Subway service is suspended on Lines 1 and 2 after a suspicious package was found at Bloor-Yonge Station on Saturday afternoon, the TTC says. Police say they were called to the southbound platform of Line 1 at Bloor-Yonge at about 3:48 p.m. for a report of a “case” possibly leftRead More

TORONTO — One in four anglophone Canadians have cut the cord or are so-called “cord nevers” and don’t pay for a traditional TV service, while just over half are Netflix users, according to a report by the Media Technology Monitor. Based on telephone surveys with 4,156 Canadians conducted by ForumRead More

A union representing full-time faculty at York University is condemning the school for “misleading the public” about a four-week long strike involving contract faculty and other staff. In a message posted to its website, the York University Faculty Association said that it has become alarmed by the “hard-line approach” thatRead More

Premier Kathleen Wynne says a pre-election budget that will push the province into deficit territory for the next six years is not a last-ditch attempt to get votes but a continuation of her government’s efforts to respond to the real “anxieties” that many Ontarians are feeling. Wynne made the commentRead More

Ontario, The new social spending contained in Kathleen Wynne’s pre-election budget will be paid for by nearly $20 billion in new borrowing over the next three years and a quietly introduced personal income tax increase affecting almost two million Ontarians. The 2018 budget indicates the deficit is projected to beRead More

TORONTO – As the federal government moves to legalize marijuana for recreational users later this year, Ontario’s latest budget sheds light on the province’s approach to sales, distribution, enforcement and revenue expectations. – The Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation, an LCBO subsidiary created to manage sales and distribution of recreational potRead More

TORONTO – Ontario’s Liberal government will present its final budget today before voters head to the polls in early June. The 2018 budget caps off days of policy announcements that have seen the party pledge billions of dollars for health care and promise free child care for preschoolers. The governmentRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal government is poised to present its final budget before the June election on Wednesday, capping off days of policy announcements that have seen the party pledge billions for health care and promise free child care for preschoolers. The government has said the 2018 budget will runRead More

The union representing striking contract professors at York is condemning the university over its decision to force a ratification vote, calling it a “shameful abdication” of their responsibility to bargain. “Our members have been on strike for nearly a month. Our bargaining team has repeatedly called on York University toRead More

CHARLOTTETOWN – The Prince Edward Island government is going to allow up to four cannabis plants per home and consumption in designated areas. The province provided updated plans Tuesday for the sale of marijuana once the federal government has passed its legalization bill later this year. The Liberal provincial governmentRead More