The Liberal chair of the House of Commons justice committee has apologized online to Jody Wilson-Raybould for suggesting her inability to speak French fluently may have been a reason she lost her job as attorney general. “I never should have tried to speculate about something like this,” Anthony Housefather tweeted Thursday. “I have no direct…

QUEBEC — A Florida-bound flight minutes from takeoff had to be evacuated Thursday and 10 passengers were taken to hospital after fumes from de-icing seeped into the cabin. Air Transat Flight 782 destined for Fort Lauderdale, Fla. from Quebec City was at the de-icing station shortly before 11 a.m. when passengers complained of feeling faint….

The subsidiary of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, Citgo, which earlier severed ties with its US sanctions-targeted parent company, is seeking a $1.2 billion loan to secure its daily operations, according to Bloomberg. The move is aimed at refinancing the company’s debt maturing this year, the report said, citing a presentation for investors given by…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Off to a 13-1 start, Angelo State rose to No. 1 in the first regular season rankings of the 2019 NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Rambelles received half of the 16 first-place votes and 381 points.  With the regular season underway, there were a few shakeups since the preseason poll…

Conservatives stormed out of the House of Commons during Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget speech Tuesday to protest the government’s handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair. The move came hours after Liberals on the House justice committee decided in a closed-door meeting to end their probe into the controversy — a move the Tories said amounted…

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the West, particularly the United States, of manipulating its national currency rates as the country gears up for elections this weekend. The lira slid nearly six percent last Friday, prompting Erdogan to call for a crackdown on market “manipulations” and Turkish regulators to open a probe into investment banks….

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Guiding Indiana Wesleyan University to its second straight NAIA Championships appearance and school-record 58 wins, head coach Steve Babinski and his staff have been recognized by their peers as the 2018 NFCA NAIA National Coaching Staff of the Year. It marks the first honor for the program led by Babinski, along with…

TORONTO — Student protesters were thrown out of Ontario’s legislature Tuesday morning after unfurling a banner to demand free tuition and hurling insults at Premier Doug Ford. “Doug Ford can kiss my a**. You’re a f**king cracker,” one woman yelled from the public gallery at Queen’s Park. Security escorted five people out of the building,…

The US could overtake Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world’s top oil exporter by 2024, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has predicted. In its annual oil outlook, the agency forecast rapid growth of American oil supplies to the global market in the next five years, as output from the country’s shale fields continues to…