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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Voting to begin in federal byelections in Toronto, Vancouver and Chicoutimi ridings Voting gets underway today in byelections in three federal ridings, including what could be a close race in rural Quebec. Conservative Richard Martel resigned his […]
TORONTO — Voters are heading to the polls today in the Liberal stronghold of Beaches—East York in Toronto. It’s one of three federal byelections being held today to fill recently vacated seats in Parliament. Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith resigned the Beaches—East York seat last month, after running an unsuccessful campaign for the Ontario Liberal nomination […]
The union representing workers at General Motors says its members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying new contracts with the automaker. Unifor and General Motors agreed on tentative labour contracts for more than 4,600 autoworkers in Ontario on Aug. 22, and union members voted on them over the weekend. The union says in a […]
CLAYTON, NEW YORK — Canadian Evan Kung saved his Elite Series career in a big way Sunday. Kung, of Pickering, Ont., won the season-ending event at the St. Lawrence River for his first Elite Series victory. Kung’s five-fish limit weighed 27 pounds 12 ounces, giving him 109 pounds nine ounces for the tournament, a record […]
Google has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ for users in the United States, reflecting a recent order by President Donald Trump that changed the name of the lake, the global technology giant says. The Google Maps update comes days after Trump’s order amid an escalating trade war with Canada […]
CLAYTON, NEW YORK — Canadian Evan Kung saved his Elite Series career in a big way Sunday. Kung, of Pickering, Ont., won the season-ending event at the St. Lawrence River for his first Elite Series victory. Kung’s five-fish limit weighed 27 pounds 12 ounces, giving him 109 pounds nine ounces for the tournament, a record […]
Unionized General Motors workers are expected to wrap up voting on a new tentative agreement today. Unifor and General Motors agreed on tentative labour contracts for more than 4,600 autoworkers in Ontario on Aug. 22. Union members have been voting on whether to ratify the tentative agreements over the weekend. Unifor National President Lana Payne […]
CLEARVIEW — Provincial police say a pilot is in the hospital after his plane went down west of Barrie, Ont. OPP say officers responded to reports of an aircraft crash near Clearview Township on Saturday afternoon. Police say the aircraft crashed in a wooded area. They say they found the 46-year-old pilot suffering from non-life-threatening […]
WATERLOO, ONTARIO — Police say a woman has died after she was struck by a light rail train in Waterloo, Ont. Waterloo regional police say the fatal collision happened Saturday night in the area of Dutton Drive in the north end of the city. There, police say they found a pedestrian who had been hit […]
REGINA — There will be no Toronto Argonauts sweep of Saskatchewan in 2026. In front of a sold-out Mosaic Stadium, where 33,350 seats were filled for the CFL’s biggest crowd of the season, the hometown Roughriders used a noisy fan base to expose a few leaks in the Argonauts’ boat en route to a 28-24 […]