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Clean fuel standard would cost people heavily and not reduce emissions: McTeague
A new clean fuel standard set by the Canadian government could take a bite out of people's wallets, a gas analyst said Tuesday.Dan McTeague, the president of the Canadians for Affordable Energy, said ...
Oct 25, 2022
Canadians must choose between hobbies and children's lives: gun-control group
OTTAWA - An umbrella group of gun-control advocates says any exceptions to the federal handgun freeze should be very narrowly defined. Wendy Cukier of the Coalition for Gun Control told the House of C...
Oct 25, 2022
Minister rejects Rogers-Shaw deal, sets conditions for Freedom Mobile sale
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says he will not approve the proposed deal between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc., though he left the door open to a revi...
Oct 25, 2022
CF Montreal coach Nancy is looking ahead to improvement next season
MONTREAL - For most teams, finishing the season with the league's third-best record, playing in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and breaking both club and Major League Soccer records along the way ...
Oct 25, 2022
B.C. Lions QB Nathan Rourke set to start against Winnipeg Blue Bombers
SURREY, B.C. - Head coach Rick Campbell says he expects star quarterback Nathan Rourke to start for the B.C. Lions this week. Rourke was a dominant force early in the season, throwing for 3,281 yards ...
Oct 25, 2022
Scrum half Ross Braude returns for third season with the Toronto Arrows
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows have re-signed Canadian international scrum half Ross Braude for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The South African-born Braude, who qualifies to represent Canada throu...
Oct 25, 2022
Judge in Quebec racial profiling case orders end to random traffic stops
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has issued a major racial profiling ruling today, invalidating laws that allow police to randomly pull over drivers for traffic stops. Justice Michel Yergeau r...
Oct 25, 2022
Alfredsson says Hockey Hall of Fame induction a "validation" of career with Senators
OTTAWA - When Daniel Alfredsson arrived in Ottawa in the fall of 1995, that 22-year-old would have never believed he'd one day find himself in the Hockey Hall of Fame. At that time the young Swede was...
Oct 25, 2022
Major League Rugby loses franchises in Austin and L.A. for 2023 season
Major League Rugby, home to the Toronto Arrows, will play the 2023 season without the Austin Gilgronis and the Los Angeles Giltinis. The league cited the uncertainties surrounding the Austin and Los A...
Oct 25, 2022
Tell frustrated with lack of consultation on handgun freeze
With a national handgun freeze now in effect, Saskatchewan's minister of corrections, policing and public safety is not impressed, claiming the provincial government did not get to give any input on t...
Oct 25, 2022