The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–About two-thirds of people who call the federal government for help with their employment insurance claims get turned away by a busy message while the rest face long periods on hold before they speak to an agent, a new report says. It can take more than […]
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The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario’s elementary school teachers and education workers have agreed to extend their contracts by two years, leaving the Liberal government nearly free of teacher negotiations ahead of the next election. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario was one of the last major education unions to agree […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O’Leary says he took down an Internet video of himself firing automatic weapons out of “respect” for the memorial to three of the six victims of the weekend massacre at a Quebec City mosque. The video depicted O’Leary firing a variety of high-powered […]
The Canadian Press PLYMPTON-WYOMING, Ont.–Nearly 4,000 pigs were killed when a fire destroyed a large barn in southwestern Ontario earlier this week. The OPP said the blaze broke out just before 9 a.m. on Tuesday and quickly spread throughout the barn in the town of Plympton-Wyoming, east of Sarnia. At […]
The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unequivocal promise to change the way Canadians vote in federal elections. Then after winning one, he abandoned it. That was the narrative his political rivals were building yesterday after Trudeau officially walked away from his oft-repeated commitment to get rid […]
The Canadian Press Canada’s celebrity groundhogs have “predicted” an early spring after officials declared the pudgy prognosticators did not see their shadows. Ontario’s Wiarton Willie and Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam both were greeted by cheers as their forecasts were issued by their handlers this morning. Folklore has it that if […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives are proposing to review the salaries of public-sector CEOs and other executives if they win next year’s election. The announcement comes a day after The Canadian Press reported Ontario Power Generation pay for about 80 executives will rise by up to $8 million […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–A man who stole gold “pucks” from the Royal Canadian Mint by hiding them in his rectum to evade metal detectors has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. Leston Lawrence was convicted of theft in November by Ontario Court judge Peter Doody, who noted in his […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–Police are investigating a banner draped over Ontario MP Kellie Leitch’s constituency office that invokes the Quebec City mosque shooting and urges the controversial Conservative leadership candidate to resign. The banner, stretching nearly the full height of the single-storey building, says, “Hate puts us all at […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–A military fighter pilot, a navigation engineer for NASA, and a doctor specializing in brain and spinal injuries are among the candidates short-listed by the Canadian Space Agency to join the country’s team of astronauts. The space agency released the list yesterday of the 72 people selected […]
The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OTTAWA–A solemn Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke of sadness and solidarity with Canada’s Muslim community yesterday as the country reeled amid the aftermath of a deadly, hate-fuelled “act of terror” at a mosque in Quebec City. On Parliament’s first day back following the Christmas break, Trudeau […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne visited a mosque yesterday in the aftermath of a deadly shooting attack in Quebec City to tell the Muslim community that “the only antidote to hatred is love.” “I want to just say that we are shocked,” Wynne told the Muslim Association of […]
