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OTTAWA — Some MPs are demanding more discipline from House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus after an exchange between two party leaders last week got so heated one MP thought it may actually come to physical blows. In Question Period on Thursday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh had a shouting match […]

OTTAWA — The NDP is urging the Liberals to recognize Palestinian statehood, warning that a Conservative government would not protect international law in the Middle East. NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson is accusing the Trudeau government of lacking courage to advance its stated goal of helping a two-state solution, where Israel and a Palestinian […]

CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO — Police say a two-year-old boy who was reported missing in a Cambridge, Ont., park is dead in what they are describing as a sudden death investigation. Waterloo regional police say a woman who was at Soper Park with the boy called police around 6 a.m. Monday to report him missing. Police responded […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index edged lower in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in the financial and telecommunications sectors, while U.S. stock markets rose. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 7.26 points at 23,860.11. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 61.00 points at 42,124.36. The S&P 500 index was […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in a northeastern Ontario court as his trial gets underway. The former Hedley frontman, dressed in a dark suit, stood up to enter his not-guilty plea today. Jury selection has begun for the trial that’s taking place in Haileybury, a community […]

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed American cornerback Jamal Peters to a one-year contract extension Monday. The deal keeps Peters with the CFL club through the 2025 season. Peters, 27, has registered 38 tackles and four interceptions in 12 games this season, his first with Hamilton. Peters signed with the Ticats as a free agent […]

TORONTO — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says an employee at its Kansanshi operation was killed in a traffic accident. The Kansanshi copper-gold mine is located in Zambia. The company says the incident involved a tracked dozer and a light vehicle. First Quantum says the Mine Safety Department and relevant local authorities have been notified about […]

LONDON, Ont. — Police in London, Ont., say two people have been arrested and charged after a man was found dead in a park. Police say officers responded to an area in the east end of the city in relation to a check-welfare investigation around 6 p.m. on Friday. They say when officers arrived, they […]

TORONTO — A new charter challenge set to get underway on Monday will test the constitutionality of a controversial Ontario law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into long-term care homes not of their choosing or face a $400-per-day charge if they refuse. The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly and the Ontario Health Coalition […]

TORONTO — Ian Rosen is at ease wandering all four floors of the flagship Harry Rosen store his late grandfather started and his father built upon, but it’s the lower level where he’s really at home. There, Rosen’s eyes light up as he approaches a department of linen shirts, knit polos and sport coats from […]