OTTAWA – The Liberal government is expanding its outreach efforts in the U.S. beyond the Haitian community to drive home the message that seeking asylum in Canada is not a sure bet. Transport Minister Marc Garneau, head of the federal-provincial task force charged with managing an unprecedented flow of asylumRead More

Ottawa:  Student leaders running the University of Ottawa’s orientation week events won’t be allowed to administer the opioid antidote naloxone in the event of an overdose due to liability concerns if the injection were to go wrong. Hadi Wess, president of the undergraduate student union that runs the events, saidRead More

Toronto: The Toronto Student Transportation Group says that drivers have now been assigned to all bus routes in Toronto ahead of the first day of school next week but officials in Halton Region are still warning of possible delays due to a driver shortage. Earlier this week, the TSTG notifiedRead More

OTTAWA — Newly minted Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says her new department will likely include the delivery of health services for First Nations and Inuit — an area previously under her watch at Health Canada. Philpott said consultations and legislation will be required for the creation of her newRead More

TORONTO – Trustees at Canada’s largest school board voted Wednesday night to temporarily shelve a controversial school resource officer program. The program saw police officers deployed in 36 of the 75 schools run by the Toronto District School Board. It was put in place in 2008 after 15-year-old Jordan MannersRead More

TORONTO – Pundits say they’re taken aback both by Margaret Atwood’s public opposition to a modest condo development planned for her upscale Toronto neighbourhood and the vehement social media backlash that followed it. Atwood drew the ire of both Twitter users and certain local columnists when city reports revealed sheRead More

With the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death approaching Thursday, she has returned to our cultural imagination. The late Princess of Wales has been gracing magazine covers as a style icon again. There is the new novel, “Imagining Diana,” which speculates about what her life might have looked like ifRead More

TORONTO – Ontario is giving the Ontario Arts Council $50 million in additional funding over the next four years. The agency that gives grants and services to Ontario-based artists and arts organizations currently gets $60 million a year from the province. By 2021 that will increase to $80 million. TheRead More

OTTAWA — The federal government is rolling out millions in new spending to help thousands of students heading back to campus find work placements during their studies. The Liberals had promised to spend $73 million over four years on provided work-integrated learning opportunities with the money supposed to start flowingRead More

MONTREAL — Bombardier says it has to restore its credibility as a rail transportation leader after being shut out of a US$3.2-billion contract to supply subway cars in New York City because of past delivery delays. The Montreal-based company (TSX:BBD.B) said it learned last week that its bid submitted toRead More