Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Leader John Hogan triggered an election for Oct. 14 on Monday, the last day possible to make the call under the province’s fixed date election rules.
Mr. Hogan visited Government House along with his wife, Gillian, and their dog, Rooney, to ask Lieutenant-Governor Joan Marie Aylward to dissolve the House of Assembly.
Phil Arens spreads a stack of lab reports across his dining room table, jabbing at test results showing how heavily his well has been laced with “forever chemicals” seeping downhill from North Bay’s airport.
“It really bounces around,” says the plumbing contractor. “Here I am at 93, then 48, 11, 35, 31 – then there was 226. That was last August. It doesn’t make a lot of sense.”
The leaders of Canada, France, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and Britain held a call on Monday to discuss the situation in the Middle East, the office of Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement.
“All leaders agreed that the focus must remain on advancing peace and security, including reaching a lasting ceasefire, securing the release of all hostages and the disarmament of Hamas, and scaling up flows of life-saving assistance for Palestinian civilians,” it said.
Ontario’s education minister has instructed licensed daycare providers to immediately prevent the use of parking spaces directly adjacent to child-care facilities, according to a memo obtained by The Canadian Press, days after a toddler was killed when an SUV crashed into a daycare north of Toronto.
Paul Calandra – who first proposed the measures several days ago – said in the memo sent to daycares Monday that the goal is to “better safeguard” children and child-care providers.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is adding proof of citizenship markers to driver’s licences and other forms of identification to streamline services and prevent election fraud.
Smith told reporters in Calgary the change would make it easier for students and the disabled to get funding, as they already have to prove Canadian citizenship to do so.
A fiscal update released Monday shows British Columbia’s provincial outlook has declined and the government’s deficit will rise in the current fiscal year to a record $11.6-billion, in part due to U.S. tariffs and a slowdown in the housing market.
But mostly, the rise in red ink is a result of the NDP government’s elimination of the carbon tax.
Voters in Newfoundland and Labrador will be heading to the polls on Oct. 14.
Liberal Leader John Hogan, who was sworn into office in May, is seeking his first electoral win as premier. His party has been in power for 10 years, and he said the Liberals still have important work to do.
Toronto police say a 12-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man are facing charges including second-degree murder after a homeless man died as a result of several violent attacks on people in the city's downtown core.
The family of a toddler killed when an SUV drove into a daycare north of Toronto is speaking out and demanding change to boost safety in all childcare facilities.
One-and-a-half-year-old Liam Riazati died Wednesday after a vehicle drove into a Richmond Hill, Ont., daycare, leaving six young children and three adults injured.
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As we continue to experience longer and more destructive wildfire seasons, there have been many stories about the effect the smoke pollution has on our personal health. Today, we have a story about how it is affecting landscapes far beyond the reach of the flames.
Peyto Glacier in Alberta on September 4, 2024. “The dark ice clearly shows the impact of soot, dust and algae in darkening the ice surface.”, Dr. John Pomeroy, Director of the Global Water Futures Programme – the largest, and most published university-led freshwater research project in the world. Algae on the glacier accounts for 10% of glacial melt. The blooms also hold ash from wildfires and feed on it as a food source, holding the dark ash on the surface of the glacier for years.
The Montreal mother who abandoned her three-year-old girl in a rural Ontario field in June has been declared not criminally responsible for the crime.
Quebec court Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud ruled on Monday that the 34-year-old woman could not be held criminally responsible by way of mental disorder. She had been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm and unlawful abandonment of a child.
The court heard testimony on whether the woman – whose name cannot be published to protect the identity of her daughter – should remain detained or be released while she receives medical treatment for schizoaffective disorder, which involves symptoms of schizophrenia and another mood disorder.
Three people are facing charges after they allegedly set a fire at a Sioux Lookout apartment complex. An Ontario Provincial Police patch is seen in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
A 12-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man are facing charges including second-degree murder after a homeless man died as a result of several violent attacks on people in Toronto’s downtown core, police said Monday.
Toronto police Det. Sgt. Stacey McCabe said the attacks targeted vulnerable people and took place between 5:45 a.m. and 8:07 a.m. on Aug. 31.
Toronto police say four people were killed overnight after a vehicle struck a wall and caught fire. A Toronto Police Service logo patch is shown in Toronto, on September 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Bartenders at Chicago Pub & Billiards in Cambridge were left starstruck after Justin Bieber made an unexpected visit on Sept. 10. The singer-songwriter spent the evening playing pool, singing karaoke and posing for fan photos.
A rise in manufacturing sales in July could indicate early signs of a recovery after the sector was hit hard by tariffs, one economist says.
Statistics Canada reported on Monday that manufacturing sales rose 2.5 per cent to $70.3-billion in July, helped by strength in the transportation equipment subsector.