TORONTO — Ontario should see more Indigenous people sitting on juries after the Progressive Conservative government’s budget bill comes into effect. Bill 100, which is in the final stages of being passed into law, includes a schedule that will change the way juries are selected. Jury source lists will come from the Ministry of Health’s […]
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pledged Thursday to pursue a coast-to-coast energy corridor, achieve Canadian oil independence by 2030 and adjust mortgage-lending rules with the aim of making home-buying more affordable. With the federal election less than six months away, Scheer used a speech Thursday in Toronto to share new elements of his economic […]
TORONTO — Ontario’s highest court says doctors in the province must give referrals for medical services that clash with their moral or religious beliefs. In a unanimous ruling released Wednesday, a three-judge panel dismissed an appeal seeking to overturn a divisional court decision that upheld the referral requirement The referral requirement is part of a […]
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has launched a public inquiry into money laundering, a crime the premier says has distorted the provincial economy, infiltrated casinos, fuelled the overdose crisis and increased the price of real estate. Premier John Horgan said Wednesday the impact of dirty money in the province was made clear by two […]
The search for a missing three-year-old boy is over after the child and his mother were found safe, Toronto police say. The two were found Tuesday near Lake Shore Boulevard West and Fort York Boulevard in Toronto at around 7:30 a.m. ET, Toronto police told HuffPost Canada. The pair was last seen by the boy’s […]
OTTAWA — “We have made sure that every single person crossing our borders, whether legally or illegally, gets processed according to all our rules. We have seen over the past years all around the world an increase in migration and in asylum seekers happening everywhere, and Canada is not immune to that. However, we have […]
From the focus of a Canada Post stamp, to being served at the White House in 2016, to the subject of a New York Times feature, we’re living in the golden age of the Nanaimo bar this year. And now McDonald’s Canada is joining the craze. This week, the popular fast-food chain introduced its “Great […]
VANCOUVER—A Metro Vancouver woman died with her husband and brother in a float plane crash in Alaska on Monday, and friends and family are remembering them as driven, passionate people who will be deeply missed. Elsa Wilk, 37, from Richmond, B.C., and Ryan Wilk, 39, originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, were married and lived […]
OTTAWA — Parliament Hill is going to the dogs today as veterinarians lobby MPs to authorize the use of medical cannabis for critters. The vets are bringing five dogs to the Hill to draw attention to what they see as glaring omissions in the legalized regimes for medical and recreational marijuana. The law does not […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Conrad Black, a former newspaper publisher who has written a flattering political biography of Trump. Black’s media empire once included the Chicago Sun-Times and The Daily Telegraph of London. He was convicted of fraud in 2007 and spent three and a half years in […]