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Family, friends to gather for funeral of man shot in condo building north of Toronto
TORONTO - The family of a man who was among five people killed in a shooting rampage at a Toronto-area condo says the 59-year-old's funeral will be held at a mosque today. Police have said Naveed Dada...
Dec 22, 2022
Santa makes a visit to the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital
Kids at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital received a special visit from good ol' St. Nick.Santa Claus recently made a special trip to visit the children, families, and moms-to-be in the hospital. Y...
Dec 22, 2022
SARM president says new provincial tax change will hurt rural municipalities
Rural municipalities in Saskatchewan previously had the ability to tax commercial property at nines times the rate that they've been allowed to tax agricultural property.That ratio has now been lowere...
Dec 22, 2022
With high-performance review underway, Curling Canada hopes new quad yields results
Curling Canada is hoping an ongoing high-performance review will help put the federation on track for success after a disappointing showing on the international stage last season. Canada's lone curlin...
Dec 22, 2022
Virginia state Sen. McClellan wins Democratic nomination
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan has overwhelmingly won the Democratic nomination to succeed the late A. Donald McEachin in Congress, party officials said. McClellan won...
Dec 22, 2022
Back-to-office mandate has some public-service parents scrambling to find child care
OTTAWA - Tania Marcil doesn't have much time to spare before the holidays set in. Now, instead of using those rare moments to get ready for the season, she says she is spending them scrambling to find...
Dec 22, 2022
More flight delays possible as storm approaches Toronto : In The News for Dec. 22 ...
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 22, 2022
Trudeau signals shift away from humanitarian aid toward financing infrastructure
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is signalling a shift away from humanitarian aid toward funding infrastructure projects in developing countries. "A lot of it is less around humanitarian develop...
Dec 22, 2022
Canadians gleaned naval intelligence from Russian defector, newly released files show
OTTAWA - The young Russian seaman who turned up exhausted and bleeding on the British Columbia shore struck a Canadian intelligence official as well mannered, sincere and athletic, built like Tarzan o...
Dec 22, 2022
Toronto and Vancouver airports warn of operational impacts today due to weather
TORONTO - A major winter storm bearing down on Toronto is adding to the calamity in Canadian airports already plagued by flight cancellations and delays set off early this week by heavy snow in Vancou...
Dec 22, 2022