A second teenaged boy pleaded guilty to sexual assault with a weapon in a Nova Scotia youth court Monday in relation to a violent hockey hazing incident at a team gathering last fall. The boy, now aged 15, also pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault.

Getting a timely referral to a medical specialist now takes so long in Ontario that patients are reduced to scouring Facebook and WhatsApp groups to find where help is available, the association representing the province’s physicians says.

Good morning. Canada and the U.S. seem on track to return to the table for trade talks. More on that below, along with youth-led protests in Europe and this year’s Silver Cross Mother.

Provincial police in Ontario say four people have died after a single-vehicle crash in Puslinch, Ont.

Good morning. Canada is preparing for a world of increasingly complex security threats in a new federal national-security strategy, from cyberattacks and economic coercion to the possibility of a major war. More on that below, along with data breaches targeting some of Canada’s largest corporate law firms and Ontario’s worsening fiscal outlook.