The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–The head of the Royal Canadian Air Force has refuted suggestions, including from more than a dozen of his predecessors, that the Trudeau government is needlessly dragging its feet on new fighter jets. Lt.-Gen. Mike Hood instead said the Liberals are taking “a prudent amount of […]
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The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO–The Canadian government will pay former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr more than $10 million, and officially apologize to him, in settlement of a long-running lawsuit, a source familiar with the agreement said today. The Toronto-born Khadr, 30, who pleaded guilty to five war crimes before […]
The Canadian Press EDMONTON–Manuel Goncalves has a message for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: my Canada includes Alberta, even if your speech didn’t. Trudeau touched off a Twitter firestorm Saturday during his Canada Day speech on Parliament Hill, when he left Alberta out of his coast-to-coast recitation of the provinces and […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY–A man who police say was geocaching in Alberta is being treated for injuries after being attacked by a bear. RCMP said the man was in the Harold Creek area, northwest of Calgary, on Sunday when he encountered the bruin. It charged him and tried to drag […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Two Albertans were named Canada’s newest astronauts Saturday as the country marked its 150th birthday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the platform of waterlogged Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa to name Jennifer Sidey of Calgary and Joshua Kutryk of Fort Saskatchewan. Sidey is a lecturer with the […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–An indigenous demonstration teepee was moved onto Parliament Hill yesterday evening after a man was arrested for assaulting at least one of the activists. The Bawaating Water Protectors from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. arrived Wednesday night on Parliament Hill with plans to erect a teepee and […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–Peter McAuslan was 21 in 1967 when he took three weeks to hitchhike from Vancouver to Montreal, stopping in local pubs to watch the Stanley Cup final along the way. The trip across the country tied together hockey, beer, and Canada’s centennial. Five decades later, McAuslan […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–Some Manitobans jokingly refer to mosquitoes as their unofficial provincial bird, but Winnipeg has been unusually free of the pesky insects so far this year. Ken Nawolsky, the city’s superintendent of insect control, said the average daily mosquito count in the 28 monitoring traps scattered throughout the […]
The Canadian PressJessica Smith Cross TORONTO–A man who threw a beer can onto the field during a dramatic Blue Jays’ playoff game last fall was given a conditional discharge yesterday after his lawyer argued the public humiliation he suffered since being charged in the incident should be taken into account. […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario is spending an additional $85 million to clean up a mercury-contaminated river that has plagued two First Nation communities for half-a-century. Environment minister Glen Murray said the funds for the remediation of the English-Wabigoon River system in Northwestern Ontario will be used to design and implement […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario school boards will not be able to put any more schools up for closure as the government overhauls the process, though any schools currently on the chopping block will remain there. Education Minister Mitzie Hunter announced yesterday in Bridgenorth, near Peterborough, that Ontario will be […]
The Canadian Press VICTORIA–Premier Christy Clark says she is ready to tell the lieutenant-governor that British Columbia’s legislature can’t work if her Liberal minority government is defeated in a confidence vote today. If Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon asks her opinion, Clark said yesterday she will reply she hasn’t seen any evidence […]
