Toronto, The first update of Ontario’s sex-education curriculum since 1998 will bring it in line with other provinces, but could lead the way in teaching the concept of consent, Education Minister Liz Sandals said Monday. “I think that on having a very explicit conversation about consent — what does consent meanRead More

Toronto ,Toronto has broken a 43-year-old temperature record for this date as an arctic air mass continues to hover over the city. At 5 a .m. the temperature hit – 20.1 C at Pearson International Airport, breaking the previous record for February 23 of – 19.4 C (1972). Things aren’tRead More

Toronto, John Tory’s popularity continues to take a slide from the enormous peak seen following his election but the vast majority of Torontonians say he still makes a better mayor than his predecessor Rob Ford, a new poll has found. The telephone poll of 807 randomly selected residents found thatRead More

Toronto, Former mayoral candidate and Member of Parliament Olivia Chow has been appointed as a visiting professor at Ryerson University. The school made the announcement on Monday morning, noting that Chow will focus on student mentorship and help create a program on community engagement and democratic participation while at Ryerson.Read More

Sydney, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday announced a national security crackdown that could deny welfare payments to people seen as potential threats, strip the passports of those with dual nationality and curb travel overseas. Abbott, bruised politically and facing pressure for dramatic action after surviving a leadership challenge thisRead More

ISLAMABAD: A prominent foreign woman journalist was found dead at her house here in the Pakistani capital on Monday. The body of Maria Golovnina, who was the bureau chief of Reuters for Pakistan and Afghanistan, was found in the bathroom of a house being used as an office, police said.Read More

LONDON: The UK will honour the Indian soldiers who fought alongside their British officers during the World War I with special plaques to be unveiled at a war memorial next month. The National Memorial Arboretum at Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England will honour 11 soldiers from undividedRead More

New Delhi, A PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, is likely to be sworn-in on March one with the two parties sorting out all issues, including differences over AFSPA and Article 370. To give finishing touches to formalisation of the alliance, PDP chief MehboobaRead More

New Delhi, The absence of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on the first day of the Budget session on Monday invited criticism from the NCP and BJP, which took a dig at the Congress saying that it has been reduced to 44 seats in Lok Sabha due its leaders skipping theRead More

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Monday asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal whether he is still interested in pursuing his case against a trial court decision sending him to jail in a defamation case filed by Union minister Nitin Gadkari. “Are you still interested in pursuing the case? IRead More