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Family of Canadian child stuck in Syria taking government to court
OTTAWA - The case of a five-year-old Canadian girl stuck in Syria appears to be headed to court as her family escalates efforts to bring her to Canada. The girl known publicly as Amira was found on th...
Jul 14, 2020
Feds should have put $900M into Canada Summer Jobs program: Opposition
OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties are demanding to know why the Liberal government created a $900-million program to help students find volunteer positions rather than putting the money into an exis...
Jul 14, 2020
Ex-PQ leader Andre Boisclair pleads not guilty to two sexual assault charges
MONTREAL - Former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair has pleaded not guilty on two counts of sexual assault. The ex-politician was not in court today but was represented by his lawyer. Boiscl...
Jul 14, 2020
Sources say Canada, U.S. likely to extend mutual travel ban into late August
WASHINGTON - Sources say Canada and the United States are likely to agree to extend their mutual ban on non-essential travel between the two countries for another 30 days. The Canada-U.S. border has b...
Jul 14, 2020
Draisaitl, MacKinnon and Panarin named Ted Lindsay Award finalists
TORONTO - Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl, Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon and New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin are the finalists for the 2019-20 Ted Lindsay Award. The award...
Jul 14, 2020
Senators call for changes to COVID-19 aid and more transparency on spending
OTTAWA - The Senate's finance committee says the Trudeau Liberals need to tell people very soon what they will do for those who max out a key federal COVID-19 benefit in the fall without jobs&nbs...
Jul 14, 2020
Column: What's in a name? Stubborn Snyder about to find out
Try to think of a more deserving guy in all of sports than Dan Snyder to get his name-change plans caught in a vise. Go ahead, we'll wait. In the meantime, let's all savour this quote from the owner o...
Jul 14, 2020
US carries out the 1st federal execution in nearly 2 decades
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The federal government on Tuesday carried out its first execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection a man convicted of murdering an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot...
Jul 14, 2020
Nanaimo's ice arenas set for phased re-opening
NANAIMO - Arenas in the city will re-open in phases beginning with the first available sheet of ice ready for Monday, July 27.That's when the NIC # 2 surface will be available.City Councillors unanimo...
Jul 14, 2020
Search for father of girls found dead in Quebec enters fifth day
ST-APOLLINAIRE, Que. - The search continues today for the father of two girls whose bodies were found Saturday in a small town southwest of Quebec City. The bodies of Norah and Romy Carpentier, aged 1...
Jul 14, 2020