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Toronto FC season has been a slow boil but team is getting hot at the right time
ATLANTA - Toronto FC's season has been a slow boil. But Greg Vanney's team is getting hot at the right time. And in reaching the MLS Cup for the third time in four years, Toronto is renewing acquainta...
Oct 31, 2019
High court to review disclosure of Barry and Honey Sherman estate files
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will review an appeal court's decision to unseal files related to the estates of wealthy Toronto couple Barry and Honey Sherman, who were found murdered ...
Oct 31, 2019
High court won't look at officer's bid for military disability benefits
OTTAWA - A decorated military officer who suffered serious injuries in a car accident won't get a chance at the Supreme Court of Canada to argue her case for disability benefits. Following a 2006 coll...
Oct 31, 2019
Supreme Court won't hear appeal of sentence in Quebec election shooting
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear Richard Henry Bain's appeal of his sentence for shooting a man on election night in Quebec seven years ago. Bain was convicted of killing ligh...
Oct 31, 2019
Peter MacKay again denies he's angling for run at Conservative leadership
OTTAWA - Former cabinet minister Peter MacKay is again trying to quell rumours that he's planning to seek the leadership of the Conservative party should the job come open in the n...
Oct 31, 2019
Alberta doctors say proposed new pay plan cynical and heavy-handed
EDMONTON- Alberta's doctors say proposed changes to their pay and practice rules are cynical and heavy-handed and will make future physicians think twice about working in the province.Dr. Christine Mo...
Oct 31, 2019
Court sides with university in case of missing professor's pension
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says an Ottawa university can reclaim almost $500,000 in pension payments to a professor who went missing before being found dead in the woods near his home. Georg...
Oct 31, 2019
Toronto Wolfpack confirm interest in All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams
The Toronto Wolfpack, looking to enter the top-tier Super League with a bang in 2020, has again confirmed its interest in All Blacks rugby star Sonny Bill Williams. "I can clearly and publicly sa...
Oct 31, 2019
Former Calgary police officer guilty of criminal harassment
CALGARY- A former Calgary police detective has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a campaign of harassment against a mother during a bitter child custody dispute.Steve Walton ran ...
Oct 31, 2019
Charges laid after Edmonton police helicopter targeted by laser
EDMONTON- Charges have been laid against a man who allegedly pointed a laser beam at the Edmonton police helicopter.Police say Air 1 had two crew members aboard and was flying over the city's north en...
Oct 31, 2019