The Canadian Press THOUSAND ISLANDS, Ont.–Protesters blocked access to a border crossing in eastern Ontario on Monday afternoon, closing down the Thousand Islands Bridge for several hours amid a national movement opposing a natural-gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. The border point near Kingston, Ont., was shut down for roughly […]
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EditorMegan Walchuk All four bargaining units representing Ontario’s teachers are set for a one-day walk-out on Friday, Feb. 21, if a deal cannot be reached by that time. The strike will affect all schools in the Rainy River District. Board representatives are urging parents to seek alternative childcare. At issue […]
The Canadian Press A freight train derailment west of Toronto is causing disruptions for commuter trains into the city this morning. GO Transit says several trains on its Lakeshore West line heading to Union Station are affected. It says a train scheduled to leave from West Harbour station in Hamilton […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–The Ontario legislature resumes today after a winter break that’s been consumed by an escalating conflict with the province’s public school teachers. Contract talks between the Progressive Conservative government and the four major teachers’ unions have largely stalled, and a co-ordinated provincewide strike set for Friday […]
The Canadian PressLaura Osman OTTAWA–Canada will aim $6.5 million at research on stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus, after co-ordinating with researchers around the world on tackling the outbreak. Representatives of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are returning from two days of talks with the international research […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Former cabinet minister Steven Del Duca has emerged as the clear front-runner in the Ontario Liberal leadership race, according to new data released by the party. Del Duca has secured the support of 1,173 delegates out of the 2,724 who will select the party’s replacement for […]
The Canadian PressSidhartha Banerjee KAHNAWAKE, Que.–Mohawks manning a barricade that has disrupted rail traffic near Montreal said yesterday they’ll remain in place as long as the RCMP is present on territory of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation in northern British Columbia. About a dozen people milled about the site, which featured […]
The Canadian Press Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural-gas pipeline project in British Columbia: Demonstrators in Victoria are promising to shut down all provincial government offices in that city on Friday as a show of solidarity with opponents of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project […]
Allison JonesTHE CANADAIN PRESS TORONTO–Schools across Ontario will be closed Feb. 21 as elementary, secondary, Catholic and French teachers banded together yesterday to announce a joint strike in a bid to ramp up pressure on Premier Doug Ford’s government with contract negotiations at a near standstill. The one-day job action […]
The Canadian PressLaura Osman OTTAWA–The New Democrats are asking the provinces to support their promised universal pharmacare legislation, hoping to win premiers over by calling on Ottawa to increase federal health transfers. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wrote to every premier in Canada Wednesday to outline the party’s plan and ask […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber Canada appears poised to rack up a climate-change win, says a recent government report submitted to the United Nations. The federal report filed last month says Canada is on track to meet one of its crucial climate-change commitments–generating at least 90 per cent of non-industrial electricity […]
The Canadian Press WHITBY, Ont.–Police say a man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly beating an elderly man with a crowbar in Whitby, Ont. Durham regional police say the two men both rented rooms in the same home. They say the accused entered the man’s room on Saturday […]
