The Canadian Press TORONTO–Faculty at Ontario’s 24 colleges are walking picket lines today, with the labour dispute affecting more than 500,000 students in the province. The strike involving more than 12,000 professors, instructors, counsellors, and librarians began late yesterday after the two sides couldn’t resolve their differences by a deadline […]
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The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–A Winnipeg man who worked as a children’s entertainer doing magic shows has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Dan Kamenicky, also known as Dan the Magic Man, was charged with making and distributing child porn last year. He […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Canada and the United Kingdom are aligning to help wean the world off coal at the same time as the United States is proposing to subsidize it. Environment minister Catherine McKenna announced the partnership with Claire Perry, British minister of state for climate change, during a […]
The Canadian PressDavid Paddon TORONTO–General Motors said yesterday it was backed into a corner when it told Unifor it may shift more production of one of its best-selling vehicles to Mexico, a move the union’s president said is tantamount to an attack on Canada. The company’s warning to the union […]
The Canadian Press EDMONTON–The manhunt continues in Saskatchewan for a second suspect allegedly involved in a shooting and double carjacking in Edmonton earlier this week. Edmonton police and Alberta RCMP began the search after a vehicle was stolen and shots were fired at a hotel in the suburb of Sherwood […]
The Canadian Press MEXICO CITY–Progressive labour standards and greater action to advance women’s rights are key to ensuring society’s support for a modernized NAFTA deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today. In a speech to Mexico’s Senate, he urged lawmakers to get behind both as a way to fight current […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–A Winnipeg police officer is facing criminal charges, including impaired driving, after a fatal hit-and-run accident in the city. Cst. Justin Holz was off-duty Tuesday night when a pedestrian was struck while crossing Main Street near Sutherland Avenue, north of the downtown. Cody Severight, 23, was taken […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The lawyer for a man charged in a fatal crash that killed a toddler has told the Supreme Court his client has been through enough. Richard Suter is appealing his 26-month sentence for refusing to provide a breath sample after his SUV crashed into a restaurant patio, […]
The Associated Press ISLAMABAD–A Canadian man, his American wife, and their three young children have been released after being held captive for years by a network with ties to the Taliban, U.S. and Pakistani officials said today. U.S. officials say Pakistan secured the release of Joshua Boyle and his wife, […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–The union representing faculty at Ontario’s 24 public colleges has set a strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 16. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union said in a news release late Tuesday that the date was set after the College Employer Council walked away from the […]
The Canadian Press KAMLOOPS, B.C.–Three First Nations say they have reached a memorandum of understanding with the federal government that could keep their bid to include day students in a settlement for residential school survivors out of court. The Tk’emlups and Sechelt bands in B.C. launched a class-action lawsuit in […]
The Canadian PressGeordon Omand VANCOUVER–Severely-ill Canadians who don’t qualify for medical help in dying will suffer even longer while they wait to find out whether the federal government has violated their right to a medically-assisted death after a court ruling in B.C. yesterday, a civil liberties group says. Chief Justice […]
