Ireland’s Constitution says a woman’s place is in the home. Voters could change that
Irish voters will decide Friday — International Women’s Day — whether to change the 87-year-old document to remove passages the government says are outdated and sexist.
World
Mar 8
Remembering the celebrities we lost in 2023
From movie and TV stars to musicians and other notable personalities, we said goodbye to a lot of familiar, beloved faces this year.
Entertainment
Dec 30, 2023
Canada’s plant hardiness zones map ready to bloom for 1st time in 10 years
Natural Resources Canada is hoping to release an updated version of Canada's plant hardiness zones map in 2024. The last time it was updated was in 2014.
Canada
Dec 19, 2023
Manitoba’s next premier to join colourful list of provincial leaders
After the Oct. 3 election Manitoba's next premier will join -- or rejoin -- a long list of past leaders. How many do you know?
Politics
Sep 23, 2023
Tiny home community planned at former Peterborough Humane Society property
Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes plans to establish 15 sleeping cabins on the property of the former humane society building on Lansdowne Street East.
Economy
Apr 25, 2023
Documents show Black activist who became Dominican PM was target of RCMP
Recently released records reveal just how far the Mounties would go in the early 1970s to keep an eye on the young visitor from the Caribbean.
Canada
Feb 26, 2023
Remembering the celebrities we lost in 2022
From movie and TV stars to musicians and notable personalities, we said goodbye to a lot of familiar, beloved faces this year.
Entertainment
Dec 30, 2022
Teen crushed to death during Montreal St. Patrick’s parade
Organizers of Montreal’s St. Patrick’s parade were in shock Sunday night after a 19-year-old man was run over and killed by a parade float downtown, the first fatality in the history of the 186-year-old event.
Mar 14, 2010
‘Dragon Tattoo’ writer’s partner says he wouldn’t have approved of merchandising
STOCKHOLM - The longtime partner of late Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson says he wouldn't have approved of merchandise being linked to this week's release of a Hollywood adaptation of his bestselling novel, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo."
Entertainment
Dec 19, 2011
Ireland to end state guarantee to bank bondholders, says nation’s 3 surviving banks are stable
DUBLIN - The Irish government announced Tuesday it will no longer insure the bonds of its three surviving banks, ending an infamous chapter in the country's struggle to safeguard its financial system from collapse.
Money
Feb 26, 2013
Indigenous filmmaker is calling for fines and jail time for those falsely claiming to be Indigenous
A popular Haida Nation filmmaker is trying to put an end to people falsely claiming to be Indigenous by introducing the Indigenous Identity Act.
Politics
Jan 19, 2021
Protesters disperse as St. Patrick’s parade goes off without a hitch
A planned anarchist demonstration never really posed the threat many feared it would.
Mar 22, 2015
Singular ‘they’ named 2015’s Word of the Year
Grammar nerds be damned. The language gods have spoken.
Lifestyle
Jan 11, 2016
Montreal’s United Irish Societies struggling to fund Saint Patrick’s Day parade
Saint Patrick's Day parade organizers say it's getting harder to put the festivities together.
Money
Mar 10, 2016
Author runs across Quebec & Ontario to honour Irish heritage
Collins is retracing the route of Irish immigrants who arrived in 1847 to escape the famine to help the push to build a commemorative site adjacent to the Black Rock.
Canada
Jun 17, 2016
Study into why women fake orgasms reveals harmful sexual norms
Some Canadian women are consenting to sex they don't want for troubling reasons, according to a new study.
Health
Jul 25, 2016
‘It’s a little tough,’ but many will still celebrate St. Patrick’s Day: Hudson’s Irishman of the Year
“Everyone’s a little Irish on St. Patrick’s Day,” Ken Doran said. “We’re all welcome to be — we might just be a little further away from each other.”
Canada
Mar 17, 2020
Montreal’s United Irish Societies select St. Patrick’s Day parade royalty
The 197th Montreal St. Patrick's Day parade is set to take place on March 22 on Ste-Catherine Street from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Features
Feb 2, 2020
Montreal’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, other events postponed amid coronavirus concerns
In a statement, the group said in light of COVID-19 concerns, it feels it is in the best interest of public health.
News
Mar 12, 2020
Suu Kyi, in Myanmar since 1988, starts world tour
For 24 years, Aung San Suu Kyi was either under house arrest or too
fearful that if she left Myanmar, the government would never let her
return. Now, in a sign of how much life there has changed, the democracy
activist and long-time political prisoner is resuming world travels,
arriving Tuesday night in neighbouring Thailand after an 85-minute
flight from her homeland.
World
May 29, 2012