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Kitten OK after being rescued from underground pipe in Kamloops, B.C.
By The Canadian Press on July 17th, 2018
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – An adventurous feline has been rescued after getting trapped in an underground pipe in Kamloops, B.C. Dan Groess, owner of A Groess Underground sewer and drain services, says he responded to a call Monday about a black kitten stuck in a conduit that was less than seven centimetres in diameter. Gross says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative party pulls attack ad of black man walking over Trudeau tweet
By The Canadian Press on July 17th, 2018
OTTAWA – The Conservative party pulled an attack ad from its Twitter feed Tuesday that depicted a black man carrying a suitcase walking over a tweet from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The tweet is rolled out as a carpet entering a broken fence and the words “faith” and “diversity” are visible. The Tories have argued ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau poised to shuffle, retool cabinet with focus on Liberals’ team for 2019
By Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press on July 17th, 2018
OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau will shuffle his front benches Wednesday to install the roster of ministers that will be entrusted with leading the Liberal team into next year’s election. The changes will expand the prime minister’s cabinet by adding new posts to showcase up-and-coming MPs and to broaden the profile of a party that has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No danger after freight train derailment near Quebec-Ontario border
By The Canadian Press on July 17th, 2018
SAINT-POLYCARPE, Que. – Quebec’s public security minister offered assurances Tuesday that nothing leaked into a nearby river after a Canadian Pacific freight train derailment just east of the Ontario border. The Quebec Environment Department says 25 of the 95 rail cars derailed near Saint-Polycarpe on Monday night, but officials said there were no injuries or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!People in all 124 Ontario ridings will be consulted on sex ed, says Doug Ford
By Shawn Jeffords, The Canadian Press on July 17th, 2018
TORONTO – People across Ontario will be consulted before a new sex-education curriculum is drafted, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday in an attempt to quell concerns over his government’s controversial decision to scrap the updated lesson plan. The newly elected Progressive Conservatives were accused of flip-flopping on the issue Monday after the education minister said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau walks fine line with condemnation of Putin, silence on Trump
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on July 17th, 2018
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau levelled fresh condemnation at Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, but refused to weigh in on the Russian president’s meeting with Donald Trump – underscoring what experts say is the difficult tightrope act that the U.S. president is forcing Canada to walk on the world stage. The tough words for Putin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doug Ford launches independent inquiry into Ontario’s finances
By Shawn Jeffords, The Canadian Press on July 17th, 2018
TORONTO – An independent inquiry led by a former British Columbia premier will look into Ontario’s finances, newly elected Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday as he accused the former Liberal government of cooking the books and faking the deficit numbers. Ford said the Independent Financial Commission of Inquiry, and a line-by-line audit covering the past ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau poised to shuffle cabinet with focus on Liberals’ team for 2019
By The Canadian Press on July 17th, 2018
OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau will shuffle his front bench Wednesday to install the roster of ministers that will be entrusted with leading the Liberal team into next year’s election. The changes will expand the prime minister’s cabinet by adding new posts to showcase up-and-coming MPs and to broaden the profile of a party that has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Invasive species known as the zombie plant present in waterways of five provinces
By Peter Rakobowchuk, The Canadian Press on July 17th, 2018
MONTREAL – An invasive plant species that has become a worrisome problem in Quebec lakes and rivers is also present in four other provinces as well as in almost every U.S. state. Barbara King, executive director of the non-profit Watersheds Canada, says the species is known to occur in New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba and British ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court orders CRA to stop setting political limits on charities’ activities
By The Canadian Press on July 17th, 2018
OTTAWA – An Ontario Superior Court judge is telling the federal tax man that he can’t set limits on how much a charity devotes to political activity in a new ruling that grants a win to a national anti-poverty group. Justice Ed Morgan says in the decision Tuesday that the Canada Revenue Agency could not ... Read More »
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