Georgina Post

TORONTO — A change affecting pharmaceuticals in the updated North American free trade agreement will mean cost savings for Canadians, but big drug companies say it could...

TORONTO — High school students at nine Ontario school boards will be out of class today as their teachers hold a one-day strike to protest...

TORONTO — There is a “significant risk” that the Progressive Conservative government’s spending plan will fall $5 billion short of what’s needed for health...

OTTAWA — The Liberal government says Canadians will begin to see the impact of a proposed tax cut on their first pay stubs of the...

TORONTO — Ontario’s attorney general is cancelling planned cuts to legal aid funding, but this year’s 30-per-cent budget cut is being made permanent. Doug Downey announced...

OTTAWA — Canada’s justice minister says he is troubled that two Canadians detained in China have been denied access to lawyers as they face...

OTTAWA — Two companies are on the hook for looking after a mercury-contaminated site near Ontario’s Grassy Narrows First Nation, the Supreme Court of Canada...

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy posted its biggest monthly job loss since the financial crisis as the unemployment rate also pushed higher in November. Statistics...

TORONTO — As many as 10,000 unsafe commercial vehicles have been allowed to operate on Ontario’s roads because of a drop in the number of government inspections, the province’s...

TORONTO — Ontario has passed new animal welfare legislation that will be enforced by a specialized team of provincial inspectors. The new law, named the Provincial Animal...

OTTAWA — Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says there will be no decision made about hiking the carbon price beyond $50 a tonne for at...

Ontario’s public high school teachers are expected to be back in class today following a one-day strike. But the union representing them says Wednesday’s walkout could be...

OTTAWA — The 43rd session of Parliament — and a new era of minority government — opens today with a speech from the throne that will emphasize...

GUELPH, Ont. — Science has confirmed what many pet owners already know. “Cats are quite hard to read,” said Georgia Mason, a behavioural biologist whose...

TORONTO — New legislation introduced Monday in Ontario would create so-called “animal protection zones” with increased fines for trespassing — a move applauded by farmers but roundly criticized by...