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Windsor’s Downtown Mission is launching a series of public meetings aimed at connecting with the larger community and letting people know about its services.

Alberta court strikes down independence petition over First Nations complaints

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An Alberta Court of King’s Bench judge has blocked Elections Alberta’s approval of a petition that would force a referendum on the province separating from Canada. In two decisions posted on Wednesday, Justice Sheila Leonard ruled that Alberta’s chief electoral officer Gordon McClure wrongfully approved the petition given an earlier ruling that found the separation…

Quebec proposes law allowing people to obtain intimate partner violence history for partners

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Bill 4, tabled on Wednesday, would allow people who fear for their safety or that of their children to obtain information about the conjugal violence history of their current or ex-partner.

Islanders’ Matthew Schaefer first unanimous NHL rookie of the year recipient since 1993

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New York Islanders defenceman Matthew Schaefer has been awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie.

Move over race cars: 2 popular video games are letting players drive a Windsor-built minivan

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The Windsor-assembled Chrysler Pacifica minivan is being featured in two popular video games that allow players to use the van to play a vehicular soccer match or drive around an area in which a battle royal is taking place, hunting down opposing players.

Ontario to inspect all career colleges offering truck driving within 6 weeks, following scathing audit

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All Ontario career colleges that offer commercial truck driver training will have been inspected by the end of next month, the province’s minister of colleges and universities said Wednesday. The action comes after a scathing audit of the transport trucking industry revealed a slew of problems.

Campaigners warn of MAID ‘time bomb’ ahead of national march in Ottawa

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OTTAWA — Leaders of Canada’s largest pro-life group warned on Wednesday that eligibility for medical assistance in dying, or MAID, is poised to expand dramatically in less than a year if legislative action is not taken to halt the change. Speaking ahead of the national March for Life scheduled for Thursday in Ottawa, representatives from…

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen on failure, the trade war and ‘getting off the joy train’

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OTTAWA — Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen has one message for the youth of this country: you will run into obstacles. “No matter where you’re trying to go, you are going to be stopped, and you are going to think you have failed,” Hansen told an audience at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Wednesday.…

With such a slim majority, can Carney afford to lose Guilbeault?

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OTTAWA — Liberal MPs and former cabinet ministers Jonathan Wilkinson and Nathaniel Erskine-Smith are expected to resign their federal seats in the coming weeks, bringing Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to the majority threshold of 172 seats. With such a razor-thin majority and contentious decisions on the horizon, can Carney afford to lose other MPs…

Margaret Trudeau makes rare appearance alongside Sophie Grégoire

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