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Content warning: This story contains graphic descriptions that some readers may find disturbing. The Ontario government and a raccoon sanctuary it raided are trading accusations over the future care of the animals and the conditions they were living in. Court documents submitted by Mally’s Third Chance Raccoon Sanctuary and the …
Read More »Blue Jays claim Luplow, transfer Ryu to 60-day IL
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 5, 2023 2:48 pm Updated April 5, 2023 2:49 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Outfielder Jordan Luplow was claimed off waivers by the Blue Jays from the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday and then optioned to Toronto’s triple-A …
Read More »San Jose Sharks claim Michael Eyssimont off waivers from Winnipeg Jets – Winnipeg
The Winnipeg Jets have lost the services of forward Michael Eyssimont after he was picked up on waivers. The San Jose Sharks claimed the 26-year-old after he was placed on waivers by the Jets on Thursday for the purpose of returning him to the American Hockey League’s Manitoba Moose. Story …
Read More »Independent agency probing CSIS after claim that operative smuggled teenage girls into Syria
An independent government agency is reviewing how Canada’s spy agency handles human sources after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised in August to follow up on claims that an ISIS member who was also working as a CSIS operative smuggled three British teenagers into Syria in 2015. The three teens — Shamima Begum, Amira Abase, both 15, and …
Read More »First Nations chief critical of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s Indigenous heritage claim
A First Nations leader in Alberta is questioning Premier Danielle Smith’s claim of Indigenous heritage. Smith has said she has some Cherokee roots and years ago declared herself as a person of mixed race. Chief Tony Alexis of Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, west of Edmonton, said on Friday that a …
Read More »‘Where’d the love go?’: Premiers claim Ottawa is turning its back on a health system in crisis
It’s hardly the first relationship to struggle under the pandemic’s health and financial pressures, but Canada’s dysfunction-prone federation appeared to be in need of a skilled mediator or two this week. Like aggrieved partners now speaking only through lawyers, premiers gathered in Victoria, B.C. on July 11-12 to reprise their call for an urgent …
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