FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Deadlines have been extended for hundreds of insurance claims that remain unresolved more than two years after a wildfire dubbed “The Beast” tore through Fort McMurray and surrounding areas in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. “This is unprecedented, not just for the people of Wood Buffalo, but for our industry,”…
Until last week, Nellrene Walker loved WestJet. She wanted her money to support a Canadian airline; she had good experiences with WestJet in the past; and she liked that its pilots had recently unionized and its flight attendants were likely to be next. Today, following the airline’s public apology for her flight-booking experience, she and…
A Pakistan court on Monday jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for seven years on graft charges that he says were politically motivated. The anti-corruption court said in its ruling that the three-time prime minister was unable to prove the source of income that led to his ownership of a steel mill in Saudi Arabia. Mr Sharif was…
Films featuring a woman in the lead role are outperforming those in which a male actor gets top billing. The conclusion was reached by researchers who carried out an exhaustive study of the most popular 350 films released in cinemas around the world between January 2014 and December 2017. In films with small, medium and…
Summer job season is heating up, and demand for positions and employees to fill them are both on the rise, new data shows. According to a report from job site Indeed.com, summer job posts as a share of total postings are up 15 per cent from the year before as of May, on top of…
A former UN human rights chief has been accused of ‘reciting from Dubai’s script’ after she described a princess who fled the UAE as “troubled” following an unusual meeting at the home where she is allegedly being held captive. Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, met with Sheikha Latifa earlier this month in Dubai…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has re-opened its embassy in Syria, taking a major public step towards welcoming Bashar al-Assad back into the fold of Arab leaders after years of estrangement. Syria was suspended from the Arab League shortly after the Syrian war broke out in 2011 and most Arab states closed their embassies in…
Housing markets, most realtors will tell you, are local. When it comes to residential real estate, Vancouver is nothing like Halifax, which in turn is nothing like Quebec City. Each housing market reflects the realities of its community: Prices for the most part reflect what people are earning, and how much they can get a…
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the number of people collecting employment insurance in April fell to the lowest level in at least 21 years. The federal agency says 453,100 people received the regular wage insurance payments in April, down 100,200 or 18 per cent since April 2017, and the lowest number since comparable data became…
The Vatican spokesman and his deputy resigned on Monday over disagreements on strategy, ending a year of upheaval in the Holy See’s communications structure. A brief Vatican statement gave no reason for the resignations. Spokesman Greg Burke, an American, tweeted that he and his Spanish deputy, Paloma Garcia Ovejero, had quit to let Pope Francis appoint a new team…