The leaders of France and Germany met on Tuesday to deepen a 1963 treaty of post-war reconciliation in a bid to show that the European Union’s main axis remains strong and counter growing eurosceptic nationalism among some other members. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron signed the extension to the Elysee Treaty in…
TORONTO — U.S. entertainment company CBS Television Studios will open a television and film production hub just outside Toronto next year. The company says the hub will include six sound stages, production offices and other support facilities. CBS says the 260,000 square-foot facility will be located in Mississauga and is due to open in mid-2019….
TORONTO — An Ontario court has ruled in favour of the Canadian arm of Tesla Inc. in its petition that it had been treated unfairly in the provincial government’s cancellation of an electric vehicle rebate program. Ontario Superior Court judge Frederick L. Myers said the decision to exclude Tesla from a grace period for the…
OTTAWA — Four years ago, the internet speed in the town of Assiniboia, Sask. doubled, allowing people to stream two simultaneous high definition videos on one connection. Mayor Bob Himbeault believes the bump to 10 Mbps made an impact for local businesses. He’s confident faster internet made a noticeable difference for home entertainment such as…
The Chinese model who featured in ‘racist’ Dolce & Gabbana’s advertisements has said it ruined her career as she issued an apology for participating in the controversial campaign. Three videos in D&G’s November campaign in China showed Ms Zuo trying to eat classic Italian foods including pizza, spaghetti and a giant cannoli with a pair of…
The ritual family excursion to the local Costco warehouse could be a thing of the past for some customers, with the wholesaler announcing Wednesday that it’s beginning to expand its grocery delivery service to Canada. For the time being, the online ordering service via Costco.ca will be available only to customers in southern Ontario, with…
North Korea may seek to make an example of Thae Yong-ho, the North Korean defector who has called for another diplomat who has apparently defected from Pyongyang’s embassy in Rome to join him in Seoul and help achieve the reunification of the peninsula. Mr Thae, who fled from North Korea’s embassy in London with his…
OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh is promising an NDP government would expand the tax on investment profits as part of a package of measures aimed at taxing the rich to pay for pharmacare as well as affordable child care and housing. The federal NDP leader pitched the plan Friday during a keynote speech to the annual…
OTTAWA — Liberal backbenchers and cabinet ministers alike condemned former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould on Monday for surreptitiously recording a phone conversation with the country’s top public servant, Michael Wernick. For many of them, the recording was the last straw in the SNC-Lavalin saga that has engulfed the Trudeau government and proof that the former…
Tech giant Elon Musk is resigning as Tesla’s chairman but will remain as CEO after he settled charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to documents. Musk will have to pay a civil penalty of $20 million after he made a series of “false and misleading” tweets about potentially taking his car company private,…