The Canadian Press CHURCHILL, Man.–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was to visit the northern Manitoba community of Churchill today as residents celebrate the arrival of the first train to roll into town in more than a year. The train pulled in yesterday evening, surprising residents who expected it to arrive today. […]
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The Canadian Press MONTREAL–The Canadian Space Agency is confirming that astronaut David Saint-Jacques will launch Dec. 3 for a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. The fate of the Canadian’s voyage had been in question after a Soyuz rocket failure last month, but now he will blast off more […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario’s ombudsman said yesterday his office has received more than 1,000 complaints about the province’s online cannabis store since it launched earlier this month. Paul Dube said he’s set up a triage team to deal specifically with the flood of concerns over the government-run Ontario Cannabis Store. […]
The Associated Press Calgary’s potential bid for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games survived a city council vote Wednesday when a motion leading to the cancellation of an upcoming plebiscite failed to pass. Ten votes out of 15 from the council were required to abandon the Nov. 13 plebiscite asking […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–About 6,000 Canada Post employees in Montreal have walked off the job, along with postal workers in several other cities as ongoing rotating strikes continue across the country. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said the Montreal walkout began at 10:30 p.m. (local time) yesterday, joining several […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–The family of an Ontario First Nation chief who was a vocal advocate for a community plagued by a mercury-contaminated river on Friday called for an inquest into his death, saying it was needed to shed light on the illness he grappled with for years. Those […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Jagmeet Singh is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of playing games with his decision to call one byelection while leaving three other ridings vacant, including the one in which the NDP leader plans to run. Singh, who intends to run for Parliament in Burnaby South, said […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Canadian wildlife are not exempt from a “global biodiversity crisis” that is devastating worldwide animal populations, according to a stark new report by the World Wildlife Fund. The group says in its its 2018 Living Planet Report that global wildlife populations have fallen by 60 percent in […]
The Canadian PressGiuseppe Valiante MONTREAL–Rabbi Reuben Joshua Poupko looked at the hundreds gathered in his Montreal synagogue last night and told the crowd it often doesn’t make sense why the world is filled with such hatred toward Jews. Poupko is originally from Pittsburgh–the city where 11 Jews were shot dead […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–The killings of 11 worshippers inside a Pittsburgh synagogue on the weekend has reframed the prime minister’s plan for an apology on Canada’s decision to close its doors to Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to deliver the apology next week for […]
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press Gun injuries, including many from assaults, sent 75,000 U.S. children and teens to emergency rooms over nine years at a cost of almost $3 billion, a first-of-its-kind study found. Researchers called it the first nationally representative study on ER visits for gun injuries among […]
The Canadian Press THUNDER BAY, Ont.–Resolute Forest Products Inc. says it’s investing $40 million in its Northwestern Ontario operations to reduce emissions, increase capacity, and modernize equipment. The company made the announcement on Thursday as Premier Doug Ford and Natural Resources minister Jeff Yurek were on site at the company’s […]
