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Ontario Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton is leaving the Progressive Conservative caucus to take a job in the private sector.  McNaughton is 3rd cabinet minister to vacate post in as many weeks. Ontario Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton is leaving the Progressive Conservative caucus to take a job in the …

Seven months after a young Ukrainian hockey team captured the hearts of Canadians at the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament, six of the boys who have returned to the province to study and play hockey this year find themselves unable to go to school. Almost three weeks after arriving in …

In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we look at what effect the recent California lawsuit against oil and gas companies might have in Canada, and what a greenbelt is actually meant to accomplish.  Also: What’s a greenbelt supposed to do? Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. …

Iqaluit RCMP say they’ve charged three women with fraud over $5,000 for claiming Inuit status. Twin sisters Amira and Nadya Gill, as well as the woman who claims to be their adoptive mother Karima Manji, face two charges each. The allegations are that the women used their status “to defraud …

A $300,000 certified cheque is missing after it was sent through Canada Post registered mail from Ontario to Quebec. The only way to get a new one leaves the man who sent it liable if the original is cashed by the wrong person. Certified cheques are ‘almost as good as …

The ongoing strike by autoworkers at automotive plants in the United States will idle manufacturing plants in Canada in a matter of days, according to industry experts.  UAW has threatened to expand strike action if no ‘serious progress’ in negotiations. The ongoing strike by autoworkers at automotive plants in the …

Following Canada’s accusation this week that agents with connections to the Indian government were responsible for the fatal shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada’s Five Eyes allies have been reluctant to wade too deeply into the incident. Here’s what you need to know about the intelligence alliance, and how it …

Mississauga East-Cooksville MPP Kaleed Rasheed has resigned from cabinet and the Ontario Progressive Conservative caucus in the wake of an integrity commissioner probe into the province’s Greenbelt land swap. Rasheed’s resignation comes after reporting from CTV and the Trillium questioned the timeline about a trip to Las Vegas. The province’s …

Four wildfire fighters are dead after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 1 about 70 kilometres west of Kamloops, police say.  Subcontractors were driving home from fighting fires when their pickup hit a semi near Walhachin, B.C. Four wildfire fighters are dead after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 1 about 70 …

The Canadian Army has dozens of older troop carriers it plans to send to the scrapheap this year — even though a private company has offered to refurbish them for use in Ukraine.  Private company has offered to refurbish the vehicles for Ukraine’s war effort. The Canadian Army has dozens …