Greta Thunberg travelled to Fort McMurray Friday, following her speech at a large rally in Edmonton. The climate activist arrived in northern Alberta Friday night for a private meeting with Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam. “We talked about what was going on in our region,” said Adam. “Where we come from, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, […]
A coffee shop in Leslieville has become an unlikely celebrity hotspot after one of the world’s biggest movie stars paid a surprise visit. Tom Hanks, who is in the city for the Toronto International Film Festival, stopped by for a cup of coffee at Grinder Coffee on Gerrard Street near Jones Avenue on Friday night. Grinder Coffee […]
When it comes to space, 2018 was a pretty exciting year. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launched successfully — even to CEO Elon Musk’s surprise. NASA’s InSight spacecraft landed on Mars. Another NASA spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, arrived safely at the asteroid Bennu. And, of course, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is working away on the International Space Station until June. The year ahead should be […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made the Calgary Stampede rounds, with his first stop MP Kent Hehr’s pancake breakfast. Hehr lost his cabinet post earlier this year after an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct with women. Trudeau has been dogged by negative headlines of his own centred on an 18-year-old allegation he groped a […]