“The Music of Canadian Songwriter, Performer and Recording Artist Mike Murchison has been a lifetime in the making,” says Hansford Collins Jr. “Taken from the years and millions of miles traveled throughout the the grreat northern mountains of Canada, and
Read MoreGovernment lawyers “flailing like fish on dry land“ by Dan Knight Reprinted with special permission Well, folks, here we are. Day two of the Federal Court showdown, where the Trudeau government is desperately trying to convince Canadians that shutting down Parliament
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On January 6th, Justin Trudeau announced that he intends to step down as Liberal party leader and Prime Minister. In these remarks, he also noted that he asked Governor General Mary Simon to prorogue Parliament so that the Liberals could select a new leader; this statement is being used as evidence in court that he is not acting in the best interests of Canada, but of the Liberal Party. Image: CBC
“What’s stopping the next Prime Minister from proroguing indefinitely?” Canada’s historic prorogation court hearings wrapped up on February 14th. Chief Justice Paul S. Crampton listened to arguments from the Justice Centre for Constitional Freedoms on February 13th, and then from
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Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli, shown here in a 2023 photo, was transported to hospital as a precautionary measure after being rear-ended by a transport truck on Highway 11. Image: X
“He is OK” staff report Incumbent Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli was taken to hospital Friday as a precautionary measure after the vehicle he was in was struck by a transport truck, CTV News reports on Friday, February 14th. “He was
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CTV paused this surveillance camera footage a moment before the impact which killed this pedestrian crossing Wilson Avenue in Toronto. Image: CTV
Impact caught on camera, 81 year old woman dies A horrifying news clip aired by CTV on February 12 shows the moment before an 81-year-old pedestrian was hit and killed by a dump truck at a Toronto crosswalk. The clip,
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When Ontario Trucker Csaba Vizi was eighteen in 1989, people in his native Romania rose up against decades of Communist dictatorship. A notable number of the protesters and supporters of the Freedom Convoy in 2022 hailed from Eastern European nations which had suffered under communist rule: "We know it when we see it," one supporter told Road Warrior News. Photo: Donna Laframboise
Who were these men and women? Where did they come from, what did they believe, why did they do what they did? February 14th Update: This article has been updated since it originally ran on February 8th. It has been
Read MoreDecision to “restrict” Teslas from grant program about emotions, not emissions The Opinion column below, by Canadian Taxi Association president Marc Andre Way, originally ran on October 5, 2023 on the True North news site. Taxi News is re-publishing it
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Guy Bourgouin; Lise Vaugeois; and John Vanthof all represent Northern Ontario ridings for the NDP. Image: John Vanthof
Enforcement, open scales, road maintenance, use of rail by John Vanthof, MPP Temiskaming-Cochrane Road safety has many factors, but there are issues that add disproportionately to dangerous conditions. When I was first elected, it was mainly winter maintenance. The Liberal government
Read MoreLiberals pick a leader, and the winner is… By Ian Connerty Leadership contests are always dominated by one question: “Who can win?” And Mark Carney looks like a winner. In a recent opinion poll, Carney is even with the Conservatives
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