Ignorance driving racism against First Nations after blockades: minister

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OTTAWA — Racist taunts and threats of violence levelled at Indigenous people in the wake of national anti-pipeline protests are “horrible,” the federal cabinet...

Canada’s tourism industry braces for impact of new coronavirus on travel

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OTTAWA — Canada’s tourism industry is bracing for the impact of the novel coronavirus on the number of foreign visitors this summer travel season. Some...

Exploratory talks between high school teachers’ union and government break off

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TORONTO — Education Minister Stephen Lecce says he’s disappointed after exploratory talks with the Ontario’s secondary school teachers broke down Tuesday night. The Ontario Secondary...

PM creates COVID-19 cabinet committee to deal with novel coronavirus

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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has created a new cabinet committee to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, which began in China but...

Majority of Canadians unhappy with Trudeau’s handling of blockade crisis: poll

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OTTAWA — A new poll suggests Canadians weren’t happy with Justin Trudeau’s handling of the natural-gas pipeline dispute in British Columbia that led to nationwide rail and road blockades mounted in...

Advice to stockpile supplies can cause undue concern over COVID-19: Tory...

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OTTAWA — Shoppers across the country were loading carts with everything from gas cans to cat litter in response to warnings from top health officials to...

Ontario reports three new coronavirus cases, brings province’s total to 18

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TORONTO — Ontario is reporting three new cases of the novel coronavirus today, bringing the total in the province to 18. The province’s chief medical officer...

Ontario reports four new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus

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TORONTO — Ontario health officials announced four more cases of the new coronavirus in the province on Sunday, bringing the total diagnoses in Canada...

Life after the lottery: Cannabis retailers share challenges faced since opening

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TORONTO — Lisa Bigioni was awoken last September in the middle of the night by a call from an alarm company that’s been seared in her memory ever since. The...

Caution, with a time limit: How Trudeau’s patience with rail blockades...

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OTTAWA — When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped in front of cameras last week to declare that barricades on rail lines and other major...

Ontario reports three new cases of novel coronavirus, B.C reports one...

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Health officials in two provinces confirmed four new cases of the novel coronavirus in Canada on Saturday, but insisted the disease is not widely circulating in this country despite the...

Ontario confirms eighth coronavirus case; man had travelled to Egypt

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TORONTO — (Ont-Coronavirus) Ontario health officials say they have confirmed a new positive case of COVID-19 in Toronto. Dr. David Williams, medical officer of health, said...

Public health agency weighs stronger COVID-19 protection for front-line workers

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OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada says it will consult with the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions on its next set of...

What the WHO learned about COVID-19 on its research mission to...

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OTTAWA — Renowned Canadian epidemiologist Dr. Bruce Aylward led a team of researchers into China earlier this month to study the novel coronavirus on behalf of...

Ontario to temporarily stop issuing problematic licence plates

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TORONTO — Ontario’s problematic new licence plates will stop being manufactured on March 4, but the government won’t say what the root cause of the...