The Canadian Press SASKATOON–A Saskatoon police dog that bit a six-year-old girl while it was tracking suspects in a home invasion has been taken off the streets until a review can be completed. Police Chief Troy Cooper said the review will include the dog’s history and the handler’s actions. Cooper […]
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The Canadian PressJanice Dickson OTTAWA–Residential school survivors complained of not being given a chance to speak yesterday at an event marking the 10-year anniversary of Canada’s apology in the House of Commons. Crown-Indigenous Relations minister Carolyn Bennett gave a speech at the Canadian Museum of History to mark 10 years […]
The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO–One of the country’s foremost railway companies will have to ensure cars can use a bridge in Thunder Bay, Ont. under terms of an agreement signed more than a century ago, Ontario’s top court ruled yesterday. In its decision, the Court of Appeal found a lower […]
The Canadian PressPaola LoriggioShawn Jeffords TORONTO–From choosing cabinet members and hiring political aides to picking office space and conducting background checks on legislators, Ontario’s newly-elected Progressive Conservatives must tackle a lengthy to-do list as they prepare to take power for the first time in 15 years–and observers say their decisions […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO–Ontario’s outgoing Liberals made a pitch to hold on to official party status Friday as they entered a period of extreme uncertainty in the wake of an election that took them from a majority government to a mere seven seats. Kathleen Wynne, who stepped down as […]
The Canadian PressMike BlanchfieldLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–Leaders from across Canada’s political spectrum yesterday voiced their support for free trade and opposition to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum while denouncing the Trump administration’s unprecedented attacks on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Among them were some of Trudeau’s fiercest critics, Conservative leader Andrew […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–A cornerstone federal strategy to combat homelessness is set to receive a makeover this week that’s expected to focus on outcomes rather than how quickly cities are spending. The Homelessness Partnering Strategy is the key vehicle through which federal money flows to cities for funding local […]
By Rob GilliesKen Thomas And Catherine Lucey The Associated Press QUEBEC — President Donald Trump took more swipes at Canada and its prime minister over trade issues as he settled in for a multiday summit with North Korea in Singapore, contending that “Fair Trade is now to be called Fool […]
By Shawn Jeffords The Canadian Press TORONTO — Throughout the 2018 provincial election campaign Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford touted his candidates as talented and capable of delivering on his promises. Ford, whose party won a majority Thursday night, has said he would have no trouble choosing a cabinet from […]
By Joan Bryden The Canadian Press OTTAWA — The Senate has approved the Trudeau government’s landmark legislation to lift Canada’s 95-year-old prohibition on recreational cannabis ‚Äî but with nearly four dozen amendments that the government may not entirely accept. Bill C-45 passed easily in the upper house late Thursday by […]
By Amy Smart The Canadian Press VICTORIA — As the years stretched into decades with no arrests after his sister’s body was found in Washington state, it was becoming hard for John Van Cuylenborg of Victoria, B.C., to maintain hope for any justice or answers. Then he received a phone […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Conservatives yesterday lost their best chance to stymie the Trudeau government’s plan to legalize recreational marijuana after an 11th-hour intervention by two ministers mollified the concerns of indigenous senators. The 11 members of the Senate’s Aboriginal Peoples’ committee, as well as some indigenous senators not on […]
