OTTAWA – Hydro Ottawa says only 300 customers are still without power following a deadly storm on May 21. The utility says it has restored power to more than 179,000 homes and businesses. Hydro One says progress has slowed in reconnecting more than 2,800 customers in Bancroft and Tweed. A […]
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Jurors in the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard have been told to keep deliberating after indicating they are unable to reach a unanimous agreement on some counts. The jury alerted the court that it was deadlocked Thursday morning, roughly 15 hours into its deliberations, which began Tuesday […]
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to visit a First Nation east of Calgary today for a signing ceremony. Trudeau and Marc Miller, minister of Crown-Indigenous relations, are to spend much of the day at Siksika Nation. A notice on the nation’s website inviting its members to the event says it’s […]
By Laura Osman
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The Public Health Agency of Canada says COVID-19 restrictions at the border will remain in place for at least another month. The agency made the announcement on Twitter, the day after Parliament voted down a Conservative opposition motion to revert to pre-pandemic rules for travel. Several pandemic restrictions are in […]
By Mia Rabson
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The mayor of Ottawa and the president of the region’s utility company are promising to launch a review into the local response to the May 21 storm as thousands of residents remain without power nine days later. As of Monday afternoon, nearly 8,000 hydro customers in more than a dozen […]
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Elections Ontario says it has sent significantly more mail-in ballots to voters this time around. Voting kits have been mailed out to 126,135 eligible residents who sent in requests be- fore last week’s deadline. That’s a sharp increase from 2018, when only 15,202 ballots were doled out that way. Voting […]
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The leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are fanning out across the province today as they enter the final stretch of the election campaign. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford has only one event scheduled — an unspecified morning announcement in Ottawa. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath plans to end her day […]
By Laura Osman
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OTTAWA – The government is still struggling to get key supports like the Canada Child Benefit into the hands of hard-to-reach groups like those living on First Nations, and isn’t doing enough to make sure the money goes where it’s needed, the auditor general reported Tuesday. The auditor looked at […]
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OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered a prayer of peace and spoke of moving together on the difficult path of reconciliation at Tuesday’s National Prayer Breakfast. Trudeau delivered remarks to MPs and guests gathered together in downtown Ottawa for the annual event. It was the first time it has […]
By Noushin Ziafati and Jessica Smith
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Ontario’s main political parties are promising to hire more doctors and nurses and increase the number of spaces at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine to address the need for health-care workers in the region — a problem that a hospital president says requires both immediate and long-term solutions. The […]
By Noushin Ziafati
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Three of Ontario’s four major political parties are promising to take steps to lower the price of food, but an expert says some of the main factors leading to rising costs are out of the province’s hands. The issue of affordability has been top of mind for Ontarians throughout the […]
