Author Archives:
No need to review ruling on Safe Third Country refugee pact, feds tell Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The federal government is telling the Supreme Court of Canada there is no need to review a decision that affirmed the constitutionality of a pact between Ottawa and Washington on asylum seeke...
Oct 05, 2021
Two Quebec Major Junior Hockey League players charged with sexual assault
MONTREAL - Two Victoriaville Tigres players have been formally charged with sexual assault stemming from an alleged incident that occurred after the team won the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League titl...
Oct 05, 2021
Argos special-teams unit faces big challenge trying to contain Ottawa returner Dedmon
TORONTO - A night of watching the Toronto Argonauts kick off to DeVonte Dedmon would suit Mark Nelson just fine. Dedmon will be a person of interest for Toronto (4-3) when it hosts Ottawa (2-5) on Wed...
Oct 05, 2021
Gasoline sales plunge to lowest level in 20 years during first year of pandemic
OTTAWA - Pandemic lockdowns that left Canadian cars sitting idle in driveways and garages for weeks on end last year pushed gasoline use to its lowest level in two decades. Statistics Canada data show...
Oct 05, 2021
RCMP officer says she feared for her life before Nunavut man was shot
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - One of two RCMP officers who confronted a 21-year old Inuk man the morning he was shot and killed by police in a remote Nunavut community says she feared for her life that day. C...
Oct 05, 2021
Quarterbacks Collaros and Evans, receiver Dedmon named CFL top performers
TORONTO - Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros, Ottawa quarterback Caleb Evans and Redblacks receiver DeVonte Dedmon have been named the top performers for Week 9 of the CFL season. Collaros threw a pai...
Oct 05, 2021
Top health official in P.E.I. keeping an eye on COVID-19 surge in New Brunswick
HALIFAX - Prince Edward Island's chief medical officer says she's keeping a close watch on New Brunswick, where a recent surge in COVID-19 cases is straining that province's health-care system. Speaki...
Oct 05, 2021
Survivors' group outraged at new job for general who wrote reference for sex offender
OTTAWA - A group representing survivors of military sexual assault is expressing outrage after a senior officer who wrote a reference for a convicted sex offender was quietly reassigned to a new job -...
Oct 05, 2021
Elections Canada announces vote recount in Quebec riding of Trois-Rivières
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says there will be a recount in a Quebec riding where the Bloc Qubcois narrowly fought off the Conservatives. The judicial recount will start today in Trois-Rivires, where th...
Oct 05, 2021
Hoilett, Wotherspoon to miss Canada's CONCACAF World Cup qualifying game in Mexico
Canada will be without forward Junior Hoilett and midfielder David Wotherspoon for Thursday's CONCACAF World Cup qualifying game in Mexico. The two British-based players - Hoilett is with England's Re...
Oct 05, 2021