Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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Onex to buy WestJet for $5 billion
CALGARY - Onex Corp. has signed a friendly deal to buy WestJet Airlines Ltd. in a transaction it valued at $5 billion, including assumed debt. Under the agreement announced Monday, Onex will pay $31 p...
May 13, 2019 A pilot taxis a Westjet Boeing 737-700 plane to a gate after arriving at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on February 3, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Opposition force emergency meeting of defence committee on Norman affair
OTTAWA - Three Conservative and one NDP MP are requesting that the House of Commons national defence committee be reconvened to examine the government's conduct in the investigation and prosecution of...
May 13, 2019 Vice-Admiral Mark Norman reacts during a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Eastern Ontario communities reeling as Ottawa River hits historic high
By Kristy Kirkup OTTAWA - Lynne Lavictoire wants to go home. The only way she can get anywhere near it is by boat. For the time being, she's set up at a hotel where she is praying her home in La Passe...
May 13, 2019 Floodwaters from the Ottawa River cover Pembroke Waterfront Park as Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Fire Rangers cross a wall of sandbags after deploying a pump at the park's washroom facilities in Pembroke, Ont., Saturday, May 11, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Leonard hits winning basket and Raptors headed to conference finals vs. Bucks
By Lori Ewing TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard squatted and watched as his moon shot from the corner bounced off the rim an agonizing once, twice, three times, then four before finally dropping through the hoo...
May 12, 2019 Philadelphia 76ers guard Jimmy Butler (23) reaches to try and block Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam (43)during second half NBA Eastern Conference semifinal action in Toronto on Sunday, May 12, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Rural Canada’s voice in cabinet says feds looking at funding community ISPs
OTTAWA - A new plan to help rural Canada thrive will focus on expanding internet and cellphone coverage, even funding communities that want to be their own service providers, the minister in charge of...
May 10, 2019
Missing Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon found safe: Ottawa police
The Ottawa Police Service says Supreme Court of Canada Justice Clement Gascon has been found safe and sound. Gascon was reported missing earlier Wednesday and police said his family was concerned for ...
May 08, 2019
Veteran CFL quarterback Ricky Ray calls it a career after 17 seasons
Veteran CFL quarterback Ricky Ray calls it a career after 17 seasons By Dan Ralph TORONTO - Ricky Ray is calling it a career. The veteran quarterback made the announcement on a conference call Wednesd...
May 08, 2019 Toronto Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray (15) speaks to media at the Argo practice facility in Toronto, on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Ricky Ray is calling it a career. Two league sources told The Canadian Press the veteran quarterback will hold a conference call Wednesday to announce his retirement. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Judge awards $20-million damages against website that pirated obituaries
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A $20-million ruling against a website accused of pirating obituaries and photos of dead people in order to profit from grieving families will deter other sites from doing the same,...
May 02, 2019 A gavel sits on a desk before the a meeting of the House Justice and Human Rights Committee in Ottawa, Wednesday February 13, 2019. A judge has awarded $20 million in damages against an online firm that she says used obituaries and photographs taken off websites of Canadian funeral homes and newspapers without permission. Federal Court Judge Catherine Kane wrote in her class action lawsuit ruling that the actions of Afterlife Network Inc. amounted to "obituary piracy." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Federal government boosts loans for canola farmers amid tensions with China
OTTAWA - The federal government is changing a payment program for canola farmers to help those affected by China's decision to ban the Canadian product. The maximum loan limit through the program will...
May 01, 2019
Swearing in: Jason Kenney’s United Conservatives take over Alberta government
EDMONTON - Former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney and his United Conservative Party are to officially take control of Alberta's government today. Kenney is to become Alberta's 18th premier and h...
Apr 30, 2019 Premier-designate Jason Kenney addresses the United Conservative caucus in Edmonton on Friday, April 26, 2019. Kenney and his United Conservative party officially take the reins of government in Alberta today.Kenney is to be sworn in as Alberta's 18th premier this morning, followed by his new cabinet, in a ceremony at Government House in Edmonton. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Sarah Mills: There are echoes of Brexit in the Albert separation issue
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