TORONTO – A major newspaper has removed an opinion piece that urged readers to consider “both sides of the vaccine debate” from its website after the column was the subject of widespread online backlash. Adrienne Batra, editor in chief of the Toronto Sun, says in a post on Twitter thatRead More

OTTAWA – Manitoba is the latest province to be hit by rotating strikes by members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. CUPW says 1,500 members walked off the job in Winnipeg at 10 p.m. local time Sunday and that workers in Brandon, Man., set up picket lines at 12:01Read More

Doha: Long-awaited reform of Qatar’s controversial exit visa system, which requires foreign workers to obtain their bosses’ permission to leave the country, came into force on Sunday, the government said. “Law No 13 of 2018… regulating the entry, exit and residency of expatriates is being implemented starting today,” the interiorRead More

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has discussed the revamped North American trade deal with Mexico’s incoming president. In a statement today, Trudeau says he spoke with president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday, well before the Mexican leader begins his term on Dec. 1. The prime ministerRead More

TORONTO – Travellers driving across the border into Ontario will soon see signs put up by the government that say the province is open for business. Premier Doug Ford, who repeatedly promised such signs during the spring election campaign, says they will be set up in the coming weeks. TheRead More

OTTAWA — Canada Post employees were to shift their rotating strikes Friday into Sudbury, Ont., and Saint John, N.B., just after midnight. The job action followed walkouts Thursday in Sherbrooke, Que., Calgary, Red Deer, Alta., and Kelowna, B.C., that were all to end after one day. Nearly 9,000 members ofRead More

A team of private investigators assembled by the family of Barry and Honey Sherman to investigate the pair’s deaths found “failings and deficiencies” in the Toronto Police Service’s handling of the case and is now offering a $10 million reward for information that leads to an arrest. Family lawyer BrianRead More

OTTAWA — The federal government is warning newcomers that stiffer impaired driving and cannabis-related penalties could lead to their removal from Canada. The measures are part of the sweeping package of changes taking place as Canada becomes the first G7 country to legalize recreational cannabis use. The Cannabis Act includesRead More

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hosting the prime minister of the Netherlands in Ottawa today. Trudeau and Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus welcomed Mark Rutte with full military honours. Trudeau then held a meeting with Rutte in his Parliament Hill office.   Later this morning, Trudeau and Rutte willRead More

OTTAWA – Canada Post employees will continue rotating walkouts today in Sherbrooke, Que., Calgary and Kelowna, B.C., but the strike has ended in the Greater Toronto Area after two days of work stoppage forced the closure of the Crown corporation’s biggest sorting plants. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers announcedRead More