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Lack of interpreters in Ontario courts an ‘embarrassment’ judge says
An Ontario judge has blasted the province for failing to remedy a long-standing shortage of qualified interpreters in the courts.Frustrated over an impaired driving case he felt compelled to toss out, Ontario Court Justice Peter Tetley said the number of cases being adversely affected is at an intolerable level. "It is unfair to the public," Justice Tetley said. "It is unfair to ...
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Ontario budget deal with NDP will stave off spring election
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne capped her frenetic first 100 days in office by reaching a budget deal with the New Democrats that will avoid a spring election. The agreement, which, coincidentally, came on the Premier's 60th birthday Tuesday, buys her minority Liberals much-needed breathing space as they gird for what promises to be even more difficult work ...
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Merry Wives of Windsor leads the way in Vancouver’s Jessie theatre award nominations
- set in Windsor, Ont., - leads the nominations in the large-production category for the 31st annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards in Vancouver, with seven. The audience-pleasing country-and-western take on Shakespeare is up for outstanding production, direction (Johnna Wright), lead actor (Ashley Wright), supporting actor (David Marr), set design (Pam Johnson), costume design (Drew Facey) as ...
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Koevermans nearing return to Toronto FC lineup
After undergoing off-season knee surgery, Toronto FC's Danny Koevermans is confident of a return to action on June 1. (file photo) (MIKE ...
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Guest Say no to a U.S.-Canada border-crossing fee
THE U.S. government has expressed interest in possibly instituting a new border-crossing fee at land borders. At this stage, the proposal is just a request by President Obama’s administration to study the effect of collecting a crossing fee for pedestrians and passenger vehicles along the Canadian and Mexican land borders. A fee would help recover the costs of upgrades on the northern and ...
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Christie Blatchford Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s refusal to deny crack allegations is doing him no favours
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sits during a City council meeting at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday May 21, 2013. Ford ignored a crush of reporters waiting outside his city hall office this morning in the hopes he would address allegations that he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack cocaine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan ...
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RCMP urged to do more for officers with post traumatic stress disorder
Krista Bouchard was married to a Mountie for 13 years -- a quirky, funny, chatty guy she'd met on a blind date. Thirty-year-old Martin Bouchard was an RCMP officer in Manitoba and had a French accent and plenty of friends. But three years into the marriage, Krista Bouchard started noticing symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder, apparently related to her husband's posting in ...
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Russell Defining Canadas Olympic prospects
In Vancouver we had them for two days. We were afforded the undivided attention of the men and women who will go for gold while flying Canadian colours at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, now about nine months away. In Vancouver we had ...
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High-octane Penguins not scaring off Senators
The Senators believe that if they play as well or better than they did Sunday in Game 3, they will have a good chance of eliminating the Penguins. "Last game in particular we were so strong defensively and that's a huge key," says defenceman Marc Methot. (Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty ...
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Plastic recycling fire in Windsor Ont. leads to state of emergency
A massive industrial fire at a plastic recycling facility in Windsor, Ont., has led the mayor to declare a state of emergency for an area of the city. Mayor Eddie Francis told residents in the city's west end to stay indoors, close their windows and not use air conditioning after a recycling facility caught fire mid-afternoon Tuesday. A Windsor Fire and Rescue spokesperson said that at ...
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Deadly tornadoes can strike Alberta say experts
Experts say Albertans should prepare for catastrophic weather including tornadoes, although deadly twisters are rare in this province. "You need to have enough water for everyone in the household, enough food and we're talking about non-perishable food. You also want to make sure you're thinking about your pets and if you have anybody in the family that takes medications, you ...
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Lawyer says North Vancouver Stanley Cup rioters actions minor
Rioters break the front doors of a Sears department store on Granville Street during the riot following game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup final in downtown Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, June 15, ...
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London Ont. sex offender escapes again
Kenneth Froude. LONDON, Ont. - A sex offender who terrorized a London woman after breaking into her townhouse is on the loose again, police said. Repeat offender Kenneth Froude, 45, who serving a 19-month sentence for criminal harassment and breach of his supervision, has escaped from the halfway house at the Collins Bay Institution in Kingston, Ont., said Const. Brett Anderson said. In June ...
