The Canadian Press TORONTO–Search crews say they have found a test model of the Avro Arrow, an advanced Canadian fighter jet that was scrapped controversially in 1959, on the floor of Lake Ontario. OEX Recovery Group, which is spearheading the “Raise the Arrow” expedition, said in a news release yesterday […]
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The Associated PressDanica CotoAnika Kentish SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico–Fearsome Hurricane Irma cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean, leaving at least 10 dead and thousands homeless after destroying buildings and uprooting trees on a track today that could lead to a catastrophic strike on Florida. The most potent […]
The Canadian PressAndy Blatchford OTTAWA–The Bank of Canada has raised its interest rate for the second time in less than two months in an effort to adjust to the unexpected force of the country’s economic momentum. Yesterday’s hike of its overnight lending rate to 1.0 percent marks its second quarter-point […]
The Canadian Press ST. ANDREWS, Man.–RCMP say one person has been killed in a plane crash near a small airport north of Winnipeg. Police said they were called to the crash site near St. Andrews Airport around 4:30 a.m. Pictures from reporters at the scene show the shattered wreckage of […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–The leader of a northern Manitoba First Nation says an evacuation to escape a forest fire was a harrowing experience made harder by the lack of proper infrastructure and a quick way out. “Before we knew it, we had this huge fire column that was hanging over […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario is looking to overhaul its school curriculum with a focus on math, an announcement that comes one week after standardized test results showed flat or falling math scores among public elementary students. Premier Kathleen Wynne announced yesterday the government will start public consultations to modernize […]
The Canadian Press CHURCHILL, Man.–A new report says the broken rail line that is the only land access to Churchill, Man. could be up and running again by November for $43.5 million or less–if somebody steps forward soon to pay for it. The report by engineering firm AECOM was commissioned […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–The federal Liberals are demonizing the country’s small business owners to pay for their own out-of-control spending, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer charged today. Scheer opened a two-day meeting of Conservative MPs and senators by hammering on the Liberal government’s plan to end what it calls unfair tax […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones Two Ontario Liberals went on trial today on Election Act bribery charges stemming from a 2015 byelection in Sudbury, but the stakes also are high for Premier Kathleen Wynne herself. The Sudbury trial happens nearly simultaneously with another Liberal trial–related to the cancellation of two gas […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden KELOWNA, B.C.–Justin Trudeau got a small taste of the kind of grief his backbenchers have been getting over the government’s plan to end what it calls unfair tax advantages for wealthy small business owners. During a town-hall meeting last night, the prime minister was lectured by […]
The Canadian PressLaura Kane VANCOUVER–A Vancouver father says a “hugely disappointing” decision by social workers to stop his kids from riding a city bus to school alone is robbing them of their independence. Adrian Crook said he spent two years training his four eldest children, aged seven-11, to take the […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–As they prepare to return to the parliamentary hot seat in two weeks, it seems somehow appropriate that Justin Trudeau and his federal Liberal colleagues are holing up in Kelowna, B.C.–amid smoke from nearby wildfires–to plot strategy. Liberal MPs are bracing for sparks to fly during […]
