Ottawa, June 15 More than 700 Canadian school employees committed or were alleged to have committed sexual offences against nearly 1,300 children over the past 20 years, according to a report released by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (CCCP). The report, a first-of-its kind study of child sexual abuseRead More

Toronto : There are reports of power outages and damage across the GTA after a quick spring storm swept across the region, bringing down trees and causing flooding. The downpour started at around 4:30 p.m. and lasted less than 30 minutes. However social media was quickly flooded with images ofRead More

TORONTO — An Ottawa-area legislator could become the interim leader of Ontario’s Liberals, who suffered a massive defeat in last week’s provincial election. The Liberal caucus, which was reduced to seven members, unanimously endorsed John Fraser for the position on Wednesday evening. Their selection will be voted on over theRead More

Striking contract faculty at York University will remain on the picket lines with two other bargaining units representing teaching assistants and other contract staff as a decision was not made on Wednesday night. The two bargaining committee representatives for Unit 2 of CUPE Local 3903 voted to send the university’sRead More

OTTAWA — Quebec MP Maxime Bernier says the controversial book chapter that cost him his job in the Conservative shadow cabinet has been available on his website for weeks. A tweet from Bernier, which followed his unceremonious removal Tuesday as the party’s innovation critic, suggests he doesn’t understand why heRead More

Toronto: The World Cup is coming to Canada and Toronto is ready and willing to play host to “as many games” as officials see fit, according to Mayor John Tory. A joint North American bid between Canada, the United States and Mexico was awarded the 2026 World Cup on WednesdayRead More

OTTAWA — Quebec MP Maxime Bernier says the controversial book chapter that cost him his job in the Conservative shadow cabinet has been available on his website for weeks. A tweet from Bernier, which followed his unceremonious removal Tuesday as the party’s innovation critic, suggests he doesn’t understand why heRead More

TORONTO – A spokesman for Doug Ford says Ontario’s incoming premier is determined to deliver on his campaign promise to scrap the “disastrous” cap-and-trade system and fight a federal carbon tax. Ford’s pledge is causing concern in Quebec, a province that introduced a cap-and-trade system in 2013 and shares aRead More

OTTAWA – The federal Liberal government is rejecting more than a dozen Senate amendments to its landmark law to legalize cannabis, including the upper chamber’s efforts to further limit – or ban outright – the ability to cultivate marijuana at home. In a motion put before the House of Commons,Read More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expressing the federal government’s support for Donald Trump’s efforts to broker a denuclearization deal with North Korea. But he’s taking the high road when it comes to the U.S. president’s ongoing trash talk against Canada. Trudeau says the Liberal government is looking forwardRead More