manager said Wednesday. “The death was sudden, unexpected and peaceful,” manager Robert B. Kory said in a statement. The details from Kory provided the first glimpse of how Cohen died. No cause was … Read more
Canada’s main stock market in Toronto started the week positively as rising crude oil and natural gas prices contributed. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s benchmark Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index gained 43.04 points, or 0.30 percent, to end the session at 14,598.45 points. Six of the ten sub-sectors ended the day higher. TSX Energy group saw … Read more
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen has died aged 82. The news was announced on his official Facebook page, but no details about the cause of death were given. “It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away,” the statement said. Canadian Prime Minister Justin … Read more
The news was announced on his official Facebook page, but no details about the cause of death were given. “It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away,” the statement said. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led tributes to the singer, who was known for hits … Read more
Canadian singer Leonard Cohen has died aged 82, according to a statement on his official Facebook page. “It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away,” the announcement said. “We have lost one of music’s most revered and prolific visionaries.” There were no details about the … Read more
Didier Drogba has refused to play for Montreal Impact after being told he would not be starting against Toronto, according to coach Mauro Biello. The ex-Chelsea striker, 38, was absent from the Saputo Stadium where the Impact claimed a 2-2 draw to seal a Major League Soccer play-off spot. Montreal had earlier said he had … Read more
Things have not been going well for the Montreal Impact and that frustration may have boiled over for star Didier Drogba Saturday evening. The Impact suffered a 1-0 loss to the New York Red Bulls and slumped to their third loss in four games. Drogba, who has scored twice over that span, was held off … Read more
Complain about the lack of jobs in Ghana these days and an NDC official is likely to respond with something along the lines of “We have completed an unprecedentednumberof infrastructure projects, and the jobs will come”. For the NDC government, infrastructure projects have become a substitute for prudent economic policies that ensure that businessesflourish. To … Read more
Plans to cut airline CO2 using greener jet fuels made from waste wood have been dismissed as a “pipe dream” by environmentalists. Several high octane, waste-based biofuels are being tested by airlines as a way of curbing CO2. UN officials are set to endorse these fuels as a key part of global plans to stabilise … Read more