The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario is making changes to improve the home and community care system, in the hopes it helps keep people out of hospital who don’t need to be there. Health officials said that if passed, new legislation will allow for more flexibility in the system, in part by […]
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The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario’s attorney general says the government is moving ahead with changes to the way judges and justices of the peace are appointed. Doug Downey says the province will expand the number of qualified candidates eligible for judicial appointments in a bid to fill vacancies in provincial courts […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–The City of Toronto and the union representing thousands of its workers agreed yesterday to extend a strike deadline by 48 hours, with both sides expressing optimism that a deal can be reached to avoid a labour disruption. CUPE 416 president Eddie Mariconda said the parties […]
The Canadian PressMike Blanchfield OTTAWA–A Conservative MP is questioning whether rail blockades in Quebec and Ontario constitute acts of terrorism, which could allow the RCMP to intervene. Doug Shipley put that question to Public Safety Minister Bill Blair on Thursday morning during testimony at the House of Commons public safety […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Canada’s long-running effort to buy new fighter jets is facing another delay. The federal government says today it is giving fighter-jet makers another three months to submit their proposals for replacing Canada’s aging CF-18s. Companies were to have submitted their bids at the end of […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Premier Doug Ford’s government admits there is a problem with new licence plates it started issuing to drivers just weeks ago, and says it’s working with the manufacturer to address complaints that the models are hard to see in low light. Consumer Services Minister Lisa Thompson […]
The Canadian Press Hereditary chiefs from Wet’suwet’en First Nation were expected to return to British Columbia Sunday after visiting Mohawk communities in eastern Canada, with no signs that blockades crippling the country’s rail network will come down. The actions are in solidarity with hereditary chiefs contesting a British Columbia natural […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Bargaining is set to resume today between the Ontario government and two teachers’ unions, just one day before a planned joint strike by all four major teacher groups in the province. The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), the French public teachers’ union and the unions representing […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Healthy Canadians from the Diamond Princess cruise ship will shortly be heading home, according to Canada’s foreign affairs minister, after weeks under quarantine for the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. The ship, docked in Yokohama, Japan, contained the largest outbreak of the virus outside China, with hundreds of […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA — The federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister is offering to meet today with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs in northwestern British Columbia. But while Carolyn Bennett and her B.C. counterpart Scott Fraser say they’ll be in the town of Smithers to talk about reducing tensions over the construction of […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–The return of Ontario’s legislature after a winter break was dominated Tuesday by questions about the government’s talks with teachers and its handling of autism services, while parents protested on the lawn. Tensions with the teachers’ unions escalated over the legislature’s nine-week break, to the point […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Teachers in Ontario’s French system are holding a strike today, as public elementary and high school teachers walk out at select boards. The strikes come one day after all four of Ontario’s major teachers’ unions–including the one representing English Catholic teachers–announced a joint one-day strike for next […]
