The abrupt resignation of Toronto Mayor John Tory has thrust deputy leader Jennifer McKelvie into the spotlight.
McKelvie, the city councillor for Scarborough-Rouge Park, will likely take on the role of interim mayor after Tory said he would be stepping down Friday night, admitting to an inappropriate relationship with a staffer.
Ontario’s Municipal Act states that a byelection to name a permanent replacement must be held within 60 days once council declares the mayor’s office vacant
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Who is Jennifer McKelvie? Likely interim mayor’s work spans from science to politics
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CANADIAN PRESS NEWS ALERT: Trudeau says unidentified object shot down over Yukon
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an object flying over Yukon has been shot down.
In a statement on Twitter, Trudeau says the object was shot down by an American fighter jet on his orders.
NORAD first confirmed the object’s presence over Northern Canada this afternoon.
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RCMP say missing 12-year-old Indigenous girl has been located
AGASSIZ — The Upper Fraser Valley RCMP advised Saturday afternoon that a missing 12-year-old Indigenous girl from Agassiz has been located.
According to a news release from Sgt. Mike Sargent, media relations officer for the Agassiz RCMP and Upper Fraser Valley RCMP, Mounties had wonderful news to report.“The RCMP is pleased to confirm that the 12-year-old female youth reported missing on February 9, 2023, has been located, and she is safe and sound. Thanks to the media and public for -
Ukrainian team wins match against Boston at peewee tournament in Quebec City
MONTREAL — A team of young Ukrainian hockey players had a moment of triumph in Quebec City today as they beat the Boston Junior Bruins 3-1 at the 63rd Quebec International Peewee Hockey Tournament.
Team Ukraine Select, made up of 11-and-12-year-old Ukrainian refugees who had been scattered across Europe by war, received a thunderous welcome from 18,000 plus fans at the Centre Vidéotron in the provincial capital.
The team retained the support of the crowd, who cheered loudly ev -
Bouanga scores twice as Los Angeles FC defeats Toronto FC 2-1 in pre-season play
INDIO, Calif. — Denis Bouanga scored twice to help Los Angeles FC defeat Toronto FC 2-1 in pre-season MLS play Saturday at the Coachella Valley Invitational.
The French-born Gabon international headed home the winner in the 75th minute off a Stipe Biuk cross, beating former LAFC ‘keeper Tomas Romero.
LAFC opened the scoring early on an attack that developed from a throw-in deep in the Toronto end. Goalkeeper Sean Johnson stopped the second shot but was unable to stop Bouanga on the r -
Flames get hot in second for 7-2 win over Sabres
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Calgary Flames scored four times in just over five minutes in their 7-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.
Dillon Dube had a goal and three assists for Calgary and Tyler Toffoli had two goals and an assist. Jakob Pelletier, Mikael Backlund, Nazem Kadri and Dennis Gilbert also scored, while Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves.
Tage Thompson and Casey Mittelstadt scored for the Sabres, and goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 33 saves.
After falling behind 2-0, the Flam -
Matheson scores winner as Canadiens down Islanders 4-3 in overtime
MONTREAL — Mike Matheson scored the winning goal to lift the Montreal Canadiens to 4-3 overtime decision over the New York Islanders on Saturday afternoon.
In their final game wearing their light blue uniforms, the Canadiens (21-27-4) rallied to grab their first victory in the “retro reverse” jerseys and sealed their season record at 1-6-1 in the alternate garb.
Nick Suzuki broke a nine-game scoring drought while Justin Barron and Kirby Dach added third-period goals. Mike -
Edmonton Oilers snap Senators’ streak with 6-3 win in Ottawa
OTTAWA — Connor McDavid and Zach Hyman had a goal and an assist each to lead the Edmonton Oilers past the Ottawa Senators 6-3 on Saturday.
