Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — SAULT STE MARIE, Ont. — Damien Giroux scored 2:47 into overtime, lifting the Saginaw Spirit to a 4-3 win over the Greyhounds in Sault Ste. Marie on Wednesday. The tally was the 19-year-old left-winger's second of the game. Cole Coskey and Jake Goldowski also scored for the Spirit (6-4-1). Cole MacKay, Billy Constantinou and Holden Wale had goals […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — VICTORIA — British Columbia has confirmed its first probable case of vaping-related illness and the provincial health officer says she expects there to be more. Dr. Bonnie Henry said Thursday there are several other investigations underway that may also meet the case definition of the illness in the near future. "These are the first cases of vaping-related illness in B.C., but […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — SURREY, B.C. — The top police officer in Surrey, B.C., is leaving his post to take up a new role with the RCMP in the province. Assistant Commissioner Dwayne McDonald was named officer in charge of the Surrey Mounties three years ago, taking over the largest RCMP detachment in the country. In his new role, he will […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — KENORA, Ont. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he won't be drawn into the federal election despite being the subject of frequent attacks from Liberal leader Justin Trudeau. Ford made the comments during only his second media availability since the campaign began in September. Ford says he's been too busy governing to campaign on behalf of […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Three books about political movements that shaped global history are in the running for this year's Cundill History Prize. A representative for the prestigious McGill University award says for the first time all the finalists for the US$75,000 prize are women. Among them is Harvard University professor and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore for "These Truths: A […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said he hopes Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg is warmly welcomed in Edmonton on Friday, but there are no plans to meet with her. Climate Justice Edmonton announced Wednesday that the 16-year-old Stockholm student will join a march from a downtown Edmonton park to a climate strike rally at the Alberta legislature. "We hope that […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — KINGSTON, Ont. — A Brockville, Ont., man is facing charges in an alleged hit and run that killed a 50-year-old woman in Kingston. Kingston police say the crash happened early Friday when the woman was walking along Highway 2. They say she was struck by a cargo van that fled the scene. Police arrested a 75-year-old […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — SIR Royalty Income Fund units fell to a multi-year low Wednesday after it warned that investor payouts will drop 16.7 per cent to reflect lower food and drink sales at its restaurants, which include the Jack Astors chain. SIR said same-store sales for its operating company's fourth quarter, which ended Aug. 25, were down 5.9 per cent and didn't […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Rates of cervical pre-cancer in women have been cut by more than half in British Columbia and the province's school immunization program for the human papillomavirus is being given credit for the results. A study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases says those who took part in the program to prevent the sexually transmitted infection had a 57 per […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (16,427.18, up 8.79 points). Aphria Inc. (TSX:APHA). Health care. Down 76 cents, or 10.6 per cent, to $6.41 on 5.9 million shares. Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB). Health care. Down 23 cents, 4.63 per cent, to $4.74 on 5.2 million shares. Manulife […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The Ontario government's decision to reverse course on a plan to take control of Toronto's subway system marks the latest in a series of instances in which Premier Doug Ford or his ministers have backtracked on previous commitments. Below is a list of other decisions Ford's Progressive Conservatives have walked back: Subway upload: […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The Ontario government's decision to reverse course on a plan to take control of Toronto's subway system marks the latest in a series of instances in which Premier Doug Ford or his ministers have backtracked on previous commitments. Below is a list of other decisions Ford's Progressive Conservatives have walked back: Subway upload: […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — A map released by the City of Vancouver highlights areas that would see the most severe damage during a significant earthquake. The map has been produced as part of the city's ongoing investments to assess earthquake risk and upgrade infrastructure. It shows a magnitude 7.3 earthquake would cause the most damage to Vancouver's older, multi-family residential […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Vanessa Rodel arrived in Canada with her seven-year-old daughter last winter, granted refugee status in Canada as one of seven people who helped shelter American whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong. On Wednesday she was on Parliament Hill with daughter Keana, begging the federal government to give the same refugee status to the […]
Oct 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Vanessa Rodel arrived in Canada with her seven-year-old daughter last winter, granted refugee status in Canada as one of seven people who helped shelter American whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong. On Wednesday she was on Parliament Hill with daughter Keana, begging the federal government to give the same refugee status to the […]