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‘Fool’s errand’: Why the Exxon Valdez looms large over northern pipeline debate.
11/30/2025

‘Fool’s errand’: Why the Exxon Valdez looms large over northern pipeline debate.

VICTORIA — The Exxon Valdez disaster happened more than 36 years ago off Alaska’s coast, but the catastrophic oil spill still looms over plans for a pipeline from Alberta to the northern British Columbia coast. Rick Steiner, a former academic who was one of the first on the scene of the infamous...

Ozempic and other GLP-1s about to take a bite out of the fast-food business: experts.
11/30/2025

Ozempic and other GLP-1s about to take a bite out of the fast-food business: experts.

If you visit a fast-food chain in the next few years, expect the menu to look a little less gluttonous. In between the usual deep-fried options, industry observers anticipate more offerings that come in smaller portions, pack nutrients like protein or fibre and check enough boxes to be considered he...

UNAIDS chief urges Carney not to cut foreign aid, global health funding.
11/30/2025

UNAIDS chief urges Carney not to cut foreign aid, global health funding.

OTTAWA — The head of the United Nations’ HIV/AIDS program is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse his government’s planned cuts to foreign aid and global health funding. “My message to Prime Minister Carney, to Canada, and to all the other donors is, stay the course,” UNAIDS execut...

Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial.
11/30/2025

Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial.

TEL AVIV (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges — seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nation. Netanyahu, who has been at war against the country’s legal system over t...

Calgary renews programs, awareness as homeless face dire challenges of winter.
11/30/2025

Calgary renews programs, awareness as homeless face dire challenges of winter.

Chaz Smith remembers being homeless, and the awful foreboding when the snow came, the temperatures plunged and the very drugs holding him in thrall became the rescue line keeping him alive. “Your immediate concern was obviously that it’s cold, you’re going to freeze and die outside when temper...

AI-assisted shopping is the talk of the holiday shopping season.
11/30/2025

AI-assisted shopping is the talk of the holiday shopping season.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major retail chains and tech companies are offering new or updated artificial intelligence tools in time for the holiday shopping season, hoping to give consumers an easier gift-buying experience and themselves an augmented share of online spending. Although AI-powered purchases ar...

Turkey condemns Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil tankers off Black Sea coast.
11/30/2025

Turkey condemns Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil tankers off Black Sea coast.

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish government has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers in the Black Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said the attacks on the Kairos and Virat vessels happened inside Turkey’s exclusive economic zone and “have posed ...

A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media.
11/30/2025

A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media.

NEW YORK (AP) — Cat Murphy, a college student, has wanted to be a journalist since she was 11. Many of her friends don’t understand why. When they engage with the news — if they do — they hear a cacophony of voices. They don’t know who to believe. Reporters are biased. They make mistakes. ...

Clean Sweep! Brad Jacobs beats Matt Dunstone in Trials final to lock up Olympic spot.
11/30/2025

Clean Sweep! Brad Jacobs beats Matt Dunstone in Trials final to lock up Olympic spot.

Brad Jacobs owned a poor performance in his opening game at the Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials. He didn’t lose again at Scotiabank Centre and is now on his way back to the Winter Olympics. Jacobs and his Calgary-based team held off a spirited challenge from Matt Dunstone’s Winnipeg side o...

Rubio and Witkoff are meeting with Ukraine’s negotiators as Trump pushes to broker an end to the war.
11/30/2025

Rubio and Witkoff are meeting with Ukraine’s negotiators as Trump pushes to broker an end to the war.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Top Trump administration officials are meeting Ukrainian negotiators in Florida this weekend, pushing to broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine and setting the stage for key talks planned this week in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Secretary of State Ma...

Death toll in Hong Kong apartment complex blaze rises to 146 as the city mourns.
11/30/2025

Death toll in Hong Kong apartment complex blaze rises to 146 as the city mourns.

HONG KONG (AP) — The death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers at an ever-growing makeshift memorial at the scene of the disaster, among the wor...

Pope arrives in Lebanon in a bid to bring hope to a war-wracked region.
11/30/2025

Pope arrives in Lebanon in a bid to bring hope to a war-wracked region.

BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV landed in Lebanon Sunday, where he aimed to bring a message of hope to its long-suffering people and bolster a crucial Christian community in the Middle East. He arrived in Lebanon at a precarious moment for the small Mediterranean country after years of successive crise...

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