Brett Kulak had a pair of assists in the third period as the Oilers broke a 3-3 tie on their way to victory. Kulak made a great cross-ice pass into the Senators zone for Jesse Puljujarvi who beat Anton Forsberg in the Ottawa goal at 3:05 of the third period.
He then sent a pass in front that was literally chopped in by Derek Ryan 7:24. It was the Oilers -
Larkin, Berggren score two goals apiece, Wings down Canucks
DETROIT — Dylan Larkin and Jonatan Berggren scored two goals apiece and the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Saturday.
Filip Hronek also scored for the Red Wings, who took a 2-0 lead in the first three minutes. Ben Chiarot and Moritz Seider recorded two assists apiece, while Ville Husso made 32 saves.
Anthony Beauvillier and Elias Pettersson scored for the Canucks. Spencer Martin stopped 20 shots.
The teams were playing the first game of a home-and-home set, with the -
RCMP in Agassiz, B.C. search for missing 12-year-old Indigenous girl
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Canada wins two gold, two silver at short-track speedskating World Cup
DORDRECHT, Netherlands — Short-track stars Kim Boutin and Steven Dubois both struck gold as Canada hauled in four medals at a World Cup speedskating event in the Netherlands on Saturday.
Boutin, a four-time Olympic medalist, won gold in the women’s 1,000 metres with a time of one minute and 29.807 seconds, edging Kristen Santo-Griswold of the United States, who finished in a time of 1:29.864.
Dutch skater Xandra Velzeboer placed third at 1:29.968, just ahead of Canadian Danae Blais ( -
Canada’s speedskaters win World Cup gold in team pursuit
TOMASZÓW MAZOWIECKI, Poland — Canada captured two medals on the second day of competition at the World Cup speedskating event in Poland on Saturday.
The Canadians ended the day in style with the trio of Ivanie Blondin, Isabelle Weidemann and Valérie Maltais winning the gold medal in the team pursuit.
The three Canadians, Olympic champions in the same discipline at 2022 Beijing Games, took the lead on the third of the 12 laps of the event and were never caught.
They finished t -
Canada’s Kingsbury claims dual moguls silver, while teammate Viel brings home bronze
Canadian moguls king Mikaël Kingsbury captured the silver medal and teammate Julien Viel earned bronze in dual moguls competition on Saturday in Valmalenco, Italy.
Japan’s Ikuma Horishima edged Kingsbury 18-17 in the final.
While it was Kingsbury’s 113th career podium finish,it was a first for Viel, who defeated American Dylan Walczyk 21-14 in the small final.
The21-year-old from Mont-Saint-Anne, Que. picked up his first World Cup medal in just his 11th career race.
His previous -
Canada’s Cynthia Appiah claims monobob bronze at World Cup stop in Austria
IGLS, Austria — Toronto’s Cynthia Appiah claimed bronze in the World Cup monobob event on Saturday.
Germany’s Lisa Buckwitz won the gold medal with a time of one minute, 49.20 seconds. Australia’s Breeana Walker held off a hard-charging Appiah to capture the silver medal at 1:49.38.
Appiah, who finished in a time of 1:49.42, was thrilled to reach the podium on the track where her World Cup career as a bobsled pilot began.
“My World Cup debut as a pilot was here in 2 -
Trudeau travelling to Bahamas next week to meet with Caribbean political leaders
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be travelling to the Bahamas next week to meet with his counterparts from 20 Caribbean governments.
A release from Trudeau’s office says he will be in Nassau on Feb. 15 and 16 as a special guest of the 44th Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, commonly referred to as Caricom.
The statement says Haiti will be a key discussion topic as leaders wrestle with ways to support a country beset by political instability and r -
Crooks smash Canco gas station store entrance, make off with tobacco products
AGASSIZ — Agassiz RCMP are investigating a glass break alarm at the Canco gas station west of town in which two crooks smashed the glass door, broke into the store and made off with tobacco products.
