Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have reportedly locked up their top free agent, Canadian Chris Boucher. The Raptors have agreed with the six-foot-nine Montreal centre on a three-year deal worth US$35.25 million, which was first reported by ESPN. The move came just after NBA free agency opened at 6 p.m. ET on Thursday. Boucher averaged […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. has signed two deals to exchange C$262.7 million of its debt for shares and a little bit of cash. Under the agreements with a limited number of noteholders, the cannabis company will acquire the 4.25 per cent unsecured convertible senior notes due in 2023 for about C$259.9 million […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — About 675,000 members have signed up to vote for a new leader of the federal Conservatives — a staggering number that the Tories believe sets an all-time record for any federal political party. The party said it sent a preliminary voter list to candidates on Thursday and the final number is still subject […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (18,861.36, down 217.28 points.) Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS). Financials. Down 80 cents, or one per cent, to $76.18 on 9.3 million shares. Crescent Point Energy Corp. (TSX:CPG). Energy. Down 22 cents, or 2.3 per cent, to […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VICTORIA — BC Ferries says an engine problem on a major vessel travelling between Vancouver Island and the mainland has resulted in service cancellations between Nanaimo and Horseshoe Bay. Spokeswoman Deborah Marshall says the Queen of Alberni will be out of service until Saturday to allow for repairs. A travel advisory posted on BC Ferries' […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Sprinter Andre De Grasse, decathlete Damian Warner and shot putter Sarah Mitton headline Canada's 54-member team heading to the world track and field championships in Eugene, Ore. Mitton is coming off a spectacular week that saw her launch a Canadian-record throw of 20.33 metres on Saturday at the national championships in Langley, B.C. […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The CRTC has ordered Radio-Canada to apologize after a host and commentator made repeated use of the N-word on air. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says the public broadcaster violated Canadian broadcasting policy objectives and values and did not do enough to mitigate the effect the word could have on its audience. […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA — A judge has reserved her decision on whether to grant bail for the fourth man charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade earlier this year in southern Alberta. Jerry Morin, who is 40, attended the two-day hearing in Lethbridge, Alta., by video. Queen's Bench Justice Johnna Kubik says she […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WINNIPEG — First Nations in Manitoba are suing the federal government for what they say is a failure to live up to a 25-year-old land debt agreement. The Treaty Land Entitlement Committee of Manitoba has filed a statement of claim in Federal Court arguing Canada is liable for losses resulting from its failure to honour […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Quebec prosecutors have charged a 27-year-old man with first-degree murder in the drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old girl. Prosecutors say Aymane Bouadi also faces four counts of attempted murder. Bouadi is the second suspect arrested in the February 2021 killing of Meriem Boundaoui. Salim Touaibi, 26, was arrested Monday and also faces […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Ontario legislators will return to provincial parliament on Aug. 8. Premier Doug Ford says the legislature will sit for approximately five weeks. The main item on the agenda is debate and voting on the provincial budget that was introduced but not passed before the spring election. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy has said the […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The suspension of a Université Laval professor for comments he made criticizing COVID-19 vaccines is raising concerns about academic freedom in the province. Patrick Provost, a professor in the university's department of microbiology and immunology, says he was suspended for eight weeks without pay earlier this month for comments he made last December. […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — LYTTON, B.C. — British Columbia's public safety minister says he expects many houses and the municipal infrastructure destroyed by a wildfire in Lytton to be rebuilt by this time next year. Mike Farnworth says that would give displaced residents returning home a sense of their future after 90 per cent of their village burned to […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a British Columbia man convicted of trafficking 11 female victims, including underage girls, for sex. Reza Moazami, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison, had sought leave to appeal a September decision by the B.C. Court of Appeal. That court dismissed his appeals […]
Jun 30 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down more than 300 points in broad-based decline as commodity prices also fell and U.S. stock markets pulled back. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 305.55 points at 18,773.09. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 346.94 points at 30,682.37. The S&P 500 index was […]