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Marc Anthony’s luxury yacht goes up in flames in Miami
MIAMI — A luxury yacht owned by singer Marc Anthony partially sank in Biscayne Bay after it was engulfed by a massive fire that took 45 firefighters nearly two hours to extinguish. No one was injured. The 120-foot (36.5-meter) boat was docked off Miami’s MacArthur Causeway at the Island Gardens Marina when it caught fire […]
Supreme Court rules sons of Russian spies are Canadian citizens
OTTAWA — Alexander Vavilov, the Toronto-born son of Russian spies, is a Canadian citizen, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided. In its judgment Thursday, the high court upheld a Federal Court of Appeal decision that effectively affirmed the citizenship of not only Alexander but also his brother Timothy. Aside from addressing the citizenship matter, […]
‘Influencers’ warned to clearly state when social media messages are advertising
GATINEAU, Que. – Canada’s competition watchdog says it wants consumers to be told when advertisers have a close relationship with the people who praise their products through social media accounts. The Competition Bureau says it has sent letters to nearly 100 brands and agencies involved in what’s called “influencer marketing.” Some of the biggest social […]
Canada’s ‘universal call blocking’ system seen as partial answer to big nuisance
GATINEAU, Que. – Thursday marks the official arrival of a system to block some types of nuisance calls, although even its supporters have said it offers only a partial solution to a complex problem facing Canadians. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has said it receives 80,000 to 90,000 complaints annually about unwanted phone calls. […]
3 teens sentenced to 2 years of probation for St. Michael’s College School sex assaults
Three former students of St. Michael’s College School in Toronto were sentenced Thursday. (Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press) Three teenagers were sentenced Thursday to two years of probation each for the assault and two sexual assaults on the campus of an all-boys private school in Toronto in 2018. The three former St. Michael’s College School all pleaded […]
Archaeologists in Greece find 3,500-year-old royal tombs
ATHENS, Greece – American archaeologists have discovered two monumental royal tombs dating from about 3,500 years ago near a major Mycenaean-era palace in Greece’s southern Peloponnese region, the Greek culture ministry said Tuesday. A ministry statement said the dome-shaped roofs of both tombs near the Bronze Age palace of Pylos collapsed during antiquity, and the chambers became […]
Bus shorn apart in Hong Kong, killing 6 and injuring 30
HONG KONG — The violent crash of a double-decker bus in Hong Kong killed six people and injured more than 30 others on Wednesday, police said. The crash in the New Territories of Hong Kong that border mainland China tore away much of the left side of the bus and ripped a jagged hole in […]
Statistics Canada says annual pace of inflation climbs to 2.2 per cent
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation heated up in November as gasoline prices posted their first year-over-year increase since October last year. The agency says the consumer price index rose 2.2 per cent compared with a year ago to end a three-month streak where the annual pace of inflation had held […]
SNC-Lavalin pleads guilty to fraud, will pay a $280M fine for Libyan work
MONTREAL — A division of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. will plead guilty to a charge of fraud and pay a $280-million penalty related to work the company did in Libya. The plea deal comes on the heels of the conviction of a former top SNC-Lavalin executive last Sunday. The criminal cases are separate, but both relate […]