According to a police statement from Sgt. Mike Sargent, Agassiz RCMP responded to a glass break alarm at the Canco gas station at 2406 Hot Springs Road Wednesday morning, February 8 at 3:39 a.m.Police learned that two men had smashed the glass entrance door to the gas station’s convenien -
Construction of Vedder Mountain Park still progressing
CHILLIWACK — While it’s taken some time, another scenic hiking trail is still on its way to providing visitors and hikers alike with a picturesque view of Chilliwack and the surrounding mountains.
Following the recent addition of the Little Mountain stairway project on the north side of Chilliwack, construction on the Vedder Mountain hillside park continues as contracting personnel keep carving out pathways and adding benches along the scenic trail. Work crew vehicles can be seen dai -
Toronto Raptors sign guard-forward Joe Wieskamp to multi-year deal
The Toronto Raptors have signed guard-forward Joe Wieskamp to a multi-year contract, the club announced Saturday.
The financial terms of the deal were not released.
The six-foot-six Wieskamp signed a pair of 10-day contracts with the Raptors earlier this season and averaged 4.5 points and 8.5 minutes in two games.
The former San Antonio Spur has also played eight games in the G League this season — seven with the Wisconsin Herd and one with Raptors 905 — averaging 16.4 points, -
Pope Francis names Frank Leo new Archbishop of Toronto, Collins steps down due to age
Toronto has a new archbishop-designate after Pope Francis named a new man to one of the top clerical posts in the Canadian Catholic Church.The pontif announced today that Frank Leo will take over as Archbishop of Toronto, making him head of the largest archdiocese in the country.
He succeeds Cardinal Thomas Collins, who offered his resignation on his 75th birthday in January 2022 in compliance with a rule stating all bishops must offer to step down when they reach that age.Archdiocese spokesman -
Fraser Valley teen nabbed for reckless speed on Hwy. 11 in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD — A 17-year-old teenager must have had an interesting conversation with his family after the Abbotsford Police Department clocked him driving at a ridiculous rate of speed earlier this week, resulting in the seizure of his vehicle.According to a social media post from the Abbotsford PD, patrol officers observed two vehicles traveling at 147 kilometers an hour in a posted 80 kilometer zone on Highway 11, which runs from exit 92 north to the city of Mission. The picture taken by A -
Canada Soccer holds emergency labour talks with women’s team in Florida
Canada Soccer is holding emergency talks with the women’s national team in Florida today in a bid to convince the players to return to the field.
The Canadian women have refused to train or play, with support from the men’s team — until their grievances are heard and answered.
The Olympic champion women says they are tired of not being treated equally with the men — and are not getting the same support in the lead-up to this summer’s World Cup in Australia and New Z -
Baffinland critical of report that says shipping to blame for narwhal displacement
A new report predicts there will be almost no narwhal left in an area off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island this summer and says shipping traffic from the nearby Mary River iron-ore mine is to blame.
Working groups from the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission and Canada/Greenland Joint Commission on Beluga and Narwhal met in Denmark in December and published their report this week, which the mine’s operator says leaves out key information.
The report concludes that increase -
Witnesses describe how the Quebec daycare bus crash unfolded, moment by moment
LAVAL, Que. — It was just before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday when André Beaudoin pulled into the parking lot to bring his two-year-old son to daycare. The Garderie Éducative Ste-Rose in Laval, Que., was busy, with parents stopping to drop off their children for the day.
The sound of an engine revving was Beaudoin’s first signal that something wasn’t right. He looked up and saw a city bus barrelling down the driveway before it smashed into the front of the daycare, into th -
Trudeau pushing softer approach to temporary visas, less focus on risk of overstaying
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s pushing Canada’s immigration system to soften its approach to processing visa applications and put less focus on the risk of visitors overstaying their short-term visas.
“We’re also trying to do a better job around temporary visas,” Trudeau said Friday.
