Ontario,Closing arguments are expected to begin today in the manslaughter trial of an Ontario nurse who took a woman off life support without a doctor’s order. Joanna Flynn is also charged with criminal negligence causing death in connection with the events of March 2, 2014. Flynn was working in theRead More

QUEBEC — The Quebec government passed legislation early today putting an end to the province’s construction strike and forcing workers back to work by Wednesday. Members of the legislature debated the bill until early this morning, but the Liberal majority in the legislature had all but ensured it would pass,Read More

Ontario: Ontario Attorney General and Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi plans to propose legislation that would create “safe zones” around abortion clinics where protests and demonstrations would be banned. These zones promise to provide protections to women and workers at abortion clinics amid what advocacy groups say has been escalatingRead More

TORONTO — New Conservative leader Andrew Scheer is expected to gather with fellow members of Parliament and senators today on Parliament Hill for the first time since his win. The Saskatchewan MP and now Opposition leader clinched a victory in the 13th ballot against Quebec MP Maxime Bernier on SaturdayRead More

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is expected to bring in back-to-work legislation today to put an end to a strike by tens of thousands of construction workers. Premier Philippe Couillard said last week that he would set the wheels in motion to legislate an end to the strike if theRead More

Ontario ,Police in Sault Ste. Marie closed that city’s border crossing into the United States after an inert replica hand grenade was found in a vehicle on Sunday afternoon. Officers said they were called to the Canadian side of the border in the city at 2:20 p.m. after CBSA officersRead More

TAORMINA, Italy — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came out of the G7 summit Saturday calling it a success, even though the United States did not commit to the Paris climate accord. “Obviously, any new administration or any new government is going to have its own approach and its own priorities,”Read More

TORONTO — The final votes will be cast today for a new leader of the federal Conservative party. Some 259,000 people are eligible to vote, deciding between 13 candidates running the gamut from former cabinet ministers to one who has never held public office. All of the contenders made theirRead More

Quebec: Back in the early settler days, Quebec City residents would quickly spot the Beauce farmers among them because they were covered in mud from the long trek up the shores of the Chaudiere River — often on foot — to sell their animals and produce. They were called theRead More

TAORMINA, Italy — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met one-on-one with Donald Trump Saturday on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Sicily, where the U.S. president has been clashing with other leaders over climate change and free trade. Trudeau also had trade on his mind as he grabbed a fewRead More