The Canadian PressTerry Pedwell OTTAWA–A city in central Ontario is calling for the return of an iconic monument to explorer Samuel de Champlain that has been a centrepiece in the city’s laid-back waterfront landscape for nearly a century. Parks Canada, which owns the structure and the land it once sat […]
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The Canadian Press YELLOWKNIFE–Tradition and technology are clashing on the tundra where Indigenous groups are debating the use of drones to hunt caribou. The issue arose during public consultations on new wildlife regulations in the Northwest Territories, where First Nations and Metis depend on caribou for food. Drones are not […]
The Canadian Press PIKANGIKUM, Ont.–For the second time in just over a month, residents of Pikangikum First Nation in northwestern Ontario are being asked to evacuate due to smoke from nearby wildfires. Officials in the remote community say vulnerable residents, including the elderly, pregnant women and those with respiratory problems […]
The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA–Canada’s spy service routinely welcomed reports from the energy industry about perceived threats, and kept such information in its files in case it might prove useful later, newly disclosed documents reveal. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is supposed to retain only information that is “strictly necessary” […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario’s new career studies curriculum for Grade 10 will include learning about financial literacy, including having students make a plan to fund their first year after high school. The province’s new education minister, Stephen Lecce, unveiled the updated curriculum Tuesday at Toronto’s York University. Lecce says the […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A new study examining concussion rates in Ontario suggests the condition is more prevalent than previously reported. The study published in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation found that an average of 150,000 Ontario residents were diagnosed with a concussion each year between 2008 and 2016. The […]
By Cassandra Szklarski The Canadian Press TORONTO — When it comes to cannabis and health, buzzwords abound: CBD and THC are chief among them, as well as the endocannabinoid system, which is the body’s network of receptors that these cannabis compounds unlock. Gaetano Morello, head of a Vancouver-based supplements company, […]
The Canadian Press MISSISSAUGA, Ont.–Police say nobody was hurt after a nine-year-old driving a neighbour’s vehicle got into a collision in Mississauga, Ont., on Sunday. Peel regional police say the child, whose gender was not given, asked a neighbour if they could operate the vehicle at about 6 p.m. Investigators […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press ATLANTA — The flu vaccine turned out to be a big disappointment again. The vaccine didn’t work against a flu bug that popped up halfway through the past flu season, dragging down overall effectiveness to 29%, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Accessing medical records through a secure app, texting with health-care providers, using e-consultations for specialists ‚Äî those are some of the ways Ontario’s special adviser on health care envisions the increased use of virtual care in the province. Dr. Rueben Devlin and the premier’s council on […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–The federal government and the provinces are expected to announce plans to work on harmonizing recycling standards following a meeting of environment ministers in Halifax today. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna will sit down at a table with her provincial counterparts where it is hoped the tense […]
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO–A new poll suggests Canadians haven’t made much progress in expanding their knowledge of the more colourful parts of the country’s history. The online survey from Historica Canada, the organization behind the country’s Heritage Minutes, quizzed respondents on 30 pieces of quirky Canadiana using true or […]
