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Police locate dead male behind Riverside community centre

Police locate dead male behind Riverside community centre

Canada October 6, 2018 at 2:09 pm 0 comments

A coroner has ordered an autopsy after the body of a male was found in suspicious circumstances behind a library and community centre in the city’s Riverside neighbourhood on Friday morning. Police say that at 7:39 a.m., they were called to June Callwood Way, near Saulter Street, after a maleRead More

Legal cannabis supply will only meet 30 to 60 per cent of demand in Canada: study

Legal cannabis supply will only meet 30 to 60 per cent of demand in Canada: study

Canada October 6, 2018 at 2:04 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Canada’s supply of legal cannabis at current production levels will meet just 30 to 60 per cent of total demand, according to a new analysis from a think-tank. The estimated demand across the country is roughly 610.6 tonnes but the forecasted available marijuana supply in the fourth quarterRead More

Woman without vital signs after vehicle hits parked car near Corso Italia

Canada October 6, 2018 at 2:03 pm 0 comments

A woman is without vital signs after crashing her vehicle into a parked car near the city’s Corso Italia neighbourhood early Saturday morning. It happened near Greenlaw and Rosemount avenues at around 6:10 a.m. Reports from the scene indicate that the vehicle was travelling northbound when it struck another vehicleRead More

Clerk says Toronto ready for Oct. 22 election

Clerk says Toronto ready for Oct. 22 election

Breaking news, Canada October 4, 2018 at 4:49 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — An official tasked with organizing the municipal election in Toronto says the city is ready for advanced voting next week despite the recent uncertainty over the electoral map. City clerk Ulli Watkiss says she and her team prepared for both outcomes of either a 25- or 47-ward systemRead More

U.S. not invited to Canada’s save-the-WTO summit of 13 ‘like-minded’ countries

U.S. not invited to Canada’s save-the-WTO summit of 13 ‘like-minded’ countries

Breaking news, Canada October 4, 2018 at 4:47 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — Canada has not included the United States in an upcoming meeting aimed at saving the international trading system because it doesn’t share the views of the 13 invited countries, says the new Canadian trade minister. Canada will host senior ministers from 13 “like-minded” countries for a two-day discussionRead More

Olympic medallist van Koeverden to run for Liberals in next federal election

Olympic medallist van Koeverden to run for Liberals in next federal election

Breaking news, Canada October 4, 2018 at 4:46 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — Decorated Olympic kayaker Adam van Koeverden says he hopes to run as a liberal candidate in the next federal election. The four-time Olympic medallist says he’ll be seeking the party’s nomination to run in the Ontario riding of Milton. The seat is currently held by Conservative deputy leaderRead More

Quebec’s highest court rules woman wearing hijab was entitled to be heard

Quebec’s highest court rules woman wearing hijab was entitled to be heard

Breaking news, Canada October 4, 2018 at 4:46 pm 0 comments

MONTREAL – Quebec’s highest court has ruled a woman who was denied justice three years ago after a judge ordered her to remove her hijab was entitled to be heard by the court. The unanimous judgment rendered today in favour of Rania El-Alloul says the Quebec court dress code doesRead More

How Trump’s Freeland broadside factored into getting a trade deal done

How Trump’s Freeland broadside factored into getting a trade deal done

Breaking news, Canada October 2, 2018 at 6:13 pm 0 comments

WASHINGTON — From deep within the pantheon of diplomacy that is the United Nations came hardly a warning shot or a red flag — it was a rocket-propelled rhetorical grenade aimed directly at Canada, with a concussive blast that reverberated all the way to the Prime Minister’s Office. And itRead More

Ford says he will scrap Liberals’ labour reform bill

Ford says he will scrap Liberals’ labour reform bill

Breaking news, Canada October 2, 2018 at 6:13 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is promising to scrap labour reform legislation passed by the previous Liberal government that raised the province’s minimum wage and introduced a range of other worker protections. Ford’s Progressive Conservatives said last week that they would halt a planned increase to minimum wage setRead More

Key takeaways from the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Key takeaways from the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Canada October 2, 2018 at 6:11 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA – After more than a year of talks, Canada finalized a revamped free-trade deal with the United States and Mexico. The new deal, dubbed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement. Here are some key elements of the new deal: GETTING MILKED: TrumpRead More