Ontario’s auditor general is set to release her annual report Wednesday, including audits on COVID-19-related contracts and procurement, as well as the province’s vaccination program. Bonnie Lysyk’s annual report is a large one, with 15 different audits, from highway planning and management to financial management in universities to the Ontario […]
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By Tyler Griffin
THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Canadians enjoying a brief relief from the onset of winter-like conditions may want to enjoy the temperatures while they can because The Weather Network is forecasting a colder than normal start to winter across most of the country. The network’s winter outlook says a La Niña – a weather pattern […]
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says everyone in China should be allowed to express themselves amid protests over severe COVID-19 restrictions. Crowds in China angered by the controls have called on leader Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades. Authorities have eased some controls after […]
By Steve Lambert
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
The Manitoba government is temporarily halting any new connections of cryptocurrency operations to the hydroelectric grid, citing a potential for overwhelming energy demands and low economic return. The 18-month pause will not affect the 37 current operations in the province, but will temporarily halt a growing number of requests from […]
By Jim Bronskill
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OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is accusing the Conservatives of “whipping up fear” that the Liberal government is outlawing ordinary long guns and hunting rifles. The government only wants to reinforce a regulatory ban on assault-style firearms such as the AR-15 by enshrining a definition in legislation, and […]
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BEIJING (AP) – China launched a rocket Tuesday carrying three astronauts to complete construction of the country’s permanent orbiting space station, during which they will expand the facility to its maximum capacity of six crew aboard. The crew of the Shenzhou-15 will overlap for several days with the existing 3-member […]
By Zeke Miller and Colleen Long
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is hosting congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday to discuss his agenda for the remainder of the year, as he looks to ensure government funding and lock in more legislative wins before Democrats lose control of the House on Jan. 3. The […]
By Renata Brito
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – Three stowaways were found on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after an 11-day ocean voyage from Nigeria, Spain’s maritime rescue service said. The men found on the Alithini II oil tanker at the Las Palmas port on Monday afternoon appeared to have symptoms of […]
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DOHA, Qatar – FIFA opened a disciplinary case against Croatia on Tuesday because of its fans’ taunts aimed at Canadian goalkeeper Milan Borjan, who has Serbian family ties, during the teams’ World Cup game. FIFA said the charge against the Croatian soccer federation was “due to the behaviour of its […]
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iranian authorities said Tuesday that two former members of the national soccer team arrested this month in connection with nationwide protests have been released on bail. The announcement came hours before Iran was set to play the U.S. at the World Cup in a […]
By Howard Fendrich
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. Davis Cup team coaches Mardy Fish and Bob Bryan were fined $10,000 apiece and handed bans of four months after promoting a gambling operator via social media. The London-based International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced the punishments Tuesday, saying that Fish and Bryan cooperated fully with its investigation and […]
