Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ontario government cancels 758 renewable energy deals, says it saves millions
TORONTO - Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government is cancelling 758 renewable energy contracts in what it says is an effort to reduce electricity bills in the province. Energy Minister...
Jul 13, 2018
Ontario minister exchanges words with federal minister over asylum seekers
WINNIPEG - Ontario’s minister responsible for immigration has demanded an apology from federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen for saying the province is promoting fear about asylum seekers. &...
Jul 13, 2018
Ontario court does not have jurisdiction to hear proposed class action against Waterloo police
TORONTO - A judge has ruled that the Ontario Superior Court does not have the jurisdiction to hear a proposed class-action lawsuit that accused the Waterloo regional police force of gender-based bully...
Jul 13, 2018
Trump card: Kenney sees advantage to new member's history with U.S. president
CALGARY - The leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party says there are benefits to a newly elected legislature member having worked on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Jason Kenne...
Jul 13, 2018
Canada's Shawn Barber finishes fourth in Diamond League pole vault
RABAT, Morocco - Canada’s Shawn Barber cleared 5.60 metres to finish fourth in the pole vault at the Rabat Diamond League meet on Friday. Barber, who won the world championships in 2015, is comi...
Jul 13, 2018
Informing public about potential threats a complex matter: experts
TORONTO - A day after vague police statements about a “potential risk” in the Greater Toronto Area sparked confusion and anxiety, security and communications experts said law enforcement m...
Jul 13, 2018
Six Nations council bans man acquitted of murdering one of its members
SIX NATIONS RESERVE, Ont. - A Hamilton-area homeowner acquitted of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of an Indigenous man has been banned for life from the nearby Six Nations reserve. The ele...
Jul 13, 2018
Veteran quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell a spectator at Calgary Stampeders' rundown
CALGARY - Bo Levi Mitchell was back on the practice field Friday. Well, sort of. The Calgary Stampeders quarterback attended the team’s rundown Friday, one day after its dominant 27-3 road win o...
Jul 13, 2018
Canada opens with win over England at world lacrosse championship
NETANYA, Israel - Canada is off to a winning start at the world lacrosse championship. Jeffrey Teat and Curtis Dickson scored three goals apiece as Canada doubled up England 12-6. Joshua Byrne added t...
Jul 13, 2018
Quebec cops went to great lengths to lure man in girl's disappearance
TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - Court documents show Quebec provincial police went to great lengths to lure a man they considered a key suspect in the disappearance of a young girl in 2007. For more than eight...
Jul 13, 2018