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Canada Post needs to find a competitive edge against private postal operators in the next few years or it risks collapse, experts say. The Crown corporation’s president and CEO said Wednesday that the best way for Canada Post to remain competitive against private companies is to expand mail delivery from …
Read More »Ontario cold case: DNA technology helps solve woman’s murder 25 years later, police say
Niagara police say they’ve solved a 25-year-old murder using DNA and genetic genealogy connecting the death of a Toronto woman to a suspect from Northern Ontario. Homicide investigators say DNA evidence has linked the death of then 26-year-old Nadine Gurczenski with a New Liskeard truck driver who died in 2017. …
Read More »Burns and O’Hair clubhouse leaders with 3-shot lead at RBC Canadian Open
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Americans Sam Burns and Sean O’Hair were the clubhouse leaders on Thursday in the first round of the RBC Canadian Open. They were three shots ahead of the pack after 7-under 63 rounds. Burns had two eagles and O’Hair had one to …
Read More »Manitoba sexual assault crisis centre gets ‘incredible news’ after funding was cut – Winnipeg
Funding for a sexual violence resource in Pinawa, Man., has been restored after it was cut last month. On April 3, Ottawa’s justice department emailed Survivor’s Hope Crisis Centre (SHCC) that funding for its Sexual Assault Recovery and Healing (SARAH) program had stopped a few days prior. It left the …
Read More »Grocery weight label complaints more than doubled in a year, data shows – National
The number of complaints about grocery weight labelling filed to Canada’s food regulatory authority has gone up in the past three years, data shows, as frustration over the cost of living continues to run high across the country. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency received 89 complaints related to “net quantity …
Read More »Jays release City Connect ‘Night Mode’ uniform
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 30, 2024 8:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Blue Jays will debut their new Toronto City Connect uniform on Friday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Rogers Centre. Designed in collaboration with Nike, …
Read More »2 men dead following separate Toronto-area motorcycle crashes
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two young men died Thursday following separate motorcycle collisions in Mississauga and Brampton, Peel Regional Police say. Const. Nikhil Chakravarthy said police received calls for the Mississauga crash at 9:45 p.m., which involved a motorcycle and an SUV at Derry Road West …
Read More »Tochal rejects Lemay Forest offer while advocates call for meeting – Winnipeg
The owner of a forested piece of land in St. Norbert has said ‘no’ to an offer to purchase and preserve the land with public funds. “This offer was fair, and the developer has rejected it,” said Winnipeg South MP Terry Duguid. Tochal Development Group Inc. owns the Lemay Forest, …
Read More »Gas prices drop overnight to $1.88 a litre in Metro Vancouver, more savings to come – BC
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Drivers around Metro Vancouver are waking up to see a bit of reprieve at the pumps. Gas prices dropped significantly overnight and are now sitting around 187.9 cents a litre at most stations around the region. That is about a four-cent drop …
Read More »Witness of deadly Ontario boat crash says it was a matter of ‘when, not if’
For one lake resident, the circumstances of a May long weekend fatal boat crash north of Kingston, Ont., were not an unlucky event – but an inevitability. Tony Hammond’s family has been going to the area for over 40 years, with Hammond living along the water for the last 20. …
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