The Canadian Press HAMILTON–A teenage boy is in custody after allegedly assaulting a toddler with a weapon, leaving the little girl with “traumatic injuries” and sparking an hours-long standoff with police at a Hamilton home, officials said yesterday. Const. Jerome Stewart said officers were called to a home in the […]
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The Canadian Press Ontario’s public high school teachers were back in class today following a one-day strike. But the union representing them says yesterday’s walkout could be the first of many if the government doesn’t change course in contract talks. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, which represents about 60,000 […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario’s auditor general painted a grim picture yesterday of a plodding justice system, plagued by worsening delays and outdated technology. Bonnie Lysyk said in her annual report that a backlog of criminal cases in the court system is growing while courtrooms only operate for an average […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Passengers from one Toronto subway train had to trudge through a smoky tunnel, while thousands of others saw their commutes otherwise delayed or interrupted after a small fire shut down a stretch of the city’s busy crosstown line for several hours during the Monday morning rush. The […]
The Canadian PressKelly Geraldine Malone WINNIPEG–A chief of a Manitoba First Nation is proposing a class-action lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of her community and other reserves that have experienced long-term boil water advisories. Tataskweyak Cree Nation Chief Doreen Spence said in a statement of claim filed last […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario’s auditor general will assess the government’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in her annual report, to be released Wednesday. It is one of 19 areas in which Bonnie Lysyk’s office has conducted value-for-money audits this year. The Progressive Conservative government cancelled Ontario’s cap-and-trade system […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Hundreds of First Nations chiefs from across Canada are gathering in Ottawa today for a special assembly. The national meeting, hosted by the Assembly of First Nations, will discuss political strategy and policy on key issues, including the Trudeau government’s pledge to implement a bill harmonizing Canada’s […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones MISSISSAUGA, Ont.–Canada’s provincial and territorial leaders agreed yesterday to press the federal government for higher increases to health-care funding, but most expressed hesitation about a national pharmacare program. The premiers also emerged from a meeting in Mississauga, Ont., with a call to Ottawa to strengthen a […]
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO–The organization overseeing Ontario’s food banks says residents with full and part-time jobs are increasingly reaching out for help to put food on their tables. Feed Ontario says the number of food bank users with jobs has gone up 27 percent over the past three years. […]
The Canadian Press GERALDTON, Ont.–An 88-year-old man from northern Ontario is facing a number of sex charges related to alleged offences dating back more than 30 years. Provincial police say they began investigating the man in May of this year after receiving a complaint. They say their investigation focused on […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Media Central Corp. Inc. says it has agreed to buy Toronto weekly Now Magazine for as much as $2 million in the first step of a plan to consolidate the alternative publication landscape. The startup media company says the magazine will provide it with millions of annual […]
The Canadian Press MISSISSAUGA, Ont.–A meeting of Canada’s premiers is underway just outside Toronto to set some collective priorities for dealing with the new minority federal government. Ontario Premier Doug Ford kicked off the meeting by donning a Winnipeg Blue Bombers jersey, after he lost a bet to Manitoba Premier […]
