The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA — RCMP intelligence officials devised a secret Cold War plan to use a hidden briefcase camera to photograph Communists and Soviet Bloc personnel travelling through Toronto’s airport, declassified records show. The idea of snapping surreptitious images developed in late November 1964 when a member of […]
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The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA — An annual review of how well the government interacts with Canadians as they access federal benefits suggests more people would turn to online channels, if there was a human around to help them out. The report found that nearly half of people who could […]
The Canadian PressLiam Casey TORONTO — Friends are remembering a Toronto woman who was killed on Sunday as an outspoken advocate for transgender rights and a strong voice against the violence that impacts her community. Julie Berman, 51, died on Sunday after an alleged assault at a residence in the […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — This year, the germs roared back. Measles tripled. Hepatitis A mushroomed. A rare but deadly mosquito-borne disease increased. And that was just the United States. Globally, there was an explosion of measles in many countries, an unrelenting Ebola outbreak in Africa […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed against medical services company LifeLabs over a data breach that allowed hackers to access the personal information of up to 15 million customers. In an unproven statement of claim filed in Ontario Superior Court on Dec. 27, […]
The Canadian Press SOUTH WEST OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Ont. — Provincial police are searching for suspects after 130 pigs were allegedly stolen from a farm in southwestern Ontario. Investigators say the theft allegedly happened in November, but wasn’t reported to them until Boxing Day. They say that sometime between Nov. 9 […]
By Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press OTTAWA — RCMP intelligence officials devised a secret Cold War plan to use a hidden briefcase camera to photograph Communists and Soviet Bloc personnel travelling through Toronto’s airport, declassified records show. The idea of snapping surreptitious images developed in late November 1964 when a […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — A prominent Toronto psychiatric hospital vowed Wednesday to implement all recommendations made by an external panel that probed recent cases of patients with a violent history escaping the facility. Catherine Zahn, president of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, said the hospital will build […]
The Associated PressKatherine Roth It’s been 120 years since New York ornithologist Frank Chapman launched his Christmas Bird Count as a bold new alternative to what had been a longtime Christmas tradition of hunting birds. Today, the annual count continues, stronger and more important than ever. “He realized that we […]
The Canadian Press GUELPH, Ont.–Police in Guelph, Ont., say they’ve charged a man with aggravated assault after he allegedly attacked his roommate with a glass bong last night. Investigators say the roommates got into a fight over one of the men playing video games too loudly at around 11 p.m. […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Canada’s election watchdog said the NDP did nothing wrong when it used the national voters list to send Christmas cards from Jagmeet Singh. Still, a spokesman for the NDP leader is apologizing and said it won’t happen again. Under the Canada Elections Act, parties are authorized to […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Quebec’s Chantier Davie shipyard is on track to win potentially billions of dollars in federal work after the Liberal government announced this morning that it was the only yard to qualify to join Ottawa’s massive shipbuilding strategy. The announcement by federal Procurement Minister Anita Anand follows the […]
