The Canadian Press SASKATOON–The athletic therapist for the Humboldt Broncos has become the 16th person to die following a horrific bus crash in Saskatchewan last week. Relatives of Dayna Brons, 24, said they will remember her “joyful smile.” Brons died yesterday afternoon in a Saskatoon hospital from injuries sustained in […]
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The Canadian Press TORONTO–A plot to delete documents about the Ontario government’s pre-election cancellation of two gas plants struck at the heart of the democratic process, a judge said yesterday as he sentenced a former top political aide to four months in jail. The crime committed by David Livingston, chief […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–Provinces and territories have agreed to fund a key financial pillar supporting the Trudeau Liberals’ decade-long housing strategy, vowing to spend billions to repair and build social housing units and create a new rental benefit. Several of the key programs in the housing strategy unveiled in […]
The Canadian PressTeresa Wright OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians need to have a conversation about whether to allow women and men to be paid to donate eggs or sperm for fertility treatments. While many strong opinions are expected on this proposed change, Trudeau said he believes it is an […]
The Canadian PressRyan McKennaKelly Geraldine Malone HUMBOLDT, Sask.–One family got the worst news, the other the best. After believing Humboldt Broncos’ hockey player Parker Tobin had survived the team’s bus crash late last week in Saskatchewan, his family was told there had been a mistake. He actually was dead. It […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER–The president of the University of British Columbia opened the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre yesterday with an apology to survivors for the role UBC played in perpetuating a harmful system. Santa Ono told a crowd that universities bear part of the responsibility for the […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO–Two months after their leader resigned amid sexual misconduct allegations, Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives have turfed another legislator and barred him from running for re-election over sexual harassment allegations from a former intern. In a statement issued yesterday, the Tories said the decision to oust Michael Harris […]
The Canadian PressLinda Givetash VANCOUVER–A B.C. Supreme Court judge says the Crown should consider laying criminal contempt of court charges against Green Party leader Elizabeth May and dozens of other demonstrators alleged to have violated a pipeline court injunction. May, NDP MP Kennedy Stewart, and others arrested last month currently […]
By Matthew Perrone The Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials on Monday placed new restrictions on a permanent contraceptive implant that has been subject to reports of painful complications from thousands of women. But the metal implant, called Essure, will remain on the market. The Food and Drug Administration […]
The Canadian PressRyan McKennaKelly Geraldine Malone HUMBOLDT, Sask.–Thousands gathered to remember 15 people who died when the Humboldt Broncos’ bus crashed Friday and heard a heart-rending recollection from the team chaplain who happened upon the gruesome scene and heard sounds of the dying. “We travelled up and arrived at the […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO–Ontario’s newly-minted Progressive Conservative leader will not bring journalists with him on the campaign trail this spring–a rare move experts and critics say suggests the Tories are keen to keep the unpredictable populist politician out of the hot seat as he takes on two more seasoned […]
The Canadian PressLauren Krugel MORLEY, Alta.–RCMP and paramedics were called to a rural home west of Calgary yesterday where an infant was pronounced dead and 14 other people were found suffering from influenza-like symptoms. Cpl. Curtis Peters said Mounties went to a home in Morley, on the Stoney Nakoda First […]
