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Tutu the humpback whale is freed from 150 metres of fishing gear off Vancouver Island
By Canadian Press on September 12th, 2025
A juvenile humpback whale nicknamed Tutu is swimming freely again after a multi-day mission to disentangle it from more than 150 metres of fishing gear off Vancouver Island. Paul Cottrell, a marine mammal coordinator with the federal Fisheries Department, says the rescue team received several reports from the public about the 4-1/2-year-old whale towing a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Touting better HIV treatment, Toronto service organization closing after 42 years
By Canadian Press on September 11th, 2025
TORONTO — An organization that bills itself as Canada’s oldest HIV service agency says it will close next year, in part due to groundbreaking medical advances that have reduced the need for its services. AIDS Committee of Toronto says plummeting demand coincided with financial challenges and broader changes in the health-care system, leading to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario government proposes changes, driver charged after daycare crash
By Canadian Press on September 11th, 2025
The Ontario government is proposing measures aimed at boosting safety at child-care facilities after an SUV crashed into a daycare north of Toronto, killing a toddler and injuring six other children. Three staff members were also hurt in the crash on Wednesday at First Roots Early Education Academy in Richmond Hill, Ont. Education Minister Paul ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minister says Indigenous advisory council just the start of major project talks
By Canadian Press on September 11th, 2025
OTTAWA — The newly appointed Indigenous advisory council marks the start — not the end — of talks with community leaders on how to move the government’s major projects agenda forward, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty said on Thursday On Wednesday, 11 Indigenous leaders from across the country were named to the federal government’s new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge upholds publication ban on B.C. festival attack mental fitness evidence
By Canadian Press on September 11th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A judge has upheld a ban that prevents media from publishing evidence heard at a mental fitness hearing for the suspect in the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival attack. Judge Reginald P. Harris had earlier ruled at the provincial court in Vancouver on Wednesday that Adam Kai-Ji Lo is fit to stand trial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Players acquitted in Hockey Canada sex assault trial can return to NHL
By Canadian Press on September 11th, 2025
NEW YORK — The five players acquitted in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial can return to the NHL when their suspensions end “no sooner” than Dec. 1, the NHL announced Thursday. The players, who are all unrestricted free agents, can sign with a team on Oct. 15 as they wait for full reinstatement. Michael ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal Transit Corp. warns users ahead of second strike coming in 10 days
By Canadian Press on September 11th, 2025
MONTREAL — The head of Montreal’s public transit authority says she needs to find ways to deliver services at a lower cost, 10 days out from a second strike by maintenance workers that will drastically reduce services. The second strike is scheduled to run between Sept. 22 and Oct. 5. During that period, all overtime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Players acquitted in Hockey Canada sex assault trial can return to NHL on Dec. 1
By Canadian Press on September 11th, 2025
NEW YORK — The five players acquitted in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial can return to the NHL when their suspensions end on Dec. 1, the NHL announced Thursday. The players, who are all unrestricted free agents, can sign with a team on Oct. 15 as they wait for full reinstatement. Michael McLeod, Dillon ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Players acquitted in Hockey Canada trial can return to NHL on Dec. 1
By Canadian Press on September 11th, 2025
NEW YORK — The five players acquitted in the Hockey Canada sex assault trial can return to the NHL when their suspensions end on Dec. 1. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fact File: Video of supposed attack on Edmonton Uber driver actually filmed in Texas
By Canadian Press on September 11th, 2025
A video shared on social media claims to show an Edmonton Uber driver held at gunpoint by two passengers who violently try to remove the driver from the car. While a caption on the video says “Drivers are not safe in Edmonton,” the video was actually taken in Texas during a robbery in 2022. THE ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Both Conservatives and Liberals intend to introduce bail reform legislation this fall
By Canadian Press on September 11th, 2025
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament will have the chance to debate two different pieces of legislation this fall intended to make it harder for people accused of certain crimes to get bail. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday that his party’s bail reform bill would create a new category of major offences that includes things ... Read More »
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