OTTAWA — Four in every 10 children residing in Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s downtown Toronto riding live in poverty, one of the highest rates identified in a new report tracking child poverty rates across all 338 federal ridings. The anti-poverty advocacy group behind the report, Campaign 2000, hopes the dataRead More

Toronto: Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for a wide swath of southern Ontario, including Toronto and the GTA. The weather agency says that conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could produce damaging wind gusts of 100 km/h and torrential downpours of 25 to 50Read More

Toronto: More than 1,000 contract faculty at York University will return to work today after a 15-week strike but it remains unclear when classes will resume Members of CUPE 3903 Unit 2 are scheduled to return to work this morning after voting to accept the school’s offer last week butRead More

Toronto: After a re-vote, striking contract faculty at York University will return to work on Monday. Members of Unit 2 of CUPE Local 3903 voted in favour of the school’s latest offer on Wednesday night but the result was overturned by the local’s parent union amid “significant discrepancies.” The representativesRead More

OTTAWA — Wanted: social media celebrities to warn teens of the risks of vaping. Health Canada is looking for a contractor to develop, implement and report on a national vaping awareness program, including finding social media influencers that teens might be willing to listen to. “Canadians look for information fromRead More

Hamilton: A Hamilton police officer has been charged in connection with a number of sexual assaults predating his employment with the force. Police confirmed the arrest of the 34-yeaer-old officer in a news release issued late Friday night. They say that all of the alleged offences took place between 2012Read More

OTTAWA — The Mexican government is taking a Conservative MP to task for implying that many Mexican visitors to Canada are involved in the illegal drug trade. Sarnia, Ont., MP Marilyn Gladu made the suggestion Wednesday during debate on the Trudeau government’s bill to legalize recreational marijuana. Her reference toRead More

OTTAWA — Societies governing the legal profession have the right to deny accreditation to a proposed law school at a Christian university in British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. In a pair of keenly anticipated decisions Friday, the high court said law societies in Ontario and BritishRead More

OTTAWA — The Canadian Real Estate Association is lowering its national home sales forecast for this year due to weaker sales in B.C. and Ontario. The industry association which represents about 100,000 real estate agents across Canada said Friday it now expects home sales this year to fall 11 perRead More

TORONTO — Clinicians and researchers attending an international conference say all Canadian children should be vaccinated against hepatitis B starting at birth to prevent the development of potentially deadly liver disease later in life, a policy recommended by the World Health Organization. Currently, most provinces and territories immunize children againstRead More