The Canadian PressMike Blanchfield OTTAWA–Word of Friday’s tornado reached Laurel Wingrove and Alex Carlson at a Toronto wedding, and by Sunday morning they completed the grim pilgrimage back to the apartment they’ve called home for four months. Almost nothing was waiting for them. The roof was sheared off, the second […]
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The Canadian PressColette Derworiz EDMONTON–Alberta Environment says two black bear cubs being rehabilitated will be returned to the wild by mid-October despite concerns that it is too early. The Cochrane Ecological Institute, a non-profit wildlife facility, took in two cubs after the province lifted a ban in the spring that […]
The Canadian Press WASHINGTON–Chrystia Freeland and her U.S. trade counterpart are back at the NAFTA negotiating table today as time marches on towards a congressional deadline for a three-way deal before the end of the month. But the foreign affairs minister insists she’s not watching the clock. Rather, she says […]
The Canadian Press THOMPSON, Man.–A Transportation Safety Board investigator says beavers may have contributed to the train derailment in northern Manitoba that left one railway worker dead and another injured. The train went off the tracks on a washed-out trestle bridge in a swampy area south of Thompson on Saturday […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO–Ontario’s top court yesterday sided with the provincial government in a legal battle over the size of Toronto’s council, firmly establishing a reduced 25-ward electoral map for the city’s looming municipal vote. In suspending what it called a “dubious” lower court ruling that found the province’s […]
The Canadian Press MOOSE JAW, Sask.–A Saskatchewan family once again is searching for their missing dog after a case of mistaken identity. On Tuesday, Brennen Duncan was reunited with a white Kuvasz that was found near Moose Jaw. Duncan was certain the dog was his beloved “Georgia” that had run […]
The Canadian PressJanice Dickson OTTAWA–Despite a summer that saw Andrew Scheer lose a prominent member of the Conservative party, he tried to fire up his caucus yesterday by introducing its newest member. Scheer told the Conservative caucus he is proud to welcome former Liberal MP Leona Alleslev, who made the […]
The Canadian Press FORT QU’APPELLE, Sask.–It was all good fortune when a frightened and bewildered black cat in Fort Qu’Appelle, Sask. was lowered from a tree in which it had spent more than three days in the cold without food or the prospect of immediate rescue. The cat was discovered […]
The Canadian PressJordan PressJanice Dickson OTTAWA–The Conservative opposition forced the Liberals onto the defensive yesterday as the governing party watched one of their own abruptly cross the floor to join the chorus of Tories declaring this was the prime minister’s “summer of failures.” Ontario Liberal MP Leona Alleslev made the […]
The Canadian PressSheryl Ubelacker TORONTO–Canada’s ban on the main source of artificial trans fats came into effect yesterday, making it illegal for manufacturers to use the additive in any food made or imported into the country, as well as in any meals prepared in restaurants. The ban takes aim at […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO–The Ontario government says the integrity of Toronto’s municipal election will be compromised if a court doesn’t stay a ruling that upended the province’s plans to cut the city’s council nearly in half. The government’s lawyers are asking Ontario’s highest court to put the ruling on […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Three national indigenous organizations will receive a combined $1.7 billion to spend on child care over the coming decade under an agreement announced yesterday. The 10-year funding comes from a pot of $7 billion the federal Liberals had set aside for early learning and child-care initiatives, with […]
