The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to slap visa restrictions on six new countries could affect immigration flows to Canada, if history is any indication, as those caught up in the changes find new reasons to come here. Past U.S. immigration policy moves on Haiti and Iran […]
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The Canadian PressLaura Osman OTTAWA–The Liberal government insisted China let parents and other primary caregivers accompany their Canadian children after leaving Wuhan, the epicentre of an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, even if they are not citizens themselves. “We insisted on the concept of family unity,” Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe […]
The Canadian Press MISSISSAUGA, Ont.-Ontario’s Special Investigations unit says the man at the centre of a probe involving Toronto police has died. The SIU says it first began investigating last month when officers with the Toronto police force began following the man as part of an unspecified investigation. They say […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario’s elections watchdog must determine whether a series of weekend newspaper ads criticizing teachers’ unions broke the law, the province’s official opposition said yesterday as it called for a formal investigation. New Democrat ethics critic Taras Natyshak alleged in a letter to Elections Ontario on Monday […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Thousands of students will be out of class today as all Ontario’s Catholic teachers hit the picket lines, as well as high school and elementary teachers in select boards. The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association is holding its second provincewide strike today after holding contract talks with […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER–The Federal Court of Appeal is set to release its decision on the latest challenge of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion today. Four First Nations from British Columbia filed court challenges after the federal government approved the project a second time last June. A court hearing in […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The parliamentary budget office says most Canadian households will receive more money back from the federal government’s carbon-tax scheme than it will cost them. The assertion is contained in a report published by the PBO this morning, nearly four months after a majority of Canadian voters cast […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A woman whose sister was found dead in a Toronto stairwell two years ago says her mother called her screaming after making the devastating discovery. On the stand this morning, Rachel Richey described her family’s frantic search to find Tess Richey in the days after she vanished […]
The Canadian PressBill Graveland AIRDRIE, Alta.–A hockey player paralyzed in a bus crash has been working hard since undergoing spinal surgery in Thailand late last year and it’s getting him closer to his dream of making the national sledge hockey team Ryan Straschnitzki, who can’t move from the chest down, […]
The Canadian Press COWESSESS, Sask.–A Saskatchewan chief says his First Nation is not waiting on Ottawa to announce funding before the band works toward taking over its own child welfare. Cowessess First Nation, about 170 kilometres east of Regina, is one of at least eight aboriginal groups in Western Canada […]
The Canadian PressBill Graveland CALGARY–Dirk Lemcke spent 8 1/2 years in a combat regiment with the United States military before he became a truck driver and a painter. He never expected to be homeless. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and a number of chronic health problems, Lemcke found himself out […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Environment Canada is releasing scientific evidence today to back up the government’s bid to ban most single-use plastics next year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last June the government was getting ready to prohibit the production and sale of single-use plastics in Canada, such as drinking […]
