The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Transport Minister Marc Garneau is thinking about expanding the government’s rebate program for people who buy electric vehicles after eager car-buyers gobbled up nearly half the funds in just eight months. Garneau launched the incentive payments last May, offering up to $5,000 off the price of […]
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The Canadian Press ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que.–A Quebec provincial police search-and-rescue team retrieved the bodies of two more French snowmobilers who plunged into the water last Tuesday in the province’s Lac-Saint-Jean region. Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu said the bodies were found late Sunday morning at a site more than three kilometres from where […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The work begins in earnest today for the Liberal minority government as the House of Commons opens for business after a lengthy winter break. The first piece of major legislation is expected to be a bill to ratify the new North American free trade deal, as Canada […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–The union representing Ontario’s elementary school teachers is set to hold another series of rotating strikes throughout the week. The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario says one-day job actions are planned at boards across the province starting today and extending through the rest of the week. The […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–Ontario MP Erin O’Toole is expected to lay out his vision for the federal Conservative party and why he’s the one to run it in an online video being released today that officially kicks off his second attempt to become Conservative leader. The video will be […]
The Canadian PressHina Alam A teacher who is living with his pregnant wife and child in a city that is at the epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak is hoping to get his family out safely. Tom Williams is a British expat who has been living and working for about five […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A scandal-plagued student union at Ryerson University is no longer being recognized as the of ficial form of student government, the school said Friday. The decision stemmed from both the student union’s failure to properly respond to allegations of financial mismanagement dating back one year as well […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Wait times for children and youth mental health services have more than doubled in two years, according to a report from care providers who are urging Premier Doug Ford’s government to increase spending to address the delays. The report from Children’s Mental Health Ontario, released Monday […]
The Canadian PressHina Alam A teacher who is living with his pregnant wife and child in a city that is at the epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak is hoping to get his family out safely. Tom Williams is a British expat who has been living and working for about five […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–A national health advocacy group says higher taxes on vaping products in Ontario would combat rising use among teenagers and create a revenue stream to tackle the costs of addiction. The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada has asked Premier Doug Ford’s government to include a […]
The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA–Canada’s prison service is working to better understand the needs of black offenders, a community whose overrepresentation in federal custody is second only to Indigenous people’s. The Correctional Service of Canada has begun to study the black inmate population more closely and track the associated data, […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is telling his caucus to play nice as Liberal MPs meet today before the House of Commons resumes sitting again next week. Trudeau says Canadians sent their elected officials a clear message to do better and they have to take that seriously. He […]