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Mountie claims she was dragged through manure sexually assaulted by colleagues
OTTAWA -- An RCMP Staff Sgt. has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against 13 former colleagues, claiming she was sexually assaulted, harassed and bullied during her time with the iconic Musical Ride more than 25 years ago. Caroline O'Farrell, 52, was subjected to numerous degrading incidents during her training and performances with the force's equestrian show in 1986 and 1987, ...
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Teens affected by ‘suicide contagion’ Canadian study finds
A new study says teens who had a schoolmate die by suicide are more likely to consider or attempt taking their own lives than those who haven't lost a peer to ...
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Toronto mayor avoids cocaine questions
TORONTO Mayor Rob Ford is continuing to duck questions about a video that purportedly shows him smoking crack cocaine. The video has not been released publicly and there is no way to verify whether it's authentic. Reports on the gossip website Gawker and in the Toronto Star claimed it was taken by men who claimed they had sold the drug to Ford. The mayor of Canada's largest city refused ...
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Montreal basks in glow of C2-Mtl conference
Corrupt civil servants, shady engineering bosses, a mayor who didn't see anything and another who allegedly acted as a gangster, although - and this is a redeeming factor - he does not smoke crack. It seems the news coming out of Montreal these days couldn't be any grimmer.It is against this backdrop that opened C2-Mtl, a business conference that brings together the best in Montreal ...
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Toronto Port Authority puts off plans to fill part of Lake Ontario for Porter airport extension
The Toronto Port Authority is putting off plans to fill in an area of Lake Ontario near Billy Bishop Airport because it's unclear if the material would be able to support a proposed runway extension.Porter Airlines and city council are trying to extend the runway at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport by 168 metres at each end to allow for the use of ...
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Town rethinks plan to euthanize Canada geese
Photo credit: Mark Bellew | The Town of North Hempstead has entered into an agreement with the USDA to euthanize flocks of geese that are damaging town parks and other properties. (May 10, ...
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Back injury will keep Andy Murray out of French Open
Andy Murray of Great Britain will not compete at the upcoming French Open. He met with specialists this week for his sore back and has opted to focus on preparing for the start of the grass-court season and Wimbledon next month. (Clive Brunskill/Getty ...
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Brampton man reported missing in Australia
Family members joined a frantic search Tuesday for a Canadian man with survival training missing for more than a week in Australia's Gold Coast region. Prabhdeep Srawn of Brampton, Ont., hasn't been heard from since parking his rental car on May 13 in the village of Charlotte Pass in Kosciuszko National Park. For the last two years, the 25-year-old has been a law student at Bond ...
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Lightly felt earthquake west of Montreal
Natural Resources Canada is reporting a minor earthquake near Rigaud, Quebec. The 3.4 magnitude quake, which is being described as "lightly felt," happened at 4:43 pm local time. The centre of the tremor was 10 kilometres east and south of Rigaud, and 46 kilomtres west of ...
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Grass fire in Spruce Grove
A grass fire is currently burning south of Spruce Grove in the area of Golden Spike Road, say RCMP. Authorities were alerted of the fire around 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, said Cpl. Collette Zazulak of the RCMP. At this time, Zazulak says they don't know the exact size of the grass fire. However, reports are conflicted whether any nearby residents have been told to leave their homes. While ...
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Brooks celebrates hockey win with parade
Brooks residents are celebrating the town's junior A hockey championship with a parade. The Brooks Bandits brought the RBC Cup home to southern Alberta after a long-weekend tournament in Summerside, P.E.I. On Tuesday, smiling team members cruised through Brooks on a float during a celebratory parade. Cheering fans lined the streets. "I talked to a bunch of young kids who were ...
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North Van RCMP charge three men alleging trees cut in Capilano park to improve homeowners’ view
Surrey RCMP are looking for a woman who allegedly assaulted an animal-rights protester at the Cloverdale Rodeo. The female victim said the woman punched and kicked her, and pulled her hair, after a ...
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Montreal Metro still trying to replace ageing fleet
The Montreal Metro is ageing, or its trains are at least, with some of them over 60 years old this year, it’s high time for massive investment in an overhaul of the fleet, but the bidding process has been controversial and highly competitive, leading to delays, which it is hoped will provide a lower cost.
Montreal’s metro system is operated by the Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) and was first opened back in 1966, since then it has grown into one of the largest subways in the country and is the busiest in Canada with over 290 million trips taken on the system last year. The 759 trains that operate on the network are ageing and tired, having each carried an estimated 7900 people and plans are afoot to replace them. Read more
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