Backlog of applications for veterans’ benefits grows by the thousands

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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.

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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...

Liberals face heat as cost of Trans Mountain expansion hits $12.6...

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OTTAWA — Expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline will now cost at least $12.6 billion — up from a three-year-old estimate of $7.4 billion on a project Finance Minister Bill...

Elementary rotating strikes resume after Ontario-wide walkout

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TORONTO — Public elementary teachers are on strike at several Ontario boards today including the largest one, in Toronto. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario resumes...

Two groups of Canadians arrive home after evacuation from Wuhan on...

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CFB TRENTON, Ont. — Family members looked forward to reuniting with loved ones after two groups of weary Canadian citizens finally returned home Friday from the...

Catholic bishops urge Trudeau to scrap changes to assisted dying legislation

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OTTAWA — The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to voice “very serious concern” about...

Federal IT systems at risk of ‘critical failure,’ Trudeau warned in...

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Federal IT systems at risk of ‘critical failure,’ Trudeau warned in memo OTTAWA — Newly released briefing notes for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau describe the dire state...

Federal agencies mishandled sensitive documents more than 5,000 times last year

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OTTAWA — As a senior RCMP intelligence official faces charges of disclosing secret information, new figures reveal thousands of incidents last year in which federal agencies, including...

Canada’s internet code of conduct goes into effect for 10 big...

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TORONTO — Canada’s 10 largest internet service providers will be required to make their contract terms and pricing easier to understand under a new...

Canada not rushing to post-Brexit deal with Britain, as business says...

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OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is heeding widespread calls to apply some British stiff-upper-lip resolve to the United Kingdom’s Friday exit from the European...

Trudeau says ‘deliberate process’ underway to get Canadians out of virus...

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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is going through a “deliberate process” to airlift nearly 200 Canadians out of the epicentre of...

First Canadian novel coronavirus patient discharged from hospital

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TORONTO — A Toronto hospital says a man with novel coronavirus who was being treated there has now been discharged and is recovering at...

Ford says elementary teachers, province will stay at table until deal...

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TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford says elementary teachers and the government will be at the bargaining table until they strike a deal. Renewed contract talks...

Low number of novel coronavirus cases ‘reassuring,’ Ontario health official says

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TORONTO — It is still early days in dealing with the novel coronavirus, but the relatively low number of cases here is “reassuring,” Ontario’s...

Ontario to spend $1.6 billion more to stabilize hydro rates, minister...

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TORONTO — Ontario will spend $1.6 billion more this fiscal year to stabilize increasing hydro rates for customers across the province. Finance Minister Rod Phillips...