TORONTO — Ontario will be raising speed limits to 110 kilometres an hour on sections of three 400-series highways as part of a pilot program that could lead to limits being increased across the province. Transportation Minister Jeff Yurek, who announced the pilot Friday, said the government will also be holding consultations on the project […]
OTTAWA — A northern Ontario First Nation signed an agreement on Thursday with the federal and provincial government that lays out a plan to move a reserve threatened every year by flood waters. Members of the Kashechewan First Nation, north of Fort Albany, Ont., have had to flee repeatedly because of flooding and infrastructure problems. […]
OTTAWA — Lynn Beyak cast herself as a defender of free speech and a victim of political correctness moments before senators voted summarily Thursday to suspend her without pay from the Senate for refusing to delete derogatory letters about Indigenous people from her website. The suspension applies only to the remainder of the current session […]
TORONTO — A Toronto man who murdered his wife two days after she filed for divorce has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 14 years. Neurosurgeon Mohammed Shamji, 43, pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder in the death of 40-year-old Elana Fric Shamji, a well-respected family doctor. Justice […]
OTTAWA — A Liberal minister’s office is denying an Independent MP’s claim that Justin Trudeau has a “secret plan to ban legal firearms” to be revealed at a major women’s conference next month. Click Here: Sports Water Bottles Tony Clement raised the issue in question period Thursday. Border Security Minister Bill Blair, who was tapped […]
OTTAWA — Vice-Admiral Mark Norman says he has an “important story to tell Canadians” in the coming days after federal prosecutors dropped their criminal case against him. “Not to lay blame, but to ensure that we all learn from this experience,” Norman told reporters Wednesday during a press conference at a downtown Navy officers’ mess. […]
WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man has been convicted of murdering an Indigenous woman in what Crown prosecutors have called a crime worse than any horror movie. A jury found Brett Ronald Overby, 32, guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the death of 21-year-old Christine Wood. Wood had travelled to Winnipeg from the Oxford House First […]
A Conservative government led by Andrew Scheer will not be afraid to stand up to China despite the allure of the superpower’s market, says the Tory leader. “I will deal with China with eyes wide open,” Scheer told the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations Tuesday in a speech outlining his foreign policy priorities. He named […]
OTTAWA — Canada’s refugee system is plagued with a backlog of asylum claims that is worse now than it has ever been, caused in part by systemic inefficiencies, according to findings from acting auditor general Sylvain Ricard. As part of five audits of government activities released today, Ricard’s office looked at how quickly and efficiently […]
OTTAWA — A former Liberal MP who was found by his peers to have sexually harassed a member of his office staff is apologizing to the victim for unintentionally causing her difficulty. But reading from a prepared statement, Darshan Kang also maintains that neither his intention nor his actions were improper. Kang spoke in the […]