School bus drivers with Campeau Bus Lines — which provides transportation throughout central Ontario — say they’re ready to strike if a new collective agreement is not reached by next Tuesday. According to Unifor, the more than 200 school bus drivers with Campeau have voted 95.8 per cent in favour of strike action if a […]

The director of athletics and recreation at St. Francis Xavier University says he will file an appeal of the 10-game suspension handed to the men’s hockey coach following a brawl during a game. In a statement released Wednesday, Leo MacPherson says St. FX respects the review and disciplinary process of Atlantic University Sport (AUS), “including […]

Winnipeggers stepping on a plane Wednesday are advised to double check their flight is on time before heading to the airport. Heavy snow and freezing rain happening in both eastern and western provinces means flights are being delayed and cancelled to and from various destinations. Environment Canada Senior Climatologist Dave Phillips said while Winnipeg’s winter […]

TALLINN (Reuters) – Estonia’s parliament has dropped a proposed law that would have toughen rules on money-laundering, a parliamentary spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Lawmakers told Reuters they expect the proposal, drafted after a scandal involving Denmark’s Danske Bank, to be revived later this year following a March 3 general election. “The current parliament will not […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is moving to ban its soldiers from sharing information on the internet, a step that follows the use of social media posts by investigative journalists to shine a light on Moscow’s clandestine role in foreign conflicts. Draft legislation proposes banning servicemen and reserve troops from posting anything online that would allow […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May returns to parliament on Thursday to seek renewed backing for her plan to renegotiate her Brexit deal with Brussels, just weeks before the March 29 leave date and amid warnings over the risk of a disorderly exit. While Thursday’s vote is symbolic, it could again become the […]

LAGOS (Reuters) – Two men in their 70s are contesting a Nigerian presidential election in which half the registered voters are aged between 18 and 35. Both are familiar faces. It is the fifth election campaign for President Muhammadu Buhari, 76, who was a military ruler in the 1980s, and the fourth for main opposition […]

SARNIA, Ont. – A judge is expected to deliver a decision today in the sexual assault trial of a former high-ranking gymnastics coach. Dave Brubaker has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault and sexual exploitation at his judge-alone trial in Sarnia, Ont. The former head coach of the women’s national team is accused of sexually […]

A small community southwest of Winnipeg is struggling after RCMP confirmed on Tuesday that a missing 25-year-old woman has been found dead. The body of Maria Plushnick was found in the rural municipality of Stanley Monday afternoon, less than a week after she was last seen. Elissa Polkowski, a friend of Plushnick, described her as […]

A shopping centre has reinstalled a statue of Michael Jackson after it was removed following numerous complaints it would offend customers. The statue was taken away after the Roedovre Centrum in Copenhagen, Denmark, received about 15 online complaints, mostly from families with children. They feared it may be vandalised due to fresh allegations the singer […]