“The system — I’ll be honest — is still based around, ‘Prove to me that you won’t stay if you come,’ right?” he s -
Federal watchdogs, MPs slam corrections officials on treatment of prisoners
OTTAWA — Federal watchdogs and members of Parliament are pressing Canada’s top corrections officials to improve conditions for Black and Indigenous offenders who are serving time in federal prisons.
Two House of Commons committees honed in on the state of Canadian prisons this week, with MPs from all parties offering a scathing rebuke of the prison system.
During one of the hearings, New Democrat MP Blake Desjarlais accused Correctional Service Canada officials of allowing systems to -
Rescue teams find more survivors of devastating quakes
ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams in Turkey have pulled five members of a single family alive from the wreckage of their home, 129 hours after a powerful earthquake struck the region.
Rescuers on Saturday first extricated mother and daugher Havva and Fatmagul Aslan from among a mound of debris in the hard-hit town of Nurdag, in Gaziantep province, HaberTurk reported.
The teams later reached the father, Hasan Aslan, but the man insisted that his other daughter, Zeynep, and son Saltik Bugr -
Cree dancer from Canada part of group of Indigenous dancers performing at Super Bowl
PHOENIX — Patrick Mitsuing is used to performing in front of large crowds.
The Cree dancer from Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation in western Saskatchewan has been travelling along the powwow trail in North America for years gaining awards and followers along the way.
Come Sunday, Mitsuing will be showcasing his Cree culture for what may be the largest crowd yet when he takes the stage with a group of Indigenous dancers from the United States at this year’s Super Bowl.
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Universities brace for Chinese students’ return as Beijing orders them back to Canada
VANCOUVER — When Vancouver-based Justin Wong was studying online for his master of arts at Trinity Western University during the pandemic, he had to get up at 4 a.m. to collaborate with classmates.
That’s because they were in China.
“Many of my classmates were from China and felt they could save tons of money by not living in Canada,” Wong, who graduated last year, said in an interview in Mandarin.
Immigration data suggest tens of thousands of Chinese students in Canada m -
John Tory resigns as Toronto mayor over affair with former staff member
TORONTO — A byelection to replace John Tory as mayor, head of council and chief executive officer of Toronto is expected to be held in the coming weeks, after his abrupt resignation due to what he calls an “inappropriate relationship” with a former employee.
Tory offered few details about the affair during a hastily called news conference Friday evening, only saying it had developed during the COVID-19 and ended by mutual consent earlier this year.
The unnamed employee is now w -
Canada’s Elizabeth Hosking claims silver in World Cup snowboard halfpipe
CALGARY — Canadian snowboarder Elizabeth Hosking capped her World Cup halfpipe season Friday the same way she started, which was standing on the podium.
The 21-year-old from Longueuil, Que., finished second in Calgary’s halfpipe to Japan’s Mitsuki Ono.Hosking earned her first career World Cup medal — also silver — in Copper Mountain, Colo., to start the season in December.
Ono posted a top score of 89.75 on her second run Friday evening under the lights.
She claimed -
A closer look at John Tory, resigning as mayor of Toronto over affair
TORONTO — John Tory, a 68-year-old born-and-bred Torontonian and member of the city’s business and political elite, resigned as its mayor on Friday after admitting to an inappropriate relationship with a staffer.
Tory was born into a successful family with a major law firm, Torys, founded by his grandfather.
His father, John A. Tory, worked at the firm, but later moved on to work with the Thomson family to run their financial holding company. His father also served on the board -
Markkanen, Kessler help undermanned Jazz rally past Raptors 122-116
TORONTO — Lauri Markkanen and Walker Kessler had 23 points apiece as the short-handed Utah Jazz rallied past the Toronto Raptors 122-116 on Friday.
Kelly Olynyk of Kamloops, B.C., almost had a triple-double, with 15 points, seven rebounds and eight assists as the Jazz (28-29) ended a three-game skid.
Utah was without guard Russell Westbrook, forward Juan Toscano-Anderson and centre Damian Jones. They were not yet with the team after being traded to the Jazz in a three-team deal Thursday.
