Ottawa, The United Nations Children’s Fund is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to use his coming speech at the General Assembly to push for progress on saving young mothers and newborns in the developing world. The call for action comes as UNICEF released a report Tuesday morning that showedRead More

Richmond/B.C. – A tentative deal has been reached in the British Columbia teachers’ strike, a mediator confirmed Tuesday. The breakthrough in negotiations came on the fifth day of talks at a Richmond, B.C., hotel between the union and the employers’ association with the help of Vince Ready. Ready, known forRead More

Toronto, Canada is donating $2.5 million worth of the specialized medical gear used to protect health-care workers who are treating Ebola patients in West Africa, the federal government announced late Monday. Health Minister Rona Ambrose said the equipment — known as personal protective equipment or PPE — will be givenRead More

Toronto, Rob Ford is waiting for the results of a lung biopsy following a scope conducted Monday. The Toronto mayor, who was hospitalized and diagnosed with an abdominal tumour last week, is waiting for test results to determine the severity of his tumour. Right now, it’s unclear whether the massRead More

Edmonton, Alberta is to officially get a new premier today. Jim Prentice is to be sworn in as the 16th leader of the province this afternoon by Alberta’s lieutenant governor during a ceremony at Government House in Edmonton. His cabinet members, whose names have yet to be revealed, will also beRead More

Toronto, Tickets for next year’s Pan Am Games — including the opening ceremony, a one-night-only show by Cirque du Soleil — go on sale this morning. Sports fans can request tickets to watch 41 countries from the Americas and the Caribbean fight for the gold in Toronto and other OntarioRead More

Toronto, Coun. Jaye Robinson threw her support behind mayoral candidate John Tory Monday, saying she believes that his transit plan is the best for the city and that he will be able to work with others. “John’s got a plan. He knows that transit is one of our number oneRead More

Ottawa – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says the beheading of British aid worker David Haines, likely by a fellow countryman-turned-terrorist, is a horrific atrocity by Islamic State militants. Baird offers that assessment after attending an international conference in Paris, where diplomats around the world gathered to plot strategy againstRead More

Toronto, A spokesman for Ward 12 candidate Lekan Olawoye says the campaign has been the target of vandalism for the second time in recent months after the door to Olawoye’s Eglinton Avenue office was smashed in over the weekend. Matt McNama, Olawoye’s deputy campaign manager, said police have been notifiedRead More

Tornoto, Doug Ford is sitting out another day of campaigning as his family awaits further information on Mayor Rob Ford’s condition. An upset-looking Ford visited his brother in hospital Sunday and told reporters that the family should know more about his condition within the next few days. “He’s in aRead More