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Judge gives lenient sentence so trucker can dodge deportation after fatal Ontario crash
A Thunder Bay judge has issued an absolute discharge so an Indian trucker who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving in a fatal crash can avoid deportation. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice heard Ajitpal Singh was driving too close behind another truck that lost control and jackknifed on Highway 102 in December 2021, killing the…
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Surprisingly, Canadians travelling to the U.S. rose in April for the first time since 2024
In a rare reversal to a year-long trend, Statistics Canada found that return arrivals by Canadians, both from the United States and the rest of the world, increased in April over the same month in 2025. It was the first year-over-year increase in those numbers in more than a year. On the U.S. side, return…
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Scientists are warning Canadians to get ready for a U.S. tick invasion this year
Scientists say new species of ticks carrying troubling pathogens travelling our way from the northern United States at a rate of about 50 kilometres per year, including the lone star tick which can leave a bitten person with a severe allergy to meat.
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Ontario pharmacists getting power to treat more conditions, administer more vaccines: health minister
Ontario pharmacists will soon be allowed to administer more vaccines and treat more common ailments, as part of the government’s continuing moves to expand its scope of practice.
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Canada has to build new industries while solidifying the old ones
Canada is entering one of the highest-stakes economic negotiations in its history. Sitting across the table from the world’s largest economy, the instinct will be to protect market share, preserve access and maintain stability. Those instincts are right, but it’s only half the equation. The other half is diversification, and that can’t be negotiated; it…
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Petrolia man, 26, dies in motorcycle collision with car in Sarnia
The collision happened Sunday around 9:15 p.m.
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CRA refunding 30 U.S. companies $148 million after scrapping digital services tax
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is refunding more than $148 million collected as part of the digital services tax (DST) to 30 U.S.-based companies. The DST was a 3 per cent annual tax on digital services revenue generated in Canada by large tech companies, many of which are based in the U.S. However, the federal…
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B.C. daycare worker dismayed by changes to provincial nominee program, warns of worker shortages
A daycare worker in Nanaimo, B.C., is speaking out against recent changes made to the provincial nominee program that now exclude her job from a possible pathway to permanent residency.
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Alberta’s privacy watchdog concerned incoming law allows Crown to sell customers’ personal information
Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner says newly passed legislation allowing a Crown corporation to sell users’ personal information to a private company sets a “concerning precedent.”
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OPP allege Leamington man drove impaired, hit cyclist — then fled scene
Police say the incident happened around 2:30 a.m. Sunday