The Canadian Press WINNIPEG — One of Canada’s largest canola exporters has confirmed that China has revoked the company’s permit to export product to the country as a diplomatic feud between Canada and China escalates. The loss of the export permit for Richardson International Ltd. comes as Ottawa moves to […]
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The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA–Ongoing concerns about coerced sterilization of indigenous women is nothing short of a “crisis” that warrants a public inquiry, a prominent Alberta First Nations’ leader says. In an interview, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam said concerns were brought directly to his attention by a […]
The Canadian PressJoan BrydenMia Rabson OTTAWA–The federal government’s plan to ease the carbon-price burden on small businesses will include rebate payments to cover some of the cost of making energy-efficiency upgrades. Environment minister Catherine McKenna, who kicked off a month-long carbon-price tour at a Canadian Tire store in her Ottawa […]
The Canadian PressAllison JonesShawn Jeffords TORONTO–The firing of a high-ranking provincial police officer waging a legal battle over the controversial appointment of Ontario’s top cop yesterday renewed accusations of political interference the government denied. Deputy commissioner Brad Blair has asked the courts to force the provincial ombudsman to investigate the […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped his insistence that his government has done nothing wrong in the SNC-Lavalin affair after a second cabinet minister in less than a month resigned yesterday. Treasury Board president Jane Philpott handed in her resignation yesterday afternoon, saying she’s lost confidence in […]
The Canadian Press THUNDER BAY, Ont.–A Kitchener, Ont. man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for a Northern Ontario homicide has turned himself in. Police in Thunder Bay, Ont. said the 27-year-old man was one of three people facing kidnapping and first-degree murder charges in the death of 40-year-old Lee Chiodo. […]
The Canadian PressVicky Fragasso-Marquis MONTREAL–The Green Party of Canada’s encouraging result in a federal byelection in a Quebec riding last week has deputy leader Daniel Green hopeful the party can make a major breakthrough in this fall’s general election. Green, who finished third in Outremont behind the Liberal and NDP […]
The Canadian PressIan Bickis A new bar soon will be set on what counts as sustainable forestry–holding potential implications for the future of the woodland caribou and of the forestry industry itself. After years of debate, the Canadian division of the Forest Stewardship Council hopes to have its updated forest […]
The Canadian PressDonna Spencer BRANDON, Man.–The host province has hit turbulence at the Canadian men’s curling championship. Manitoba’s Mike McEwen was upset by Yukon’s Jon Solberg 7-6 yesterday following a demoralizing loss to Brendan Bottcher’s wild-card team at Westoba Place. Sitting at 2-2 in Pool ‘A,’ McEwen is looking up […]
The Canadian PressDarren Haynes CALGARY–Back in his home province, Monday was a night to remember for Tyler Ennis. With his parents in attendance, the Edmonton native scored his first career hat trick to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 6-2 victory over the Calgary Flames. “I played a lot […]
Staff The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team rebounded in a big way this morning at the all-Ontarios in Ahmerstburg. The black-and-gold opened Pool ‘A’ play yesterday morning with a pair of straight-sets losses to host General Amherst (5-25/15/25) and Corpus Christi (16-25/8-25). But the squad turned things around with a […]
The Associated PressDan Joling ANCHORAGE, Alaska–Open water has replaced sea ice in much of the Bering Sea off Alaska’s west coast, leaving villages vulnerable to powerful winter storms and adding challenges to Alaska native hunters seeking marine mammals, an expert said yesterday. Rick Thoman, of the Alaska Center for Climate […]
