The Canadian PressAllison JonesJessica Smith Cross TORONTO–Ontario is raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019, ensuring equal pay for part-time workers, and increasing the minimum vacation entitlement as part of a major labour overhaul. Premier Kathleen Wynne made the announcement today in response to a government-commissioned report […]
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The Canadian PressJoanna Smith ROME–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is standing by the Kinder Morgan pipeline project–even as the New Democrats and Greens in B.C. are teaming up to fight it. “The decision we took on the Trans Mountain pipeline was based on facts and evidence on what is in the […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–An Ontario government grant of about $120,000 that is going towards a giant rubber duck for “Canada 150” celebrations is ruffling some feathers. The six-storey-tall, 13,600-kg yellow duck is being brought to Toronto by the Redpath Waterfront Festival, at a total cost of $200,000, combining other funding […]
Staff With the rainfall that occurred over the weekend, the fire hazard is “low” across most of the Northwest Region, including Fort Frances District. Parts of the Kenora and Red Lake districts are at a “medium” hazard. There have been 54 forest fires in the region since April 1, burning […]
The Canadian PressJonas Siegel PITTSBURGH–They could chuckle about it afterward because, however ugly, the Pittsburgh Penguins managed to come away with a win. The defending champs stole Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final last night after Jake Guentzel broke a 3-3 tie with just over three minutes left in […]
The Canadian PressGregory Strong TORONTO–Credit Cincinnati Reds’ manager Bryan Price for having a sense of humour after his team was on the receiving end of a 17-2 pasting from the Toronto Blue Jays. “It could have been worse,” Price said. “Their third-base coach was compassionate enough to not keep wheeling […]
By Josh Lederman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nikki Haley crouched low in the trailer of an 18-wheeler taping up a box of lentils and wheat for besieged Syrians, her hands-on diplomacy a world apart from the gleaming new NATO headquarters where President Donald Trump was debuting his “America First” doctrine overseas. […]
The Associated Press COPENHAGEN — Danish officials on Tuesday hosed down Copenhagen’s famed Little Mermaid after the statue was found doused with red paint. On the ground in front of the statue was written in the red, in English, “Denmark defend the whales of the Faeroe Islands” ‚Äî likely a […]
The Associated Press BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her country’s relations with the United States are of “outstanding importance” but it must also engage with other key nations going forward. Merkel spoke to reporters Tuesday following a meeting between her Cabinet and the government of India that resulted […]
By Kirsten Grieshaber The Associated Press BERLIN — Every weekday morning, white-haired women patiently line up before a door at a Dresden retirement home, step in, and quickly step back nearly six decades into their past in Communist East Germany. Most of the women in their late 70s at the […]
The Associated Press CONCORD, N.C.–Hall-of-Fame car owner Richard Childress finally let the emotions flow when he looked up at the Charlotte Motor Speedway’s scoring board after the Coca-Cola 600 and saw the iconic No. 3–driven by his grandson, Austin Dillon–on top. “Can you believe it?” Childress asked. “The Coke 600, […]
The Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia–A 73-year-old Australian fisherman said today that he caught a far bigger fish than he hoped for when a 2.7-metre (nine-foot) great white shark leapt into his boat, knocking him off his feet. Terry Selwood was left with a badly bruised and bleeding right arm where […]
