The Canadian Press VANCOUVER–The federal government will give $1 million each to three companies developing technologies to address plastic waste from food packaging and construction. Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced the winners of his government’s plastics innovation challenge, which is part of its plan to ban many single-use plastics by […]
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The Canadian PressLaura Osman OTTAWA–A second Canadian plane carrying evacuees from the quarantined region of Hubei, China, has landed at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in southern Ontario. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a release Tuesday that the plane landed with 130 Canadians and 58 accompanying family members. Officials […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–Commuter trains have been shut down for a second day on a train line near Montreal as supporters of a pipeline protest in northwestern British Columbia maintain their presence on the tracks. Officials at Exo, which runs the commuter trains in the Montreal area, announced early Tuesday […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Elementary teachers are hitting the picket lines en masse in Ontario today in their second provincewide strike to put pressure on the government in contract talks. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario is also using the other four days of the week to stage rotating strikes, ensuring […]
Press Release DALLAS, TEXAS — Today, Premier Doug Ford and Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, concluded a mission to Dallas, Texas where they reinforced the benefits of investing in Ontario to business leaders and officials, including Toyota Motor North America, the Canadian Consul General in […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER–Police have begun enforcing a court injunction preventing protesters from blocking several entrances to the Port of Vancouver and at DeltaPort, south of the city. Officers arrived at around 5 a.m. after the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority obtained the injunction following protests affected port operations through the […]
The Canadian Press YOKOHAMA, Japan–Princess Cruises says a Canadian is among an additional 66 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in the Japanese port city of Yokohama, just outside Tokyo. The company says in a release issued early Monday morning that the positive […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Schools across Ontario will see several rounds of strikes this week, in the elementary, secondary and French systems, as teachers try to put pressure on the government during contract talks. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario is holding a provincewide strike on Tuesday, and all other boards […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–The Ontario government’s proposal to double logging volumes over the next decade goes too far in serving the forestry industry without doing enough to protect the province’s wildlife, environmentalists said Tuesday as they called for a balanced plan. Groups including the David Suzuki Foundation, Ontario Nature […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–A planned restructuring of Ontario’s public health units should be put on hold until the current novel coronavirus outbreak is over, the leader of the provincial Opposition said yesterday. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath also urged the Progressive Conservative government to reverse recent changes to its cost-sharing […]
The Canadian Press Canadian evacuees from Wuhan have been told they will soon board the flight that will bring them home. An email from Global Affairs Canada obtained by The Canadian Press says the flight “will be closing soon in anticipation for boarding.” Richard Fabic, whose 15-month-old daughter has been […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–All of Ontario’s public elementary teachers are on strike today, as their union escalates job action amid stalled contract talks. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario has been on a work-to-rule campaign since November and has been staging rotating strikes for the past few weeks. Today will […]
