MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Walmart Canada says it will spend $175 million to help upgrade its stores across the country and improve the integration between its e-commerce business and physical locations. The company plans to renovate 23 stores by February 2019 in a move that it says will create more thanRead More

TORONTO — An interim sexual-education curriculum introduced by Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government discriminates against some students and puts them at greater risk of sexual violence, the province’s human rights commission said Tuesday as it joined a legal challenge of the document. The interim curriculum, which replaces a modernized version draftedRead More

EDMONTON — Marijuana company Aurora Cannabis Inc. has applied to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. The shares are expected to trade in New York under the ticker symbol ACB, the same as its listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Edmonton-based company says the listing isRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s attorney general says the province will launch a public awareness campaign when recreational cannabis is legalized to promote social responsibility and highlight the dangers of using the drug. During a speech at the Empire Club, Caroline Mulroney says the ads will begin running next week and willRead More

SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Residents of a Saint John, N.B., neighbourhood that was the scene of a massive oil refinery explosion have been warned of possible “flare-ups” as the facility restabilizes. The City of Saint John posted on social media Monday evening that emergency management officials remained on site toRead More

Toronto: Mayoral candidate Jennifer Keesmaat has unveiled her plans to transform three “under-utilized” city-owned golf courses into community spaces. Speaking with reporters at Rouge National Urban Park in Scarborough on Monday morning, Keesmaat said the three outdoor spaces “don’t represent a good use of public land” as they are operatingRead More

Brampton : Crews are working to stamp out multiple fires that broke out at a food processing facility in Brampton Sunday night. Emergency crews were called to a commercial building in the area of Tomken and Wilkinson roads just after 9:30 p.m. They arrived to find heavy black smoke billowingRead More

Brampton: Peel Regional Police say they are looking for witnesses after a 21-year-old man was found with life-threatening injuries at an outdoor shopping centre in Brampton early Saturday morning. Police say the man was at the shopping centre at 30 Great Lakes Drive between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. onRead More

Toronto: Toronto police say a man whose body was found behind a community centre in Riverside on Friday morning was murdered. The man – identified by police Sunday as 67-year-old Clark Sissons of Toronto – was found at the rear of the Ralph Thornton Community Centre at around 7:40 a.m.Read More

MONTREAL – The union representing CN Rail mechanics and electricians says benefits and the contracting out of repair and overhaul work are key issues as negotiations begin on a new collective agreement. Unifor National president Jerry Dias says workers are frustrated that work they have historically done is being contractedRead More