The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OGDENSBURG, N.Y.–Crow Smith greets the deliveryman there to unload a pile of packages from his truck. The parcels and padded envelopes, many likely to contain holiday gifts, are loaded onto a trolley and rolled to the front of the warehouse. There, they will be sorted alphabetically […]
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The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–A year after Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, it’s not just the pollsters and pundits continuing to mull over whether a similar populist upheaval could ever take root in Canada. Federal political leaders also are reading the tea leaves to see what could […]
The Canadian PressGiuseppe Valiante MONTREAL–A somewhat secretive group of Montrealers who recently won the $60-million Lotto Max grand prize picked up their cheques yesterday and were presented to the media. Quebec’s gaming authority described the nine winners as colleagues “who work in finance in downtown Montreal.” Several of the big […]
The Canadian Press NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask.–A First Nations’ elder says he was humiliated when an employee searched him at a Canadian Tire store in Saskatchewan earlier this week. “They really, really embarrassed us,” Gordon Albert, 78, of the Sweetgrass First Nation said yesterday. “They thought that since we’re native, we’d […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Public health officials are advising people in eastern Canada to consider avoiding romaine lettuce because of an E. coli outbreak that is linked to one death and 40 illnesses. Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador each have reported 13 cases while Ontario has had eight, New Brunswick five, […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA–Opposition parties are demanding that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau repay taxpayers for all or part of the transportation and security costs for a Christmas vacation to the Aga Khan’s private Bahamian island last year, which left taxpayers on the hook for more than $200,000. Trudeau owes […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The federal government will pay at least $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed after a major privacy breach involving about 583,000 student loan recipients. Firms involved in the class action said they and federal lawyers have agreed to the settlement, subject to court approval […]
The Canadian PressPeter Cameron An improperly-secured tool bag hit the rear rotor of a helicopter before the aircraft crashed in eastern Ontario, killing four people on board, the Transportation Safety Board said yesterday as it issued a warning on the risks of unsecured cargo. The board said its preliminary investigation […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–An arbitrator appointed to settle a contract dispute with Ontario college faculty after a five-week strike granted them a 7.75 percent raise over four years in a decision issued yesterday. The 12,000 professors, instructors, counsellors, and librarians were legislated back to work last month and outstanding […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–A Canadian energy think-tank says the world is less than a decade away from the tipping point at which electric cars will cost the same as conventional gas-powered vehicles. But in a report released yesterday, Clean Energy Canada said this country is lagging on the government […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–Three Conservative MPs who sought the party’s leadership earlier this year are bracing for a fight to represent the party at all come the 2019 election. Kellie Leitch, Brad Trost, and Deepak Obhrai are among several sitting MPs facing nomination challenges for the next federal vote. […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER–The discovery of rare fossilized remains in Canada’s Arctic has allowed experts to piece together an evolutionary tree for the descendant of North American bears. A report, published this week in the journal “Scientific Reports,” says the skeletons from three-and-a-half million years ago reveal a bear that […]
