The Canadian PressAllison JonesShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Doug Ford was the main target in the first debate ahead of Ontario’s provincial election, with his rivals suggesting yesterday that the Progressive Conservative leader, who is leading in the polls, would slash jobs and shrink services if elected premier. Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne and […]
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The Canadian PressMaija Kappler An Ontario-born filmmaker has been issued a non-binary birth certificate after a year-long legal battle with the provincial government, and says receiving the document marks a victory for the non-binary and transgender community. Joshua M. Ferguson, who identifies as neither a man nor a woman and […]
The Canadian PressPeter RakobowchukTerry Pedwell The company operating Canada’s new national public alert system for mobile devices said it would investigate after a test of the system misfired in Quebec yesterday and was hit-and-miss in Ontario. Shortly after the test was scheduled to reach mobile devices in Ontario, at 1:55 […]
The Canadian Press INNISFAIL, Alta.–The province has laid two charges under its Wildlife Act against a central Alberta zoo after a bear was taken through a drive-thru for ice cream. A video, posted on social media in January by Discovery Wildlife Park in Innisfail, showed a one-year-old captive Kodiak bear […]
The Canadian PressJanice Dickson OTTAWA–Nearly 100,000 Canadians signed up to become organ donors after learning a victim of last month’s Humboldt Broncos bus crash had signed a donor card just weeks before the crash–and wound up saving six lives. According to Canadian Blood Services, there were 99,742 registrations in April […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–The leaders of Ontario’s three main political parties will square off on the same stage for the first time today–just days before the official start of the province’s spring election campaign. Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne, Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford, and NDP leader Andrea Horwath all […]
The Canadian PressMaija Kappler TORONTO–Ontario’s Liberals have asked Elections Ontario to investigate Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford’s use of campaign videos that the governing party says might flout election finance rules. In a statement released yesterday, the Liberals say they’ve asked the chief electoral officer to look into Ford Nation […]
The Canadian PressTara Deschamps MARKHAM, Ont.–A city just north of Toronto is making a play to try to position itself as the home for Amazon’s second North American headquarters. Markham, Ont.–one of 10 Canadian cities that joined with Toronto to bid for the hub–installed 23 bright orange signs today throughout […]
The Canadian Press Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives say they’ll set up a formal resource revenue-sharing system if elected to power this spring to ensure northern communities benefit from projects in the region. Tory leader Doug Ford says Northern Ontario communities, including indigenous ones, would receive a portion of provincial revenues collected […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has expelled Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir from the caucus over sexual harassment claims and what he says is Weir’s refusal to take responsibility for his actions. Weir, however, said the move is in retaliation for his own claim that the harassment complaint levelled […]
The Canadian PressLauren Krugel CALGARY–Police say a man whose body was found inside a wall in a women’s washroom in a downtown Calgary mall died accidentally after he crawled into a vent behind a toilet and got stuck. “The victim’s motivation for crawling inside the wall is unknown at this […]
The Canadian Press MATTAWA, Ont.–Provincial police have shut down a lengthy stretch of road in Northern Ontario due to severe flooding. The closure runs about 50 km along Highway 533 in the Mattawa area, between Highway 656 and Highway 63 north of North Bay. Police said the water is “very […]
