Staff Town council has sent a draft of its sidewalk snow removal bylaw back to committee for a do-over. “I think we should send this back to committee because it’s not addressing what was asked to be addressed,” deputy mayor Ken Perry said during last night’s council meeting. “We were […]
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The Canadian PressDean Bennett EDMONTON–Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she wants progress within days from Ottawa in resolving a pipeline dispute with British Columbia or her government will look at further retaliatory measures. Notley, who already has suspended talks to buy B.C. electricity and has banned B.C. wines from Alberta, […]
The Canadian Press GATINEAU, Que.–Justin Trudeau says it’s time Canadians acknowledged that racism and unconscious bias against black people exist in this country. And the prime minister says it’s time to take action to ensure equal opportunity and treatment of the more than one million black Canadians, including doing more […]
Staff Captain Annalise (C.C.) Hayes notched four goals to lead the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a narrow 5-4 win over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints last night in Kenora. Hayes opened the scoring at 10:54 of the first period, with Jillian Calder and Taylor Croswell drawing the assists. Chelsea […]
The Canadian PressDavid Alter TORONTO–The Toronto Maple Leafs didn’t let a late Tampa Bay rally affect their game plan last night. Instead, they refocused to show they could compete with the top team in the Eastern Conference. William Nylander scored twice and added an assist, and James van Riemsdyk scored […]
The Canadian Press John Morris, Kaitlyn Lawes, and Alex Gough made Canadian Winter Games history today. Morris and Lawes downed defending world champions Jenny Perret and Martin Rios of Switzerland 10-3 in six ends to capture the first-ever mixed curling gold medal. Gough, meanwhile, secured Canada’s first Olympic medal in […]
The Canadian PressGregory Strong TORONTO–Longtime Toronto Blue Jays’ radio broadcaster Jerry Howarth will not return to the booth in 2018. Howard announced his retirement today after 36 years of calling Jays’ games. The 71-year-old said he made the decision due to health issues that have affected his voice in recent […]
Duane Hicks Jaxon Cassidy, left, and Bella Hunter were among the students in Rae-Ann Wood’s Grade 2 class who enjoyed pancakes this morning at St. Michael’s School to mark “Shrove Tuesday”–the last day before Lent begins. Teachers were up early making pancakes to feed all of the students there. St. […]
The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OTTAWA–The Liberal government wants its proposed stricter rules to crack down on harassment in federal workplaces to reflect the fact that colleagues no longer restrict their interactions to daytime hours at the office. “We know that those boundaries are very blurry and especially in workplaces like […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Taxpayers would have saved $1.8 billion if the Ontario government had taken on traditional debt to fund infrastructure projects instead of partially privatizing Hydro One to pay for the work, the province’s fiscal watchdog said yesterday. In a report that examined the Liberal government’s sale of […]
The Canadian PressLevi Garber OTTAWA–Parks Canada is launching a new initiative in Nunavut to collect and share the testimony of Inuit elders who have knowledge of the doomed Franklin expedition of 1845. The project is seeking a contractor to conduct archival research and record interviews with Inuit elders with historical […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he is considering whether his party should push to abolish the use of so-called peremptory challenges in the jury selection process. The practice, which allows Crown and defence lawyers to exclude jurors without offering reasons, is at the centre of the […]
