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.

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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.

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In this first episode of Talking Heads, Andrew Coyne discusses Canada’s economy, debt and productivity with economist Don Drummond. Plus, Andrew compares today’s economy with the early early nineties, when more than a third of federal taxes went to servicing debt.

Bushby began his journey at 29, leaving his home, walking to a Royal Air Force base near Oxford and catching a flight to South America. He returned to Hull decades later, greyer and more weathered, after a journey that spanned much of his adult life.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration has the 'concept' of a new trade deal with Canada, but declined to offer details.

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.

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

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Canada and the EU have signed agreements to pursue a much closer relationship. Both Prime Minister Mark Carney and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen describe it as a step on the path to 'associate membership' in the EU.

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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.

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