Canada has contracts for up to four COVID-19 vaccines but they won’t be mandatory
OTTAWA — Canada is near the front of the line to get millions of doses of four of the most promising COVID-19 vaccines in development,...
September rent due as small businesses face holes in government support
TORONTO — With rent coming due for another month, Ginger Robertson's daily walk through Toronto's Danforth neighbourhood is increasingly filled with empty storefronts.
Robertson says that government...
Assault suspect evades arrest in Sutton, as police wait eight hours to enter his...
By: Mike Anderson
A tense police standoff that lasted more than eight hours on Sunday at the Driftwood Motel on Dalton Rd. in Sutton ended...
Police say they’re investigating discovery of human remains in Georgina, Ont.
GEORGINA, Ont. — Police north of Toronto say they're investigating after human remains were discovered near the docks in Georgina, Ont.
York Regional Police say...
Economists agree we’re in a recession, but there’s little consensus on why
TORONTO — Economists say there is no doubt that Canada is experiencing a recession, but the exact criteria determining one is underway can be fraught with...
Ontario to freeze rent for some families, promising new bill this fall
TORONTO — Ontario says it will introduce legislation this fall to freeze rent for some families next year.
Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark's office says in a...
Ontario long-term care residents allowed to leave for day trips, overnight
Residents of Ontario's long-term care homes are once again allowed to leave for day trips or overnight stays, though the province says anyone staying out overnight will...
Ontario school boards urged to spend air quality funding by Thanksgiving
TORONTO — School boards need to pick up the pace of air quality improvements as schools reopen this fall, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said...
Plan for inevitable COVID-19 cases in schools, says chief public health officer
OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says families should expect to see cases of COVID-19 in schools as children head back to class.
It is important...
Editorial: LSRCA goes rogue
By: Mike Anderson
The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority's (LSRCA) controversial reissue of a section 28 permit, which grants the DG Group permission to bulldoze...
