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Thirty-five years after 83-year-old widow Ruth Clarke disappeared under suspicious circumstances from her home in Edmonton, city police have confirmed she was the victim of a homicide and are releasing new information in hopes of finding her remains.Ms. Clarke was last in touch with family and friends on Nov. 1, 1990. At the time, the retired nurse was living in West Edmonton with her 42-year-old son, Ronald Clarke.Relatives reported her missing 11 days later.
October 22, 2025 - 15:12 | Jana G. Pruden | The Globe and Mail
The Toronto District School Board is ending the lottery system for specialized programs and returning to merit-based admissions.The board made the announcement on its website Tuesday.
October 22, 2025 - 15:09 | Dave McGinn | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — NDP leadership candidate Rob Ashton says that he’d be open to lifting the federal moratorium on coastal tanker traffic as prime minister, if he saw clear support for shipping heavy oil through British Columbia’s northern coast.
“If a province says we’re going to block all tankers, B.C., but there’s a project that everybody wants, let’s find a safe way to move those tankers up,” Ashton told the National Post in an interview on Wednesday.
“If, say, from Alberta to B.C., you have community support. You have indigenous support, whether it’s oil being trucked in by rail, truck,...
October 22, 2025 - 15:06 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
They were two young women from out of town. They were shot dead at an Airbnb in small-town Ontario in mysterious circumstances. A Scarborough rapper is now on trial for the double murder.
Christine Crooks, 18, of Toronto and Juliana Pannunzio, 20, of Windsor were both killed on Jan. 19, 2021. The party, held at a palatial waterfront Airbnb in the Niagara Region town of Fort Erie, was held in the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic. It ended with the discovery of the bodies of Crooks, found dead in a bedroom, and Pannunzio, found shot in a living room chair.
Christopher “El Plaga” Lucas...
October 22, 2025 - 15:02 | Postmedia News | National Post
Many months into a trade war brought on by tariffs and economic threats brought on by U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration, Canadian consumers have continued to fight back by supporting and promoting a “buy Canadian” movement.
When it comes to the food on their tables, a new poll from Narrative Research shows that Canadians are, “in large measure,” willing to pay more for goods they know for certain are Canadian.
The firm polled 1,230 Canadian adults earlier this month, asking them if they would choose groceries costing $120 guaranteed to be “entirely from farms in...
October 22, 2025 - 14:58 | National Post Staff | National Post
Brady Tkachuk stood at a podium, his right thumb in a cast covered with tape, and talked about the long road to recovery. Read More
October 22, 2025 - 14:53 | Bruce Garrioch | Ottawa Citizen
