Parts of prostitution law found unconstitutional, Ontario judge rules
TORONTO — Significant parts of Canada’s prostitution law that bans advertising in the sex trade or making money from sexual services are unconstitutional, an...
Canadian PM Trudeau says rail blockades have to end
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday indigenous barricades that are blocking rail service across Canada and hurting the economy have to come...
No new coronavirus cases under investigation in Ontario
TORONTO — Ontario now has no novel coronavirus cases under investigation.
A daily update from the provincial government shows that 421 people have been tested...
Energy, economy, land rights face Trudeau as House of Commons returns
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returns to a House of Commons eager to debate his government’s policies on the economy, energy, climate change...
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...
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...
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...
Backlog of applications for veterans’ benefits grows by the thousands
OTTAWA — More Canadian veterans than ever are waiting to find out whether they qualify for disability benefits, despite repeated government promises and efforts...
Ontario Premier criticizes two U.S. Democrats during event in Washington D.C.
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford waded into U.S. politics during a visit to the country’s capital on Friday, criticizing high-profile Democratic politicians and appearing to endorse President...
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