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FCA to cut Windsor auto assembly shift in fall at loss of 1,500 jobs
WINDSOR, Ont. - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles says it plans to cut the third shift at its Windsor, Ont., assembly plant later this year at a cost of about 1,500 jobs. The move to end the shift starting Se...
Mar 28, 2019
Krzyzewski, Williams watching Canadian 'invasion' of NCAA with interest
WASHINGTON - Count Mike Krzyzewski and Buzz Williams among those watching the rise of Canada's basketball talent with great interest. Both coaches will have an impact Canadian on the floor when Duke a...
Mar 28, 2019
Ontario's highest court sets 15-day cap on solitary confinement
TORONTO - Ontario's top court has placed a hard cap on solitary confinement in prisons, saying inmates can no longer be isolated for more than 15 days because that amounts to cruel...
Mar 28, 2019
Dress code at B.C. legislature, women make short-sleeve fashion statement
VICTORIA - A dress code debate at British Columbia's legislature has prompted some women to roll up their sleeves in protest. Acting sergeant-at-arms Randy Ennis says members of his office's ...
Mar 28, 2019
3 Saudi women's rights activists temporarily released
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Three Saudi women were granted temporary release from prison on Thursday, nearly a year after they and other women's rights activists were detained by security forces who...
Mar 28, 2019
Liberal premier calls Prince Edward Island election for April 23
CHARLOTTETOWN - P.E.I. Premier Wade MacLauchlan called an early election Tuesday night, announcing an April 23 vote that polls suggest could produce Canada's first Green Party government. "This is Pri...
Mar 28, 2019
Mass lobbying effort launched to convince Goodale to remove mention of Sikh terrorism
OTTAWA - A Canadian group advocating for an independent Sikh state in India says the federal government has put all Sikh Canadians in jeopardy by listing Sikh extremism as one of five major terrorist ...
Mar 28, 2019
Independent probe sought in heavy-handed intervention by Montreal subway inspectors
MONTREAL - A Montreal man who was beaten by transit inspectors in a ticketing attempt captured on a bystander video this month broke his silence Tuesday, criticizing what he said was an excessive use ...
Mar 28, 2019
Boosted by arrival of Alejandro Pozuelo, Toronto FC looks for third straight win
TORONTO - A win over visiting New York City FC on Friday and Toronto FC can accomplish something it failed to do all of last season - win three league games in a row. Toronto (2-0-0) won back-to-...
Mar 28, 2019
FedEx van thief to serve time in community, banned from driving for 3 years
An 18-year-old man who stole a FedEx delivery van outside a downtown Prince Albert business last fall has been sentenced to serve time in the community. Brandon Roy was sentenced to a 12-month conditi...
Mar 28, 2019 The man charged in connection with a stolen FedEx delivery van last fall has been sentenced. (screenshot/Neil Headrick)
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