Toronto: Trustees at the Toronto District School Board have voted to end the School Resource Officer program – a program that has placed police officers in some high schools for nearly a decade. While the program’s goal was to make schools safer and build better relationships with police, many studentsRead More

Montreal: Montreal’s Grevin wax museum will unveil a statue of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tonight. The effigy was sculpted by Paris-based artist Eric Saint Chaffray and will be housed in the museum on the fifth floor of the downtown Montreal Eaton Centre. Grevin Montreal is hosting a reception cocktail inRead More

OTTAWA — The federal government’s chronic salary struggles could be on the verge of ballooning into a billion-dollar boondoggle, the auditor general says in a scathing review that hints the entire system should be scrapped. Michael Ferguson’s review of the disastrous Phoenix pay system reveals just how many and howRead More

NEW YORK – Ikea relaunched a recall of 29 million chests and dressers in the U.S. and Canada Tuesday after the death of an eighth child. CEO Lars Petersson said Ikea wants to increase awareness of the recall campaign for several types of chest and dressers that can easily tipRead More

Ontario : Students are heading back to the classroom this morning after a five-week faculty strike at 24 Ontario colleges. Teachers returned to schools on Monday in preparation for the resumption of classes after back-to-work legislation was passed over the weekend. The lengthy strike has prompted colleges to extend theRead More

OTTAWA – Martine Roy was just 20-years-old and less than a year into her chosen career as a medical assistant with the Canadian Armed Forces at CFB Borden when military police suddenly showed up at her workplace to arrest her. They brought her to an interrogation room and demanded sheRead More

TORONTO — One of Canada’s high profile weather forecasters is warning Canadians across the country to brace for a whole lot of snow this winter. Chris Scott, The Weather Network’s chief meteorologist, says the message from his forecast team is “‘buckle up’ because it looks like a stormy winter.” ScottRead More

CALGARY — Nebraska’s Public Service Commission has approved the passage of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline through the state in a 3 to 2 vote, but not along its preferred route for the controversial $10 billion project. The panel has voted for the proposed mainline route, which follows the company’s preferredRead More

Toronto Toronto police are investigating reports that laser pointers have been trained on aircraft around Pearson International Airport. Police said it appears that laser pointers have been aimed at a number of planes landing and taking off at the airport. The laser beams appear to be emanating fromLanyard Park andRead More

MEXICO CITY — The latest round of NAFTA talks has begun without any substantive negotiating on key sticking points in a low-key meeting contrasting markedly with the previous round filled with bombshell demands and public scoldings. Sources said it was unlikely any major counter-demands would be tabled as negotiating teamsRead More