AFN national chief calls for calm on Wet’suwet’en crisis, rail blockades
OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for calm and constructive dialogue to ease tensions over a British Columbia...
Nurses’ unions warn national standards for coronavirus protection too low
OTTAWA — The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is warning that the federal public health agency’s guidelines to protect front-line health-care workers from outbreaks of...
Scheer says pipeline protests ‘illegal,’ tells Trudeau to order RCMP enforcement
OTTAWA — It is time for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to order the RCMP to end the “illegal” blockades of vital rail links, says...
Eastern Ontario rail blockade still in place as provincial police keep watch
TYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY, Ont. — Police kept a watchful eye on a handful of protesters blocking a major stretch of railway in eastern Ontario on Friday as...
Minister offers to meet chiefs over cross-country anti-pipeline protests
OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller has offered to meet with three Indigenous leaders, saying their protests against a pipeline in northern British Columbia...
Willow Beach inspired play: “That Summer” at Stephen Leacock Theatre until Feb 16
By: Ewa Chwojko
Thirteen-year-old Maggie, a dreamer who lived in a world of novels and poetry, fell in love. Years later, Margaret, now an adult,...
Family struggling to make sense of four-year-old girl’s sudden death
An Ontario family says it is struggling to make sense of the sudden death of their four-year-old daughter, whose body was found alongside her father’s at the bottom of...
All Ontario teachers’ unions to stage walkout on Feb. 21
TORONTO — All four major teachers’ unions in Ontario said Wednesday they will stage a one-day walkout on Feb. 21 in a bid to ramp up pressure on...
Ontario medical officer says province has resolved a case of coronavirus
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health says the province has resolved a case of the novel coronavirus for the first time.
Dr. David Williams said...
Longtime newspaper columnist Christie Blatchford dead at 68
TORONTO — Longtime newspaper columnist, author and firebrand Christie Blatchford, a hardnosed scribe known for deep-sourced scoops and biting opinion pieces, has died.
She was 68.
Blatchford had been...
