Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — The president of the Ukrainian National Federation of Canada is defending a Second World War veteran of a Nazi unit who was recently lauded as a hero in Canada's Parliament. Jurij Klufas has not met 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka but says the treatment the...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — The president of the Ukrainian National Federation of Canada is defending a Second World War veteran of a Nazi unit who was recently lauded as a hero in Canada's Parliament. Jurij Klufas has not met 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka but says the treatment the...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The top heads of the European Union are expected to visit Canada this year, as officials discuss the possibility of Ottawa joining a major research-funding pact. Brussels and Ottawa hold leaders' summits every two years as part of an agreemen...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Ottawa's light-rail transit will not open its expanded north-south line until at least April 2024, a 20-month delay to the expected delivery date in the original contract. The last update from the city's transit services in August had estimated the lin...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is again urging India to co-operate with Canada to bring Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killers to justice. Blinken confirmed that he delivered that message Thursday in his meeting with Subrahmanyam Jaishank...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OAKVILLE, Ont. — The PointsBet Invitational saw its first major upset in women's competition Friday with Christina Black defeating Jennifer Jones 9-6 in second-round action at the single-elimination curling tournament. Jones, the women's third seed, le...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $1.2 billion during the first four months of its fiscal year, compared with a surplus of $6.3 billion during the same period a year earlier. The Finance Department released its monthly fisc...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey made a solemn apology today to survivors of residential schools in southern Labrador. Furey addressed members of the NunatuKavut Community Council in a gymnasium in Cartwright, N.L., whe...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Ontario New Democrats asked the auditor general's office on Friday to launch a new investigation of the government's land-use policies by probing its expansion of some municipal boundaries. NDP Leader Marit Stiles and two other caucus members...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The military is permanently removing Col. Leif Dahl from his post as commander of Canadian Forces Base Trenton a month after he was charged with weapons offences. Ontario Provincial Police say they charged Dahl on Aug. 25 after he was seen sho...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — A young person has been arrested and charged in the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old man near a transit station in Toronto's north end. Toronto police say officers were called to Yonge Street and Hendon Avenue, near Finch Station, on Sunday night where ...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Edmonton police say they are investigating the death of a man in a mall parkade after he stood up through the sunroof of a car and was struck by a beam. Officers responded to the call Thursday at West Edmonton Mall. They were told a sedan had been trav...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was essentially flat, while U.S. stock markets were mixed on the final trading day of what has been a difficult month for stock markets. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 1.36 points at 19,592.10. In New York, t...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Quebec prosecutors added new charges on Friday, including murder, in connection with the discovery earlier this month of human remains in the provincial capital area. François Bouchard, 31, of Contrecoeur, Que., was charged with first-degree murder at ...
Sep 29 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Ontario New Democrats asked the auditor general's office on Friday to launch a new investigation of the government's land-use policies by probing its expansion of some municipal boundaries. NDP Leader Marit Stiles and two other caucus members...