Peter Nygard will be extradited to the United States to face charges there after the criminal charges he’s facing in Canada are resolved, federal Justice Minister David Lametti announced Tuesday.This sketch shows Peter Nygard as he appeared at the bail decision hearing on Jan. 19, via video from the Toronto South Detention Centre. Nygard has been in custody…
The Calgary Flames organization is suing its insurers for $125 million for “massive losses” the company says it suffered over two hockey seasons because of the pandemic.The Vancouver Canucks play the Calgary Flames as the first period begins in an empty arena in Calgary, January 2021. (The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh)The Calgary Flames organization is suing its…
Mark Saunders, Toronto’s former police chief, will run for the Ontario PC party in upcoming June election, the party announced Tuesday.Mark Saunders resigned from the Toronto Police Service in 2020 and has had ties to the Ontario government since. (Christopher Katsarov/Canadian Press)Mark Saunders, Toronto’s former police chief, will run for the Ontario PC party in…
The provincial fatality inquiry examining why an Afghanistan veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 heard Monday that Nova Scotia police officers had limited intimate partner violence training in the seven years before the murder-suicides.The second-latest witness at the Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry testified about policing standards and training in Nova Scotia. (Dave Irish/CBC)The…
International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says he wants the World Health Organization to greenlight Medicago’s COVID-19 shot so it can be donated and used by the COVAX vaccine-sharing alliance.The COVID-19 vaccine produced by Medicago, a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Quebec City and shown here, will “very likely” not be approved for emergency use, a World…
While the CP Rail work stoppage has businesses calling for back-to-work legislation, the Liberal government and opposition MPs avoided discussing the idea as they debated next steps in the House of Commons Monday. Canadian Pacific rail cars in a yard in Scarborough, Ont. on March 21, 2022. About 3,000 unionized engineers, conductors and other train workers across…
A new report by the Canada West Foundation (CWF) shows that despite rising job vacancies across the prairies, more young people are choosing to move to cities and towns in B.C. and Ontario, which they feel better reflect their values.After decades of younger people moving to Alberta, often to take advantage of oil booms, the…
Members of Parliament Marc Dalton and Scott Aitchison have officially launched their campaigns to become leader of the Conservative Party.MPs Marc Dalton, left, and Scott Aitchison on Sunday launched campaigns for the Conservative Party leadership. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press, Scott Atchison/Facebook)Two more Conservative MPs have launched bids to become the next leader of their party,…
Members of a mosque in Mississauga, Ont., are still coming to grips with what happened after a man wielding an axe and bear spray attacked congregants during an early-morning prayer, a volunteer at the mosque who witnessed the incident said Sunday.Peel Region police were called to the Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre in Mississauga, Ont., west of Toronto, on…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is headed to Washington on Monday for high-level meetings with officials in the Biden administration and business leaders, according to a senior source with the province. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is travelling to Washington, D.C., on Monday for a series of meetings on jobs and the economy. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)This item…