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MONTREAL — One of the major unions in Quebec is calling attention to an omnibus bill it says could put the health and safety of public sector workers at risk. If passed the bill would roll back previously won laws surrounding the implementation of health and safety measures in the health care, social services and […]
A 53-year-old woman has died after being hit Saturday by a driver in Quebec City. Police say the accident happened on Wilfrid-Hamel Boulevard at around 8 p.m., in the northwest end of the city. Spokesperson Laurence Godbout said by time first responders arrived they found others giving the woman first aid. She was rushed to […]
TORONTO — Several parent groups against a looming speed camera ban in Ontario are set to rally across the province Monday. Premier Doug Ford announced his Progressive Conservative government would table a bill to ban the cameras upon the legislature’s return earlier this month. Tom Devito, who organized a rally set to take place in […]
TORONTO — Megan Pakulis’s road to Canada’s Rugby League World Cup qualifiers in Brampton, Ont., this week has taken her through England and Australia. The 28-year-old forward from Toronto has blazed a trail along the way, playing for England’s York Valkyrie before joining the Gold Coast Titans earlier this year, becoming the first Canadian to […]
REGINA — Cindy Camp’s great-grandmother was only a name on the family tree until police called. An investigator told her it was believed Alice Spence had been killed more than 105 years ago, her body dumped in a well in Saskatchewan. Camp and her daughters were asked in the summer to provide DNA samples. They […]
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford’s government returns to Queen’s Park Monday for what promises to be a short but intense seven-week sitting that opposition parties say they fear is becoming a new and undemocratic norm. A lingering trade war with the United States, a consequential downturn in the economy with about 700,000 Ontarians looking for […]
TORONTO — Anthony Stolarz has had enough. The Maple Leafs goaltender cut a frustrated figure Saturday following a 4-3 overtime loss to the Seattle Kraken in a physical matchup where he twice found himself flat on his back following contact. Stolarz was thumped to the ice on two separate occasions — bruising forward Mason Marchment […]
OSHAWA — A child is dead and two other people have serious injuries following a trailer fire in southern Ontario. Durham Regional Police Acting Staff Sgt. Joanne McCabe told reporters in Oshawa that officers responded to a call about unknown trouble and a possible vehicle fire in the community on Saturday afternoon. McCabe said they […]
CALGARY — Vernon Adams Jr. threw three touchdown passes in the first half for the Calgary Stampeders in a 44-13 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday. Cornerback Adrian Greene scored off an interception, Dedrick Mills contributed a rushing touchdown and Dominique Rhymes, Tevin Jones and Jalen Philpot each caught touchdown passes for Calgary (10-7-0). […]
TORONTO — Great pitchers are defined by their ability to make adjustments and now it’s on rookie Trey Yesavage to prove that he can do it. The 22-year-old Yesavage will start for the Blue Jays on Sunday in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series as Toronto fights to stay alive in the post-season. […]