Unpublished Newswire
Good morning. Modular housing is making a well-funded comeback – more on that below, along with the second round of conclave voting and the 80th anniversary of V-E Day. But first:Today’s headlinesPakistan says it shot down 25 drones, while India says it pushed back Pakistani retaliationThe RCMP are scaling back their search for two missing children in rural Nova ScotiaThe complainant in the Hockey Canada assault case says she felt she had to participate in a “porn scene”Mark Carney will meet with provincial leaders in Saskatoon in June
May 8, 2025 - 06:45 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
A wildfire that forced residents to flee their Avalon Peninsula community continues to burn Thursday. Officials say they don't know the full extent of the damage yet, but people are safe.
May 8, 2025 - 06:44 | | CBC News - Canada
Like a lot of Tesla owners, I recently found myself looking on the internet for bumper stickers. One favourite is “I bought this before Elon went crazy.” But in my case, if I am being honest, that’s not exactly true.
I bought my Model Y in September 2023. By that time, Elon Musk had taken over Twitter, now X, and he not only revealed himself to be a jerk—long widely known—in his increasingly manic posts but he had also started reinstating people who had been kicked off the platform for their racist tweets. A few weeks after I bought the car, he replied to an antisemitic post...
May 8, 2025 - 06:30 | Paul Adams | Walrus
U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war is already having an impact on Canada’s most crucial ports, but navigating the on-again, off-again nature of Trump’s words and deeds when it comes to tariffs will likely prove difficult.
Halifax’s container traffic was down 10 per cent last month, while Vancouver was greeting a near record number of oil tankers.
“We’re in uncharted territory,” said Trevor Heaver, professor emeritus of transportation studies at the University of British Columbia.
Trump says he's not backing down on tariffs, calls them 'medicine' as markets reel
Cargo ship...
May 8, 2025 - 06:30 | Chris Lambie | National Post
Thompson, 65, was charged with two counts of sexual assault in 2022 after two guests of his over Canada Day weekend said he touched them inappropriately.
May 8, 2025 - 06:05 | Matthew Bingley | Global News - Ottawa
The government is relying on a series of changes, like reducing studies developers have to undertake and standardizing development charges, in a bid to speed up homebuilding.
May 8, 2025 - 06:01 | Colin D’Mello | Global News - Ottawa
