Aug 16 2018 — The Canadian Press — “I think any time you have a government that allows 30,000 people over the course of a short period of time to come into Canada illegally, the impact that that has, that is a crisis.” Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, on CBC’s “Power and Politics,” Aug. 3, 2018. ___ For the better part of two years, […]
Aug 16 2018 — The Canadian Press — With threats of devastating U.S. tariffs hanging over the auto sector, Canada’s economic development minister says Ottawa is considering every possible way it could respond if the Trump administration follows through on its warning. Navdeep Bains said Plan A is to continue encouraging the U.S. to back away from the tariff threat, which industry has […]
Aug 15 2018 — The Canadian Press — A Liberal MP is under fire for presenting a “certificate of appreciation” to a man one Jewish advocacy group labels a purveyor of anti-Semitism. B’nai Brith Canada has started a petition demanding that Mississauga-Erin Mills MP Iqra Khalid apologize and rescind the federal certificate she presented last week to Amin El-Maoued, the public relations chief […]
Aug 15 2018 — The Canadian Press — A longtime Quebec Liberal backbencher is being shown the door by the party a week before the provincial election campaign officially begins. The Liberals are looking to reserve the Montreal riding of Marquette for a different candidate and have asked Francois Ouimet to step aside after 24 years. Ouimet held a news conference in Quebec […]
Aug 15 2018 — The Canadian Press — A Liberal MP is urging Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to kick Maxime Bernier out of caucus following a slew of what he calls “hateful attacks” on Twitter. Arif Virani, the parliamentary secretary to the minister of heritage, says in a letter to Scheer that Bernier “has to go.” In the letter, also posted on Twitter, […]
Aug 15 2018 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The number of irregular border crossers in Canada went up in July after two months of decline. Newly published federal data shows a total of 1,634 irregular migrants were apprehended by RCMP between official border crossings last month. That's 371 more than the number of people who crossed irregularly into Canada in June. The […]
Aug 15 2018 — Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The number of irregular border crossers in Canada went up in July after two months of decline. Newly published federal data shows a total of 1,634 irregular migrants were apprehended by RCMP between official border crossings last month. That's 371 more than the number of people who crossed irregularly into Canada in June. The […]
Aug 15 2018 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — SIMCOE, Ont. — Provincial police say they are investigating a theft of about 30 cheese cakes near Simcoe, Ont. Police say the desserts were stolen from a food truck between 1 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Saturday. OPP spokesman Const. Ed Sanchuk says the 30 cakes are worth about $150 all together. He says there is […]
Aug 15 2018 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — SIMCOE, Ont. — Provincial police say they are investigating a theft of about 30 cheese cakes near Simcoe, Ont. Police say the desserts were stolen from a food truck between 1 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Saturday. OPP spokesman Const. Ed Sanchuk says the 30 cakes are worth about $150 all together. He says there is […]
Aug 15 2018 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — GUELPH-ERAMOSA TOWNSHIP, Ont. — Provincial police say a man killed in a single-vehicle crash near Guelph, Ont., over the weekend was a 50-year-old from Cambridge, Ont. Police say the incident happened Sunday night in Guelph-Eramosa Township when Yadvir Sahota lost control of his 1992 Honda. They say the car left the road and struck a tree. Police […]
Aug 15 2018 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — GUELPH-ERAMOSA TOWNSHIP, Ont. — Provincial police say a man killed in a single-vehicle crash near Guelph, Ont., over the weekend was a 50-year-old from Cambridge, Ont. Police say the incident happened Sunday night in Guelph-Eramosa Township when Yadvir Sahota lost control of his 1992 Honda. They say the car left the road and struck a tree. Police […]
Aug 15 2018 — The Canadian Press — The minister responsible for Parks Canada says tearing down statues is not the solution when it comes to addressing the darker side of Canadian history. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna has asked the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada to look at how to address concerns with historical figures like John A. Macdonald, whose role […]
Aug 15 2018 — The Canadian Press — More than one hundred municipal wastewater systems did not report how much raw sewage overflowed from their pipes in 2017 but Environment Canada is only investigating two of them for violating federal regulations. Environment and Climate Change Canada officials would not comment on the nature of those investigations since they are ongoing, including refusing to […]
Aug 15 2018 — The Canadian Press — The case of Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard, who faces three sexual assault-related charges, will be returning to a Toronto court this morning. Hoggard, 34, was arrested last month and charged with one count of sexual interference and two counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm. Police say the charges relate to three separate incidents involving […]
Aug 14 2018 — The Canadian Press — Bernard Trepanier, a former political fundraiser in Montreal and a central figure during Quebec’s public inquiry into corruption in the construction sector, died Tuesday, his lawyer said. Trepanier was infamously nicknamed “Mr. Three Per Cent” by witnesses at the inquiry because of kickbacks he allegedly sought when he worked for former Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay’s […]