The Canadian PressSheryl Ubelacker TORONTO–A raised bit of concrete on a sidewalk. An icy patch on the road. A misstep on the stairs at home. All of these can lead to accidental falls–landing a person not only on the ground but often also in hospital. Unintentional falls are the most […]
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The Canadian Press ARVIAT, Nunavut–A Nunavut man died earlier this week while protecting his children from a rare polar bear attack. RCMP said Aaron Gibbons, 31, was on an island about 10 km from the hamlet of Arviat, along the west coast of Hudson Bay, on Tuesday afternoon when the […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY–It was a clothes call for Calgary police yesterday when a report came in about a naked man driving a Canada Post truck. Duty Insp. Ryan Jepson said officers were told just before 5 p.m. about the truck driving the wrong way down a street. The report […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–Some of Canada’s most prominent human rights and arms-control groups are demanding the Trudeau government launch an independent investigation into reports Saudi Arabian forces used Canadian-made armoured vehicles against civilians last year. The call comes after Global Affairs Canada conducted its own review that determined there […]
The Canadian Press GODERICH, Ont.–Unifor says striking workers at a salt mine in Goderich, Ont. now are blockading an access road to the site to express frustration over the company’s use of replacement workers. The workers at Compass Minerals on the eastern shore of Lake Huron have been off the […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–A number of laws passed by Ontario’s previous Liberal government have been put on hold by the newly-elected Progressive Conservative regime, including measures to tighten rules around vaping and to cap resale values for sports and concert tickets. A spokesman for the Progressive Conservatives said yesterday […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario’s new premier has frozen the wages of public service managers, and ordered a review of executive and management compensation, in his latest effort to curb government spending. A memo posted on the government website Friday–the day Doug Ford was sworn in as premier–says pending pay adjustments […]
The Canadian PressAlanna Rizza SAULT STE MARIE, Ont.–A manufacturing company is laying off workers in Ontario in response to American tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. A spokesman for Tenaris, which manufactures steel pipes, said 40 workers at the company’s mill in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. would be laid off […]
The Canadian PressKelly Geraldine Malone CHURCHILL, Man.–People in Churchill wrapped up in scarves and mittens as they walked down the streets of the northern Manitoba community over the weekend but despite the weather, many homes maintained the chill inside. Churchill is critically low on propane–a fuel that’s used to heat […]
The Canadian Press Provincial police are investigating two apparent drowning deaths and the near-drowning of a child over the long holiday weekend. Yesterday afternoon, a man was found unresponsive in the water at a campground in the Township of East Zorra-Tavistock north of Woodstock, Ont. The unidentified man was without […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–The Ontario government no longer will offer free prescriptions to kids and young adults with private coverage, the province’s new health minister announced Saturday. In a news release issued a day after the Progressive Conservative government was sworn in, Christine Elliott said the move follows through on […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A Toronto transit rider heralded as a hero after rescuing a man who fell onto the subway tracks said he couldn’t have done it without the help of two strangers who jumped in with him. Kyle Busquine said he’s surprised to have received so much media attention […]
