Toronto:- A North York city councillor is pushing for people who use or train guide dogs to be exempted from a new law banning choke chains and pronged dog collars. The bylaw, which was approved by council in January and went into effect last month, has been criticized by aRead More

OTTAWA — The federal minister in charge of crafting a national child care plan says that if the Liberals are going to take gender equity seriously, then they must do the same when it comes to the soaring cost of child care. Child care costs across the country, which canRead More

OTTAWA — The deadline for Conservative leadership contenders to sign up new members has passed. Kevin O’Leary was among the first out of the blocks to declare his membership total after the midnight cut-off, with an email blast declaring he had enlisted 33,336 members in 69 days. Lisa Raitt toldRead More

MONTREAL — Bombardier’s senior executives saw their compensation rise by nearly 50 per cent last year at a time when it laid off thousands of workers, sought government aid and saw the first CSeries passenger jet take flight. Total compensation for the Montreal-based company’s top five executives and board chairmanRead More

TORONTO – Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa confirmed Monday he plans to include housing affordability measures in his upcoming budget. Premier Kathleen Wynne has said her government is working on a “comprehensive set of plans,” to deal with rising home prices in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), asRead More

TORONTO — More than a year before Ontario’s Liberal government announced in 2015 that it would partially privatize Hydro One, polling it commissioned showed strong opposition to the idea. That opposition has not waned in the years since, with a large majority of respondents consistently saying they’re against the saleRead More

TORONTO — Three out of four Canadians received a hip or knee replacement, cataract surgery, hip fracture repair or cancer radiation therapy within the recommended wait times for those priority procedures, although there was often wide variation from one province to another, researchers say. A report by the Canadian InstituteRead More

Ottawa, March 27 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals will introduce legislation in the coming weeks which would legalise the recreational use of marijuana in Canada by the middle of next year, reports said on Monday. Trudeau’s Liberal caucus was briefed on the timeline for the proposed measure during a weekendRead More

OTTAWA — A Trudeau cabinet minister entrusted with bringing high-level talent to Canada hopes new budgetary measures will help his determined efforts to recruit brains from abroad. Following last week’s federal budget, Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains feels he has even more to offer top-notch workers, scientists and scholars whoRead More

The Canadian Federation of Humane Societies says a new code of practice for egg farmers will help reduce the extreme stress suffered by egg-laying hens and give consumers some assurance about the term “cage-free.” The National Farm Animal Care Council code calls for producers to work toward phasing out theRead More