TORONTO — Provincial politicians are returning to the Ontario legislature Tuesday for the first time in 21 weeks with some new faces thanks to three byelections, a rejigged cabinet and a new cloud of scandal hanging over the government’s head. The spotlight in question period is expected to largely focus on Colleges and Universities Minister […]

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TORONTO — The next leader of Toronto is set to be decided on Monday, as Olivia Chow looks to hold off a challenge from city councillor Brad Bradford in what’s shaped up to be one of the most tightly contested re-election bids by a sitting mayor. Some pollsters who had Chow leading Bradford by double […]

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It’s election day in Ontario, with voters in more than 400 municipalities set to pick their local representatives. The election is headlined by mayoral races in Toronto, Mississauga and Ottawa, with recent polls showing all three to be closely fought. Incumbent Olivia Chow is looking to hold off city councillor Brad Bradford in Toronto, while […]

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OTTAWA — First Nations leaders are meeting today with Prime Minister Mark Carney and some of the country’s premiers in what Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak is calling a historic occasion. The meeting comes as Prime Minister Mark Carney works to speed up major project approvals and development — efforts some […]

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First Nations leaders and Canada's first ministers will meet in Ottawa to discuss Indigenous rights for the first time in two decades, amid warnings and a planned protest against what the Assembly of First Nations is calling an "historic gathering."

Documents obtained by Go Public show Air Canada told passengers their flights were cancelled for safety-related aircraft maintenance, making them ineligible for compensation. But the planes they had been scheduled to fly on were fine and the airline used them for other routes.

Vancouver's James Howard is paying $90,000 a month for a new pancreatic cancer treatment that may add a few more months to his life. But, he's far from the only Canadian who is faced with having to find the means to access new cancer medicines at high costs and it's an issue that front-line oncologists across the country say is pushing public health care past a breaking point.

Canada's economy is weak, but inflation is rising. The Bank of Canada has to choose which problem to take on. Raising interest rates will weaken the economy further while lowering rates would make inflation worse. The central bank decides what to do on Wednesday.

Despite U.S. officials repeatedly warning Canada not to get involved in the upcoming U.S. midterms, U.S. President Donald Trump has his own track record of weighing in on foreign elections.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is set to face questions about affordability, health care and data centres when the legislature resumes Tuesday. The sitting begins with a speech from the throne outlining session priorities for Moe’s Saskatchewan Party government. After the speech, the Opposition NDP says the grilling begins, starting with affordability. “It’s getting […]

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A panel of federal appellate judges on Sunday questioned the timing, constitutionality and authority of the Justice Department’s demand that California election officials set aside thousands of mail ballots from people the federal government suspects may not be citizens. During rare weekend arguments, two of the three judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of […]

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EDMONTON — Elections Alberta says it has completed an unofficial hand-count of ballots submitted in the October 19 referendum. The agency says it has counted more than 20 million ballots in the referendum, which would be the highest number cast in any Canadian electoral event. The unofficial results show a majority of Albertans voted “yes” […]

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It was another dominant team win for the Prince Albert Mintos as they swept their two-game weekend slate at the Art Hauser Centre against the Yorkton Maulers. The Mintos scored 14 goals in the two games while allowing just four, displaying their consistent ability to generate offence and play great defence. The Mintos spread their […]

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OTTAWA — The British government has turned down Ottawa’s attempts to have it join the international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, though London says it will work in lockstep with Canada to meet NATO spending targets. The DSRB is meant to reduce borrowing costs for military spending by pooling credit strength among allies. Canada has […]

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Two Catholic bishops have expressed regret about agreeing to a White House meeting that produced a publicly distributed photo of them praying with President Donald Trump. Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob, in a statement titled “A Public Apology,” said Sunday that he had received many questions and comments — some of them distraught — about the […]

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