TORONTO — First Nations leaders from northern Ontario declared a public-health emergency on Wednesday related to what they called a dire shortage of basic medical supplies and an epidemic of suicides among young people. The declaration — essentially a desperate plea for help — calls for urgent action from theRead More

Ontario : Some GTA school boards have cancelled buses this morning due to a winter storm headed our way. Here is a full list of school bus cancellations and weather-related closures: School bus cancellations: York Catholic and York Region District school boards: All buses cancelled, schools remain open (Richmond Hill’sRead More

TORONTO — The case involving two top aides to former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty has been put over for a month. Ex-chief of staff David Livingston and his deputy, Laura Miller, face charges of breach of trust and mischief. The case relates to the destruction of email records around aRead More

TORONTO — Motorists and most homeowners in Ontario will be among those to feel the first effects of the Liberal government’s cap-and-trade plan, paying more for gasoline and natural gas. Premier Kathleen Wynne revealed some of the impacts on consumers Wednesday, such as an increase of about 4.3 cents aRead More

TORONTO – Former premier Dalton McGuinty returns to the Ontario legislature tonight for the unveiling of his official portrait. McGuinty has maintained a low public profile since he resigned in Oct. 2012 in the middle of a scandal over his government’s decision to cancel two gas plants at a costRead More

TORONTO — Ontario will spend $100 million over the next three years on a long-term strategy to end violence against indigenous women, most of it on support for families. Indigenous women are three times more likely to experience violence and to be murdered than other women in Ontario, Premier KathleenRead More

OTTAWA – The Crown’s case against Sen. Mike Duffy relies on stitching together snippets from days of testimony and thousands of pages of evidence, all of which actually prove the controversial senator committed no crime, Duffy’s lawyer said Tuesday. Over the 10 months of Duffy’s trial on 31 charges ofRead More

Ontario: A winter storm watch has been issued for parts of the GTA and southern Ontario ahead of a major storm expected to arrive Wednesday. Included in the watch are Caldeon, Newmarket, Georgina, and northern York Region as well as many other southern Ontario cities. “A low pressure area emergingRead More

TORONTO — Premier Kathleen Wynne will issue a formal apology in the Ontario legislature today for a 1912 regulation that banned elementary school teachers from speaking French. Wynne will apologize on behalf of the Ontario government for Regulation 17, which was enforced for 15 years before it fell into abeyanceRead More

BATHURST, N.B. – The airport in Bathurst, N.B., has reopened and flights have resumed after a hazmat team cleared a package containing what was described as potentially radioactive material. A spokeswoman with the Bathurst Regional Airport said crew discovered the package was dented while being unloaded from an Air CanadaRead More