Nicholas Donaldson Sam Stovel, Marketing and Community Outreach intern for Camp Quality Northwestern Ontario, held an information session at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre yesterday. Camp Quality is an organization that holds a week-long camp for children with cancer (on treatment or in remission), as well as other […]
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The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–The customary grilling of government that follows the tabling of a federal budget was all but shoved aside yesterday as opposition MPs pressed the Liberals not on their fiscal balance but their work-life one. Government House leader Bardish Chagger spent more time on her feet in […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO–Canada’s largest school board says it will stop booking trips to the United States indefinitely in light of the uncertainty surrounding restrictions at the border. The Toronto District School Board, which serves about 245,000 public school students, said it made the “difficult decision” because it believes […]
The Canadian Press DRAINEY INLET, B.C.–A man working in the forest on British Columbia’s central coast was mauled by a grizzly Wednesday. Sgt. Scott Norris with the B.C. Conservation Officer Service said other crew members quickly came to the man’s defence, but his injuries are significant. Officers with the service’s […]
The Canadian PressSidhartha Banerjee MONTREAL–A Quebec man has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of his ex-girlfriend as a police watchdog agency probes the actions of local police in the case. Anthony Pratte-Lops was arraigned in St-Hyacinthe yesterday in the death of 18-year-old Daphne Huard-Boudreault and will remain […]
The Associated PressTim Reynolds MIAMI–Down by 15 points early, the Toronto Raptors had no reason to panic. Trouble brings out their best. DeMar DeRozan scored 40 points, doing that back-to-back for the first time in his career, and the Raptors clamped down defensively in the final three quarters to beat […]
From the OPP Members of the OPP’s Sioux Lookout Crime Unit have laid charges against a former teacher after receiving a report of a historical sexual assault on a student. As a result of this investigation, a 48-year-old Sioux Lookout man has been charged with sexual assault and sexual interference. […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson AUSTIN, Tex.–Phil Mickelson hit a simple chip toward the hole that never stopped until it was off the other side of the green and into the water. Jordan Spieth felt a gust of wind as his tee shot was in the air and began pleading for […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–NDP MP Nathan Cullen is planning a series of town-hall meetings in Liberal ridings across the country in an effort to resurrect the issue of electoral reform. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backed away in February from his election promise to end “first-past-the-post” voting, saying there was no […]
The Canadian PressSidhartha Banerjee MONTREAL–The author of a controversial article about Quebec that appeared in Maclean’s magazine this week has stepped down from his post at McGill University. Andrew Potter said in a social media post today his resignation as director of the Institute for the Study of Canada was […]
The Associated PressJill Lawless LONDON–Lawmakers and lords, researchers and reporters, cleaners and catering staff returned to Britain’s Parliament today as Britain’s seat of government shook off its shock and got back to work after an attack that left two civilians and a policeman dead. The Parliament complex is not just […]
The Canadian PressJohn Cotter EDMONTON–The Canadian Cancer Society is urging the Alberta government to finally enact legislation to ban young people from using indoor tanning beds. The Skin Cancer Prevention (Artificial Tanning) Act was passed by the legislature in March, 2015 but has not been put into force. Evie Eshpeter, […]
