The Canadian PressVicky Fragasso-Marquis MONTREAL–The Green Party of Canada’s encouraging result in a federal byelection in a Quebec riding last week has deputy leader Daniel Green hopeful the party can make a major breakthrough in this fall’s general election. Green, who finished third in Outremont behind the Liberal and NDP […]
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By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A new study finds even moderate heat sends Northerners to the hospital, suggesting that government warnings of dangerously high temperatures are coming too late in some parts of the U.S. The research shows an uptick in hospital admissions for heat problems long […]
The Canadian PressTeresa Wright OTTAWA–Federal Justice minister David Lametti publicly is musing about whether Canada should consider separating the offices of its attorney general and its minister of justice in the wake of the SNC-Lavalin controversy–an idea that has backing from others who know the job intimately. The woman at […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario’s education ministry is recommending school boards freeze hiring ahead of the provincial budget and as the government consults on class sizes and hiring practices. Deputy minister Nancy Naylor sent boards a memo Thursday noting the government implemented a hiring freeze in June and that school boards […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario is gathering feedback on legislation aimed at eliminating the gender wage gap, including asking businesses how onerous pay transparency reporting would be. The Progressive Conservative government paused implementation last year of a law from the previous Liberal government that would require all publicly-advertised job postings […]
The Associated Press MONTREAL — The Quebec Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark judgment that ordered three tobacco companies to pay billions of dollars in damages to Quebec smokers. Imperial Tobacco, JTI-Macdonald and Rothmans, Benson & Hedges had appealed a ruling that found the companies chose profits over the […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–A pricey Progressive Conservative fundraising gala where attendees can rub shoulders with key members of government doesn’t constitute cash-for-access, Premier Doug Ford said ahead of the event in Toronto yesterday. Opposition parties have raised concerns that the 2019 Leader’s Dinner–where tickets cost $1,250–would grant opportunities for […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reconsidering Jody Wilson-Raybould’s future in the Liberal party after his former attorney general accused him, his senior staff, and the country’s top civil servant of putting her under relentless pressure to interfere in the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin and refused to say […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–An incident in which a well-known comic actor nuzzles and licks the ear of an on-air TV journalist reporting from a meeting of comedians sparked widespread public condemnation and prompted the reporter to take the matter to police yesterday. In a widely-seen clip, CBC’s Chris Glover is […]
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO–An ad campaign from a group of open vaccine skeptics that briefly dotted some streets in the Toronto area represents a “very concerning” development in the ongoing fight against misinformation, Ontario’s health minister said yesterday. Christine Elliott expressed fundamental disagreement with the billboard ads paid for […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–An Ontario court has dismissed a legal challenge from elementary teachers and a civil liberties group over the province’s sex-ed curriculum. The challenge from the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association argued that changes made by the Progressive Conservative government infringed teachers’ […]
By Rob Gillies THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO — Canada’s former attorney general testified Wednesday she experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to inappropriately interfere in the prosecution of a major Canadian engineering company, including receiving “veiled threats.” Ex-justice minister and ex-attorney […]
