Unpublished Newswire
It was 3:26 in the morning when a long-haul tractor trailer loaded with steel bars pulled up on the U.S. side of the Blue Water Bridge at the southern end of Lake Huron, connecting Ontario and Michigan.
The driver, Iqbal Singh Virk, an owner-operator of the truck based in Brampton, Ont., lowered his window to speak with U.S. Customs officers monitoring overnight traffic on Aug. 28, 2024. In the passenger seat was Ranjit Singh Rowal, who shared the driving.
Virk answered their questions: No, they didn’t they have guns, drugs, or cash over $5,000 with them; no one had given them...
November 28, 2025 - 06:00 | Adrian Humphreys | National Post
MONTREAL — The five contenders to lead the NDP took to the stage on Thursday night in Montreal for the first of two official leadership debate. While more love-in than battle royale, the 90-minute debate still had its share of memorable moments. Here are some of the evening’s biggest takeaways: Lewis easily clears field in French Filmmaker Avi Lewis was by far the most comfortable candidate on the stage in French, giving detailed, fluid responses in the language and bantering gamely with francophone media in a post-debate scrum. Edmonton MP Heather McPherson held her own in French...
November 28, 2025 - 06:00 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
Thomas Verny is a clinical psychiatrist, academic, award-winning author, public speaker, poet and podcaster. He is the author of eight books, including the global bestseller The Secret Life of the Unborn Child and 2021’s The Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness and Our Bodies.As you may recall, last month in this column I wrote about a variety of insight-oriented therapies. Today, we find ourselves four weeks post Halloween and exactly four weeks before Boxing Day. A good time to check out therapies that are focused on here-and-now behaviour and...
November 28, 2025 - 06:00 | Thomas Verny | The Globe and Mail
While it’s not always easy to shop with workers rights, animal welfare and the environment in mind, a University of Guelph professor says many customers want to support products made in Canada, with fair labour, or using environmentally-friendly practices.
November 28, 2025 - 06:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Housing advocates in the northern Ontario city of Sudbury say “cash for keys” agreements are making people homeless over the long term.
November 28, 2025 - 06:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Is the Ottawa Food Bank a success or a failure? The answer depends on whether one judges the food bank by the work it does to help others, or by its stated goal of getting all three levels of government to step up to attack poverty. Read More
November 28, 2025 - 05:00 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
