Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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Charlie Hebdo: Proud to provoke Islamists, despite violence
PARIS - It's been targeted again and again, threatened and firebombed and struck in an attack that killed a dozen staff members, but satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo won't stop poking fun at I...
Oct 29, 2020
Federal government unveils rules for $750-million emissions reduction fund
OTTAWA - Oil and gas companies that use federal cash to help cut methane emissions from their operations won't have to repay every penny if they eliminate the methane emissions entirely. Natural Resou...
Oct 29, 2020
Ethics watchdog clears Morneau of accepting gift from WE Charity
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog has cleared former finance minister Bill Morneau of failing to disclose a gift from WE Charity. In a letter to Morneau, ethics commissioner Mario Dion says he acce...
Oct 29, 2020
Federal election during the pandemic would be challenging but feasible: PHAC official
OTTAWA - A senior official at the Public Health Agency of Canada says holding a federal election during the COVID-19 pandemic would be feasible, despite the logistical challenges that Elections Canada...
Oct 29, 2020
WHO: Europe now has more than 10 million COVID-19 cases
LONDON - The World Health Organization's Europe director said Thursday that the 53-country region has again reached a new weekly record for confirmed cases, with more than 1.5 million confirmed last w...
Oct 29, 2020
Canada's ban on big cruise ships extended until February
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says big cruise ships will be banned from Canadian waters at least until the end of February now. The same extension is being applied to the ban on smaller ves...
Oct 29, 2020
Alarm bells ring over COVID-19 and long-term care; Ontario sees slowing virus growth
Politicians, advocates and public health officials were ringing the alarm Thursday over COVID-19's impact on long-term care homes as new modelling out of Ontario projected the virus will spread at a m...
Oct 29, 2020
Malls gathered facial images of five million shoppers without consent: watchdogs
OTTAWA - Five million images of peoples' faces were collected through digital information kiosks in 12 malls across Canada without the knowledge or consent of the shoppers, privacy watchdogs say. An i...
Oct 29, 2020
U.S. OKs extradition of 2 nabbed in ex-Nissan boss' escape
BOSTON - The U.S. State Department has agreed to turn over to Japan two American men accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country while he was awaiting trial, ...
Oct 29, 2020
Trudeau condemns deadly attack at Nice church that killed three
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned a deadly attack in the French city of Nice on Thursday as a "heinous" act of terrorism, saying that the perpetrators "do not get to define Muslims." An...
Oct 29, 2020
OPINION
Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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8:30 - Drivers are yet again feeling the pinch at the gas pump. Prices have climbed almost 20 cents per litre at some st...