Thousands of members of Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party gather Friday in Red Deer ahead of a crucial weekend vote on the job performance of their leader, Premier Danielle Smith.The party’s rules don’t say what level of support in a leadership review is considered a passing grade. But Smith has said that she'd like to see a higher level of support than the 54 per cent she received when party rank and file picked her to replace then-premier Jason Kenney in 2022.
November 1, 2024 - 07:56 | Jack Farrell | The Globe and Mail
Tara Desousa, now 43, has applied to Federal Court to overturn a decision to deny her 'escorted temporary absences' from the federal women's prison.
November 1, 2024 - 07:44 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Canadians engrossed in the drama of the U.S. presidential election expect to gather in bars and living rooms to watch the votes roll in Tuesday.
November 1, 2024 - 07:34 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Police in northern Ontario say a razor blade was found in a child’s candy on Halloween night.OPP say they were called Thursday evening about a tampered mini chocolate bar containing a blade.Police say the child got the candy bar while out trick-or-treating in the town of Cochrane.
November 1, 2024 - 07:33 | | The Globe and Mail
Ride-share giant Uber has banned a customer from its app after one of its drivers posted a social media video showing him enduring a racist tirade.Mandeep Sehgal says it was important for him to call attention to it because South Asian drivers are increasingly facing racist taunts and Uber was taking too long to hold his belligerent customer accountable.
November 1, 2024 - 07:26 | Fakiha Baig | The Globe and Mail
Although Vince Carter's arrival in Toronto lifted the Raptors' sagging ticket sales and he helped take them to the post-season, it was his endeavours off the court that some remember best.
November 1, 2024 - 07:23 | | CBC News - Canada