By Alex Arsenych, CTVNews.ca Journalist Click here for updates on this story CALGARY (CTV Network) — Summer is already in full swing, but there is still time to plan a vacation — and even save some money, while you’re at it. According to Blue Cross’ Travel Study for 2024, Canadians spent an average of $4,241
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Hurricane Beryl is barreling through Texas Monday after devastating parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. The storm regained hurricane strength over the weekend as it traveled over the Gulf of Mexico. It had previously been downgraded to a tropical storm as it weakened over land. So what’s the difference between a hurricane and
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — On Sunday night, joy: French voters had, once again, kept the far right out of power. On Monday morning, uncertainty: A hung parliament, shaky alliances and the threat of turbulent years ahead. President Emmanuel Macron called France’s snap parliamentary election to “clarify” the political situation. But after the shock
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new Treasury chief says the Labour government will make stimulating economic growth its mission while limiting bureaucracy to allow for easier investments. Rachel Reeves said on Monday there’s no time to waste to reverse what she calls “14 years of chaos and economic instability” under Conservative governments. Reeves is
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Protesters in Barcelona have sprayed visitors with water as part of a demonstration against mass tourism. Demonstrators marching through areas popular with tourists on Saturday chanted “tourists go home” and squirted them with water pistols, while others carried signs with slogans including “Barcelona is not for sale.” Thousands of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost of college, with most saying they feel the U.S. higher education system is headed in the “wrong direction,” according to a new poll. Overall, only 36% of adults say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, according
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald and Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Job seekers have been calling the shots for nearly four years as employers struggled to fill millions of openings to meet an onslaught of demand coming out of the pandemic. Many employers couldn’t even require that workers return to offices, fearing they would quit. And if
Continue ReadingCNN By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — People taking tirzepatide injections lost more weight and were more likely to reach specific weight loss targets than those taking semaglutide, according to a new study. Researchers from Truveta, a health data analytics company, analyzed electronic health records for more than 18,000 adults, all of whom had overweight
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye, Africa’s youngest, is suddenly faced with a huge challenge of reuniting a weakened regional bloc that is older than him. The 44-year-old Faye was tasked on Sunday with getting the military junta-ruled Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso back to ECOWAS at the bloc’s summit
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Leaders across Europe reacted with relief mixed with concern to the results of the snap election in France. The far-right National Rally in France did not come out as the strongest party as many pro-European leaders had feared, but no one has a majority in the French parliament. That leaves
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation’s housing market sales slump is dragging on into its third straight year, as evidenced by another weak spring homebuying season. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in the March-May period from a year earlier, and early June data point to another down month. The lackluster
Continue ReadingBy Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — As the presidential race in the United States heats up, many other countries around the world are also conducting pivotal elections in 2024. More than 70 nations – home to nearly half the world’s people – have already or will soon select their own leaders at the polls, according
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Two years after marijuana was decriminalized in Thailand, nearly a hundred of its advocates marched to the prime minister’s office to protest a possible ban on general use. A proposal was approved to relist cannabis as a narcotic to be only allowed for medical and research purposes. Cannabis activists and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday he expects the upcoming NATO summit to provide specific steps to strengthen his country’s air defenses against Russia, hours after a Russian missile attack killed at least 28 people in various locations, including a children’s hospital in Kyiv. Zelenskyy met Monday with Polish
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Good Monday morning! There’s no relief from the heat yet. The work week will start off hot, with afternoon highs reaching the triple digits. We are significantly above average, as highs typically reach the low 80s during this time of year. I wouldn’t be surprise if we continue to break more records with this heat.
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — French stocks and government bonds struggled to find direction Monday following surprise results in France’s parliamentary elections, which saw left-wing parties outperform the far right Sunday, leaving the country’s parliament facing gridlock. The yield, or return sought by investors, on benchmark 10-year bonds ticked down to 3.18% by
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has taken his first trip outside the capital since resuming his duties after an assassination attempt. Fico visited a farm northeast of the capital of Bratislava along with agriculture minister Richard Takáč to check the grain harvest. He said Slovakia was not ready to lift
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — When Matthew Sherwood goes shopping for clothes, he needs help to ensure that what he’s picking up is the color or style he’s looking for. Sherwood has been blind for more than 15 years; he has a family, a successful investing career and a dog, Chris, who
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — There are a ton of different ways to play Pokémon, the über-popular Japanese franchise that follows pocket-sized monsters across trading cards, video games and film and TV. But the main mission of Pokémon, no matter how you play, is distilled best through its English-language slogan: “Gotta catch ‘em all!”
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s romance is entering its second season. Of football. Thursday marks the second installment of what came to be known by some as “Football (Taylor’s Version),” a moniker born after Swift attended a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023 to watch Kelce, the
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