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Raptors point guard Quickley questionable ahead of final pre-season game vs. Nets
TORONTO - Immanuel Quickley is questionable for the Toronto Raptors final pre-season game. The guard has missed Toronto's first four tune-up games with a sprained thumb. Raptors head coach Darko Rajak...
Oct 17, 2024

Car set on fire at home of owner of Old Montreal buildings hit by fatal arsons
MONTREAL - A vehicle was set on fire this morning in the driveway of the residence of a lawyer who owns two Old Montreal buildings that have burned down in the past two years and left nine people dead...
Oct 17, 2024

Singh 'doesn't understand' why Poilievre won't get top security clearance
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it's very disturbing that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won't get the top-level security clearance needed to view classified documents on foreign interfer...
Oct 17, 2024

Third annual Premier's Summit on Fairness for Newcomers continues progress
The third annual Premier's Summit on Fairness for Newcomers took place in Calgary on Wednesday with this year's theme in mind of "celebrating trades and professions in Alberta." The provincial governm...
Oct 17, 2024

Montrealer ordered to pay $35,000 fine for not declaring luxury watch at border
MONTREAL - A Montreal business owner will have to pay a hefty fine after he imported a luxury watch without declaring it to customs. A Federal Court judge this week ruled that David Segall Blouin must...
Oct 17, 2024

Canadian veteran midfielder Desiree Scott to retire at end of NWSL season
Desiree Scott, a hard-nosed defensive midfielder who won 187 caps for Canada, has announced her retirement at the end of the National Women's Soccer League season. The 37-year-old from Winnipeg, known...
Oct 17, 2024

OHL says it will co-operate with an investigation into sexual assault allegation
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League says it is taking recent sexual assault allegations against eight former players "very seriously" and will co-operate with any police investigation into the claims....
Oct 17, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Trudeau to shuffle his cabinet as four ministers plan to step down
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle his cabinet yet again after four more cabinet ministers informed the Prime Minister's Office they won't run in the next election. Filomena...
Oct 17, 2024

Alberta government shifts continuing care from Health to Seniors Ministry
The Alberta government says long-term care and supportive living programs will no longer be under the purview of the provincial Health Ministry.Instead, Seniors and Social Services Minister Jason Nixo...
Oct 17, 2024

PBO projects deficit exceeded Liberals' $40B pledge, economy to rebound in 2025
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government likely failed to keep its deficit below its promised $40 billion cap in the last fiscal year. However the PBO also projects in its...
Oct 17, 2024