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Tavares scores 2, Maple Leafs beat Blue Jackets 3-0
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — John Tavares scored twice and Ilya Samsonov stopped 30 shots for his third shutout of the season, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs over the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-0 Friday night to snap a three-game road losing streak.
Pierre Engvall also scored and Mitch Marner added two assists for Toronto, which remains in second place in the Atlantic Division with 72 points — 11 points behind first-place Boston.
Joonas Korpisalo had 41 saves for Columbus, which has lost four -
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler leads WM Phoenix Open
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Defending champion Scottie Scheffler took the lead into the weekend in the WM Phoenix Open, with local favorite Jon Rahm right behind at TPC Scottsdale.
The second-ranked Scheffler played 25 holes Friday, completing a 3-under 68 in the first round and shooting a bogey-free 64 in the second to get to 10 under. He had a two-stroke lead over Rahm and Canada’s Adam Hadwin when play was suspended because of darkness.
Rahm, the former Arizona State star ranked No. -
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John Tory resigns as Toronto mayor over affair with staff member
Toronto Mayor John Tory says he is resigning after having an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.
Tory says the relationship with the employee in his office developed during the COVID-19 pandemic when he was spending long periods of time away from his wife Barbara, who he has been married to for over 40 years.
He says the relationship with the staffer ended by mutual consent earlier this year and the employee is now working at another job.
Tory broke the news in a statement from city -
Canadian ice dance duos in second and third at Four Continents figure skating
Canadian national champions Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen are second after the rhythm dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Friday.
The pairing scored 86.28 points. Performing to music from Gloria Estefan, Fournier Beaudry and Soerensen also scored an international season’s best, topping their rhythm dance from the NHK Trophy that set them up for the Grand Prix win that weekend.
Fellow Canadians Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha had 79.04 points to -
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AP source: Trump team turns over items marked as classified
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have in recent months turned over to federal investigators additional documents with classified markings as well as a laptop belonging to a Trump aide, a person familiar with the situation said Friday night.
The lawyers also provided an empty folder with classified markings, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press to discuss an ongoing investigation.
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Alberta NDP demands answers on premier’s conversations with accused in COVID cases
EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition NDP is calling on Premier Danielle Smith to divulge all her conversations relating to COVID-19 court cases after she acknowledged having contact with an accused before his trial relating to a blockade at a U.S.-Canada border crossing.
Smith has said she contacted Artur Pawlowski to tell him she couldn’t offer him amnesty, but NDP justice critic Irfan Sabir said full disclosure — and an independent inquiry — are needed to ensure the ju -
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Canadian women slam Canada Soccer, citing ‘significant cuts’ to the program
The Canadian women’s soccer team has slammed Canada Soccer, saying it is “outraged and deeply concerned with the news of significant cuts” to national team programs in 2023 as it prepares for the World Cup.
“With the biggest tournament in women’s football history less than six months away, our preparation for the World Cup and the future success of the women’s national team’s program are being compromised by Canada Soccer’s continued inability to s -
B.C. Liberals say Eby’s overdose strategy is too narrow, but he says he doesn’t mind
VICTORIA — B.C. Premier David Eby says he doesn’t mind being told his government’s approach to the toxic drug and overdose crisis is too narrow and doomed to fail.
At least it shows a consensus that more needs to be done about an emergency that has cost more than 11,000 lives.
Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon opened the spring sitting of the legislature this week slamming the New Democrat government’s approach to mental health and addictions treatment as an “utter failur -
Nicaraguan judge sentences Catholic bishop to 26 years
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Nicaraguan judge sentenced Roman Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez to 26 years in prison Friday, one day after he refused to get on a flight to the United States with 222 other prisoners.
Octavio Ernesto Rothschuh, chief magistrate of the Managua appeals court, handed down the sentence, which is the longest given to any of the opposition figures and critics of the government of President Daniel Ortega in the last couple years.
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