Name a more iconic duo than Alan Brazil and breakfast. We’ll wait. One of the most recognisable voices on radio turns 60 on Saturday, and during two eventful careers, the big man has seen it all. Such is his fame on the airwaves, it’s easy to forget he was once pretty good at football. Ipswich […]
OTTAWA — Canada’s price on carbon will have to be five times what it is now if the country is to reach its Paris Agreement greenhouse-gas emissions targets just by charging for those emissions, Parliament’s budget watchdog says. The $20-a-tonne federal levy on fuels is set to rise to $50 a tonne by 2022. It […]
Ottawa says a federal carbon tax will be imposed on Alberta starting Jan. 1. Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she has written the province to inform it of the decision. She says 90 per cent of the money collected will go back to Alberta taxpayers in rebates, meaning an average family of four will […]
Lifelong Blackpool fan Simon Sadler has completed a 96.2 per cent acquisition of the club following approval of the purchase by the English Football League. The deal concludes a protracted saga surrounding the League One side, whose fans have long campaigned for the Oysten family to be displaced. The Seasiders were seized by the High […]
The 2019/20 Premier League fixtures have been announced and already some Chelsea fans are fuming about it. It’s not just the fact they’re playing Manchester United in their opening game either. The Blues take on the Red Devils at Old Trafford and the match has already been scheduled to take place on Sunday, August 11. […]
Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford may be set for a gruelling pre-season to prove his doubters wrong after seeing this stunning stat. The 21-year-old is undoubtedly one of the Premier League’s brightest young stars but he came under the spotlight for his form – or lack thereof – this term. Matthijs de Ligt may have […]
The countdown to the beginning of the 2019/20 Premier League season is on following the announcement of upcoming campaign’s fixtures on Thursday. A ball hasn’t been kicked yet but the title race, the relegation dogfight and the battle to finish in the Champions League and Europa League spots is under way, of sorts. Premier League […]
Liverpool have scrapped their pre-season friendly with Schalke after discovering they will play on the opening night of the 2019/20 Premier League season. The Reds were due to host the Bundesliga side at Anfield on August 6, but they have been handed a Friday night league clash against Norwich three days later on August 9. […]
Cee-Jai got used to violence when she was young, first witnessing it when she was “just a baby in the crib.” Her sister’s murder in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in 1992 was just one incident in a long string of violence throughout her life, she told the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and […]
OTTAWA — An expert panel is calling for the federal government to work with the provinces and territories to create a single-payer pharmacare plan to cover every Canadian. Eric Hoskins, Ontario’s former health minister, released the findings in Ottawa, giving advice on how to address the country’s patchwork of private and public prescription-drug plans. Canada […]
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