Unpublished Newswire
On the evening of June 25, 2018, an e-mail landed in the inbox of a senior executive at Infrastructure Ontario, citing a litany of problems with the work done by the construction company hired to build three state-of-the-art facilities for children with special needs.In the e-mail, Bridget Fewtrell, CEO of ErinoakKids, questioned the way the Crown agency that manages public-private infrastructure projects, IO for short, handled her complaints about the contractor, Bondfield Construction Co. Ltd.
October 11, 2025 - 07:00 | Karen Howlett, Ha Tu Thanh | The Globe and Mail
John Candy met talent agent Catherine McCartney by accident. Striking up an awkward conversation after nearly knocking her over in line at the Eaton’s cafeteria, he discovered that her talent office just happened to be across the street, next to Fran’s Restaurant where he sometimes dined. McCartney later saw him at Fran’s and invited him up to her office, where he shyly confessed to her that he had been taking acting classes with an eye toward becoming a professional actor. Charmed by Candy’s baby face and disarming wit, McCartney was eager to help him get a foot in the door. In 1970,...
October 11, 2025 - 06:30 | Paul Myers | Walrus
As Alberta voters prepare for this month’s municipal elections, Calgary and Edmonton will have political parties on the ballot for the first time ever – a test run of a pilot project introduced last year by Premier Danielle Smith’s government. But there has so far been tepid interest among candidates to jump into the party system, which the province created with the goal of increasing transparency and making candidates’ positions clearer to voters.
October 11, 2025 - 06:30 | Matthew Scace | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson talks to Brian Lee Crowley, the managing director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 7, 2025.
On Tuesday, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said both leaders had directed their teams to “quickly land deals.” Still,
the prime minister did not emerge to announce that a deal...
October 11, 2025 - 06:00 | National Post Staff | National Post
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October 11, 2025 - 06:00 | Makda Mulatu | Walrus
An Ontario driver who met “the very definition of ‘road rage'” when he chased another vehicle for more than 20 kilometres down a wet 400 series highway at high speeds in the dark, dodging in and out of traffic and repeatedly flashing his high beams into the car ahead, while “pissed off” and intent on a confrontation, has been found not guilty of assault causing bodily harm in a clash that left the other driver with his leg broken in two places.
The Ontario Court of Justice judge found David Duke guilty of dangerous driving for the Dec. 2, 2023, chase from Toronto, where Highway 401...
October 11, 2025 - 06:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
