The Associated Press LONDON–British officials are returning a medal to a Falklands War veteran who said it was taken away from him because of his sexuality. Joe Ousalice said the long service and good conduct medal was confiscated from him when he was discharged from the Royal Navy after revealing […]
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The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Defence Department’s internal watchdog is investigating a $400 million border wall contract awarded to a firm that used multiple appearances on Fox News to push for the job. The Pentagon’s inspector general sent a letter Thursday to House Homeland Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson telling […]
The Associated PressDamian J. Troise NEW YORK–Stocks moved higher in midday trading on Wall Street today as investors jumped on a statement from President Donald Trump that the U.S. is getting close to a “big deal” with China. Traders were also encouraged by a Wall Street Journal report saying Washington […]
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a chance of flurries and a low of minus-14 C (7 F). Tomorrow will be cloudy with a chance of flurries turning to periods of snow overnight with a high of minus-nine (16) and a low of minus-18 (zero). Saturday will see flurries throughout […]
The Canadian Press BROCKVILLE, Ont.–Provincial police in eastern Ontario say one person is dead after a pileup on Highway 401 involving roughly 25 vehicles. Police say the incident happened around noon yesterday during a bout of snowy weather near Brockville, Ont. They say officers were responding to an initial collision […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservative government have backtracked on a number a commitments since winning the provincial election last year. Here is a list of some decisions they have walked back: •Legal aid: The 2019 budget cut that year’s funding for Legal Aid Ontario […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–Jurors received final instructions yesterday in the corruption trial of a former SNC-Lavalin executive. Sami Bebawi, 73, has pleaded not guilty to five charges that include fraud, corruption of foreign officials and laundering proceeds of crime. The Quebec Superior Court judge presiding over the trial began his […]
The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA–Canada’s anti-money laundering agency is warning casinos to carefully eye customers who pay for their gaming with bank drafts ‚Äî the latest method of choice for criminals trying to disguise dirty money. The federal Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, known as Fintrac, says […]
The Canadian Press EDMONTON–A sentencing hearing starts today for a man who struck a police officer with a car before stabbing him multiple times outside an Edmonton football game. Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, who is 32, was also found guilty of running down four pedestrians with a U-Haul van in September […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA — Opposition parties’ public fretting over aspects of the newly revised North American free-trade deal-a pact tweaked this week to win American lawmakers’ support-suggests the agreement’s path to ratification might not be smooth. The Liberal government’s minority status in the House of Commons means the […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Public high school teachers at nine Ontario school boards held a one-day strike yesterday-the second in as many weeks-as the province and union agreed to return to the bargaining table. The teachers have been without a contract since their last one expired at the end of August, […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario’s four major teachers’ unions say they are launching charter challenges today to a law capping public sector wage increases. The unions, which represent both elementary and high school teachers in public, Catholic and French boards, say it violates their collective bargaining rights. The Progressive Conservative government […]
