The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Andrew Scheer is raising the spectre of a reckless, tax-and-spend Liberal-NDP coalition government to urge Canadians to hand the Conservatives a majority on Oct. 21. The Conservative leader warned yesterday that such a coalition would lead to out-of-control spending, “massive” new taxes and “endless deficits” that […]
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The Canadian Press QUEBEC–The Quebec government is appealing a court decision last month that invalidated the parts of the province’s cannabis law that prohibit home cultivation. Premier Francois Legault told reporters yesterday his government “will go right to the limit in the courts to do what we think is good […]
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO — An Ontario judge has dismissed an advocacy group’s bid to secure the right to speak on behalf of animals in legal settings. Superior Court Justice Lorne Sossin says several of the issues raised by Canadians for Animal Protection have merit and deserve to be […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Hundreds of affordable child-care spaces in Toronto could be put at risk next year due to funding cuts made by the provincial government, says a new report released by the city on Tuesday. Recent changes to a child-care expansion fund will result in a reduction of […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The political weight attached to whether and where to build pipelines in Canada came through clearly last night (Oct. 10) in the French-language leaders’ debate, in a spirited two-hour contest that marks a milestone for the federal election campaign. Advance polls open today (Oct. 11) and with […]
The Canadian PressBill Graveland A South Carolina man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted an Alberta woman after luring her south of the border with the promise of a modelling job has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Fred Russell Urey, 41, was arrested in May 2017. He pleaded guilty […]
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO — An Ontario judge has dismissed an advocacy group’s bid to secure the right to speak on behalf of animals in legal settings. Superior Court Justice Lorne Sossin says several of the issues raised by Canadians for Animal Protection have merit and deserve to be […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Marin QUEBEC–Ugo Fredette had reached a breaking point the day two people including his ex-wife were killed, and his actions and decisions were fuelled by that break, his lawyer told his jury trial yesterday. Final arguments began in the trial of the Quebec man facing first-degree murder […]
The Canadian PressAmy Smart NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.–A man accused of gunning down a police officer in Abbotsford, B.C., sat in the prisoner’s box without reacting as a judge read out her verdict of “guilty” in his first-degree murder trial. Justice Carol Ross of the B.C. Supreme Court found Oscar Arfmann […]
The Canadian PressLiam Casey TORONTO–At least 25 “innocent” Canadian children are trapped in a refugee camp not far from where Turkey has launched a military offensive in northeastern Syria, an international charity said yesterday as it called on Ottawa to act now to rescue them. Save the Children Canada, which […]
The Canadian Press MISSISSAUGA-Six men are facing dozens of charges for allegedly robbing a delivery truck loaded with nearly $7 million of electronics in March, police west of Toronto announced Wednesday. The incident happened March 13 in Brampton, Ont., when two of the accused allegedly forced a delivery truck to […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is leaving Ottawa for the West Coast today, though he’s saying goodbye with an exceptionally early morning rally at a downtown food court before he departs. With the last debate of the federal election campaign behind them, the leaders are beginning sprints to […]
