TORONTO — It will be several days before 70,000 Ontario high school students can return to class after the New Democrats delayed Monday the passage of new legislation that would force striking teachers back to work. The Liberal government tabled back-to-work legislation after an arm of the Ontario Labour RelationsRead More

TORONTO – Ontario is delaying tax credit cuts for some film producers after the industry complained the changes would hurt productions that are already underway. The budget, likely to be passed soon, contains cuts to the Ontario Production Services Tax Credit and the Ontario Computer Animation and Special Effects TaxRead More

OTTAWA — Trade talks have stalled between Canada and Japan — one of the Harper government’s priority countries for a breakthrough — because the Asian country has lost interest, The Canadian Press has learned. An internal memo from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development says the level ofRead More

TORONTO — Education Minister Liz Sandals says it’s disappointing mediated talks with secondary school teachers failed to result in an agreement, but she remains committed to reaching a negotiated settlement. However, Sandals said in a statement Sunday that if she gets word from the Education Relations Commission that the schoolRead More

Toronto, Mayor John Tory and TTC Chair Josh Colle are expected to make a “important transit announcement’ at a bus stop in Scarborough this afternoon. The announcement has been scheduled for a bus shelter on the south side of Kennedy Road at Glamorgan Avenue at 3 p.m. It is notRead More

“This highly publicized case involved a 15-year-old boy who did nothing more than sit in a car while his brother made a series of bad decisions which cost him his life,” lawyer Michael Corey writes. “Marc is a child and deserves to be treated as such.” Given the seriousness ofRead More

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — There are reports that two Canadians have died in a boating accident in Mexico. Two Mexican media outlets are reporting the Canadians were on board a sailboat that ran into strong winds earlier this week on Lake Chapala near Guadalajara. The Guadalajara publication Informador reports on itsRead More

Mississauga, One male is in critical condition after he was struck and injured at a party in Mississauga Friday night. It happened near Britannia Road West and Queen Street North. Police said some sort of altercation broke out at the party and the male was struck. He was taken toRead More

TORONTO — TVO says it is backing out of a documentary about Premier Kathleen Wynne because of concerns about its “editorial integrity.” The documentary had been commissioned from White Pine Pictures and TVO says it insisted “there be a journalistic treatment” of the film, including hiring a journalist as theRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s premier is raising the possibility of back-to-work legislation for striking teachers, as thousands of students have been out of school for nearly five weeks. The Liberal government is waiting on a ruling from the Ontario Labour Relations Board on the legality of the strikes, and is alsoRead More