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Singh promises cross-Canada clean-energy corridor, electric transit
WINNIPEG - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh made promises Tuesday to build an east-west clean-energy corridor and to convert all public transit systems in Canada to electric vehicles, without be...
Sep 24, 2019

Thomas Cook repatriation ramps up as bosses slammed over pay
LONDON - Britain's biggest repatriation effort since World War II ramped up on Tuesday as questions swirled over the pay Thomas Cook executives received in the run-up to the tour operator's collapse, ...
Sep 24, 2019

NewsAlert: Kevin O'Leary's wife charged in fatal boat crash
SEGUIN TOWNSHIP, Ont. - Police have laid charges in a fatal boat crash involving celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary. Ontario Provincial Police say Linda O'Leary, 56, of Toronto, has been charged...
Sep 24, 2019

Ousted Liberal candidate Hassan Guillet to run as Independent in Montreal riding
MONTREAL - An ousted Liberal candidate in a Montreal riding has confirmed he will now run as an Independent. Hassan Guillet made it official today after Elections Canada's website ...
Sep 24, 2019

Thunder lose one, win one in Bonnyville
The Drayton Valley Thunder earned their first win of the AJHL season over the weekend. The Thunder travelled to Bonnyville where they split a pair of games versus the Pontiacs. Bonnyville won 7-2 on F...
Sep 24, 2019

Federal judge grants B.C. injunction against Alberta's turn-off-the-taps law
CALGARY - A Federal Court judge has granted the British Columbia government a temporary injunction against an Alberta law that could have limited oil exports to other provinces.Justice Sebastien Gramm...
Sep 24, 2019

Ontario shipyard withdraws complaint alleging federal favouritism toward Davie
OTTAWA - An Ontario shipyard is ending its bid to have a trade tribunal determine whether the federal government's plan to add a third shipyard to Canada's multibillion-dollar shipbuilding strategy ha...
Sep 24, 2019

UNB player's 1966 punt finally recognized as longest in U Sports history
FREDERICTON - A new record for the longest punt in Canadian university football history - 114 yards - has now been recognized more than half a century after it occurred. The kick, by Thomas Pinckard o...
Sep 24, 2019

Sponsorship opportunities with Edge Investment Forum
Edge Investment Forum is pleased to announce a new sponsorship from Access Prosperity and Catapult Entrepreneurs, which will cover the Pitcher registration fees for 6 eligible Pitchers at the upcoming...
Sep 24, 2019

NDP pledges more money to prevent disastrous effects of climate change
GATINEAU, Que. - The New Democrats promised Sunday to more than double the amount of federal money earmarked to prevent damage from natural disasters such as floods. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pledged t...
Sep 24, 2019