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MLS investigating after CF Montreal player banned from amateur league

MLS investigating after CF Montreal player banned from amateur league

MONTREAL — Major League Soccer is investigating the conduct of CF Montreal attacking midfielder Matko Miljevic after he was banned for life from a Quebec amateur soccer league.
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Judge expresses sympathy, but rules audit of Muslim charity should run its course

Judge expresses sympathy, but rules audit of Muslim charity should run its course

OTTAWA — An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed a major Muslim charity's bid to halt a Canada Revenue Agency audit, saying it is too early to intervene in the federal examination.
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Hurricane watches issued for southwestern Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick

Hurricane watches issued for southwestern Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick

HALIFAX — Residents of the Maritimes are being warned to prepare for damaging winds, large waves, flooding and power outages as hurricane Lee is expected to transform into a large, powerful post-tropical storm Saturday after entering Canadian waters.
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Government websites down in four provinces, territories; cyberattacks blamed in two

Government websites down in four provinces, territories; cyberattacks blamed in two

Government websites in four provinces and territories were shut down Thursday, with at least two jurisdictions blaming cyberattacks for their outages. Websites for Yukon, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and Nunavut were all inaccessible. P.E.I.
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B.C. ending state of emergency as wildfire risk winds down

B.C. ending state of emergency as wildfire risk winds down

VICTORIA — British Columbia's state of emergency ended Thursday just under four weeks after ferocious wildfires ripped through several communities, burning homes and businesses and forcing thousands to escape. The B.C.
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Man convicted of killing Indigenous woman with trailer hitch released on day parole

Man convicted of killing Indigenous woman with trailer hitch released on day parole

A man convicted of manslaughter in the death of an Indigenous woman after throwing a trailer hitch at her from a moving vehicle in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been released on day parole, two years into his eight-year sentence.
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Consumers still hungry for leisure travel, despite inflation, rate hikes: Transat CEO

Consumers still hungry for leisure travel, despite inflation, rate hikes: Transat CEO

MONTREAL — Canadians are still gung-ho for travel to sun-splashed resorts and European getaways, in spite of higher inflation and interest rates, says Transat AT Inc. chief executive Annick Guérard.
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Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya's coastal city of Derna, Libyan Red Crescent says

Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya's coastal city of Derna, Libyan Red Crescent says

DERNA, Libya (AP) — The Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday that the death toll from floods in Libya's eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300, as search efforts continue, Marie el-Drese, Secratery General of aid group, told the Associated Pr
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Federal government will remove GST on new rental housing builds, senior source says

Federal government will remove GST on new rental housing builds, senior source says

LONDON, Ont. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce Thursday that Ottawa is removing the GST on construction of new rental apartment buildings, according to a senior government source.
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Robert Miller, accused of paying minors for sex, to sell Future Electronics for $5B

Robert Miller, accused of paying minors for sex, to sell Future Electronics for $5B

Montreal billionaire Robert Miller, who faces a class-action lawsuit alleging he paid underage girls for sex, is selling his company Future Electronics Inc. for more than $5 billion to a Taiwanese semiconductor distributor. WT Microelectronics Co.
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