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Liberals promise lower taxes, cellphone bills in pitch aimed at middle class
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is promising to make the first $15,000 of income tax free for most Canadians. Trudeau was in Brampton, Ont., today to announce the tax cut, which he says...
Sep 22, 2019
Toronto Wolfpack advance to promotion showdown with semifinal win over Toulouse
TORONTO - Australian-born Samoan international Ricky Leutele scored three tries to help the Toronto Wolfpack down Toulouse Olympique 40-24 Sunday and move within one win of promotion to the ...
Sep 22, 2019
In cryptic tweet, Antonio Brown appears to retire from NFL
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Antonio Brown says he is finished with the NFL. In a Twitter rant on the morning his most recent team was getting ready to play without him, the former New England Patriots receive...
Sep 22, 2019
Auto union strike is latest worry in Flint, GM's birthplace
FLINT, Mich. - The birthplace of General Motors has been on an economic roller-coaster ride for more than a century as the automaker rose, crashed and retooled for changing markets. Now, the city of F...
Sep 22, 2019
Trudeau blackface images have tarnished Canada's reputation: Wynne
TORONTO - Images of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in blackface and brownface have tarnished Canada's international reputation and he should have confronted them long ago, former Ontario premier K...
Sep 22, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Bandits start season 4-0 with 4-2 win over Calgary
BROOKS, AB - Trey Thomas (Williams Lake, B.C.) scored two goals, and the Brooks Bandits (4-0) got 14 saves from goalie Ethan Barwick (St. Albert, AB) for his first career AJHL win, downing the Calgary...
Sep 22, 2019 Photo courtesy of Brooks Bandits
Glen Assoun calls for reform in how Ottawa considers cases of wrongful conviction
HALIFAX - Tethered to an ankle monitor and alone in a British Columbia basement apartment in the fall of 2017, Glen Eugene Assoun felt his sanity slipping away as his wrongful conviction fil...
Sep 22, 2019
Jets suspend veteran defenceman Byfuglien in move to free up cap space
WINNIPEG - Veteran defenceman Dustin Byfuglien has been suspended without pay by the Winnipeg Jets in a move that frees up space under the salary cap. Byfuglien has been on a personal leave of absence...
Sep 22, 2019
Ontario Liberal caucus will soon drop to five as Lalonde wins federal nomination
OTTAWA - Ontario's provincial Liberals have lost another legislator after one of their members won the nomination to run for an Ottawa seat in next month's federal election. Marie-France Lalonde ...
Sep 22, 2019
Fredericton latest Canadian city to grapple with drive-thru woes
The City of Fredericton will spend $40,000 to direct motorists around a busy Tim Hortons in the latest move by a Canadian municipality to curb traffic headaches and other concerns ...
Sep 22, 2019