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Top Ontario health official says coronavirus surveillance is widening
TORONTO - Ontario's chief medical officer of health says surveillance for novel coronavirus in the province is widening outside of those who have recently travelled to the affected regions of China. I...
Feb 06, 2020

Liberals revive Rona Ambrose's bill on sexual assault law training for judges
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has picked up a cause formerly championed by senior Conservative Rona Ambrose, bringing in a bill aimed at ensuring judges are trained in sexual-assault law. The n...
Feb 06, 2020

Quebec to table provincial budget March 10 with emphasis on environment
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard says the province's fiscal 2020-21 budget will be tabled March 10. It will be Girard's second budget since the Coalition Avenir Quebec won government in 2...
Feb 06, 2020

Quebec premier demands Trudeau cut federal funding to Bill 21 legal challenge
Quebec Premier Francois Legault is lashing out at the Trudeau government after learning a Montreal school board had reportedly received federal funds to contest the province's secularism law in c...
Feb 06, 2020

Former Canadian captain Paul Stalteri joins York 9 FC as assistant coach
TORONTO - York 9 FC will have two Canada Soccer Hall of Famers on its sideline this season. Former Canadian captain Paul Stalteri has joined the Canadian Premier League team as Jimmy Brennan's first a...
Feb 06, 2020

Leafs' Andersen day-to-day with neck injury; Hutchinson starts Wednesday
TORONTO - It's still unclear when exactly Maple Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen got hurt. What's certain, however, is that Toronto will be minus its most im...
Feb 06, 2020

Knicks fire Steve Mills, begin search for new president
NEW YORK - The New York Knicks made a big move before the trade deadline - by getting rid of the guy who would have been making their deals. They fired President Steve Mills on Tuesday, shaking up the...
Feb 06, 2020

Oilers prospect Raphael Lavoie making Chicoutimi Sagueneens a Memorial Cup threat
TORONTO - Forward Raphael Lavoie had a hunch his days with the Halifax Mooseheads were coming to an end even before he left to represent Canada at the world junior hockey championship in December...
Feb 06, 2020

Hamilton head coach Orlondo Steinauer unveils 2020 Ticats coaching staff
HAMILTON - Orlondo Steinauer will have plenty of familair faces on the sidelines with him this season. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coach unveiled his 2020 coaching staff Thursday and it includes nine...
Feb 06, 2020

Official: 2nd student dies after truck hits Oklahoma runners
MOORE, Okla. - A second suburban Oklahoma City high school student has died after a group of cross-country runners was struck by a pickup truck that authorities say was driven by man whose son was kil...
Feb 06, 2020