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Ontario elementary teachers say contract offer differs from colleagues
The union representing Ontario’s public elementary teachers says it has not been given the same contract offer as their colleagues in ... -
City, Ottawa airport authority seek injunction to end parkway protests
The city and the Ottawa airport authority are seeking an injunction to prevent taxi drivers from staging protests on the Airport ... -
Andrea Mariano, Queen’s University student, dies of severe allergic reaction
A first-year student died from a severe allergic reaction during the first week of classes at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont. Andrea ... -
Buffy Sainte-Marie wins Polaris Music Prize for best Canadian album of 2015
Buffy Sainte-Marie has won this year’s $50,000 Polaris Music Prize. A jury of 11 music critics, bloggers and broadcasters named the ... -
Man extradited to U.S., charged with murdering 4 family members in 1999
LOS ANGELES – A man accused of killing his father, stepmother and two half-brothers in 1999, when he was 16, has ... -
‘Fire-medic’ proposal heats up paramedic conference
The hot topic for Ontario paramedics meeting in Ottawa this week is a pitch by firefighters to become “fire-medics.” Carmen Santoro ... -
Gunmen abduct three tourists, including 2 Canadians, from southern Philippines resort
MANILA – Two Canadian tourists, a Norwegian resort manager and a Filipino woman have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from a ... -
Furey: Trudeau struggles with basic questions
Ah the old questions, the old answers, there’s nothing like them! — Endgame, Samuel Beckett Every now and then an interviewer ... -
Salmonella outbreak gets former peanut company CEO 28 years in prison
ALBANY – The former owner of a peanut company in Georgia was sentenced to 28 years in prison on Monday for ... -
Critics hit Gretzky with cheap shots
Wayne Gretzky was never hit this hard in his playing days. “One too many pucks to the head,” was one comment ...