The York Region District School Board has parted ways with its director of education, less than a week after a report was released slamming the board and its trustees in the wake of several high-profile incidents of racism. Director J. Philip Parappally apologized at a board meeting last week forRead More

TORONTO — The Ontario government is considering a tax on non-resident speculators as it looks for ways to cool the hot housing market in the Greater Toronto Area. A spokeswoman for Premier Kathleen Wynne says the tax is one of the measures being examined as the province readies to unveilRead More

TORONTO – A report on auto insurance in Ontario has found that the province has the most expensive premiums despite also having one of the lowest levels of accidents and fatalities. The government-commissioned report calling Ontario’s auto insurance system “one of the least effective” in Canada was quietly posted onlineRead More

Ontario,  The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will be visiting Canada this summer. In a statement released Tuesday, Canada’s Governor General David Johnston announced that the Royal couple will be visiting Ontario and Nunavut between June 29 and July 1. “Sharon and I will be delighted toRead More

OTTAWA – The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in March hit a record high. The association says home sales over its Multiple Listings Service system increased by 1.1 per cent for the month to top the previous monthly record set in April 2016. More Coming.

TORONTO – The International Monetary Fund expects Canada’s economy will improve compared with last year, but not as much as the Bank of Canada predicted last week following unexpectedly robust growth on several fronts. The Washington-based organization continues to estimate Canada’s gross domestic product will grow by 1.9 per centRead More

OTTAWA — When Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai was speaking in Parliament last week, Kellie Leitch gave her seat to Conservative leadership rival Erin O’Toole’s daughter Mollie so she could bear witness to history alongside her dad. Leitch didn’t mind — she found a much better place to sit,Read More

Ontario:- Family and supporters of a young girl found dead near a Kenora, Ont., hospital last year are holding a vigil today to renew a demand for an inquest into her death. Azraya Ackabee-Kokopenace, 14, from Grassy Narrows First Nation was brought by provincial police to the hospital last April.Read More

Crews are continuing to clean up after police say a fire was deliberately set at a Weston church on Easter Sunday. According to investigators, a small fire broke out at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, located near Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue, at around 7:30 a.m. on Sunday.Read More

Ont:  Rabbit rescue organizations are preparing for an influx of surrendered and stray bunnies as Easter weekend comes to an end. Kaylie Ngo, president of London, Ont.,-based Hoppy Hearts, said the peak season for her rescue starts in June and July — and much of the volume stems from bunniesRead More