Author: The Canadian Press

LONDON — Some U.S. lawmakers pressed Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday to do something about wildfires that are sending smoke south of the border. Dozens of fires burning in northern Ontario have forced people from their communities and destroyed homes in Namaygoosisagagun First Nation north of Thunder Bay. Smoke from those fires has blanketed […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s chief of staff is cutting the size of the office by 10 jobs and about $1 million. Ford has increasingly come under fire for the size of his office as its size and cost has grown at a rate his critics say does not fit with his mantra of […]

Outdoor workers donned masks, took more breaks or stayed home altogether Thursday as wildfire smoke continued to waft across Ontario and health officials raised concerns. Environment Canada said the air quality in Toronto continues to be “very high risk,” with warnings in place from Thunder Bay to Windsor and Kingston. An orange air quality warning […]

Ontario’s police watchdog says a man was seriously injured after Toronto police fired several stun guns at him. The Special Investigations Unit says police responded to reports of an assault in North York early Tuesday morning. The police watchdog says officers shot multiple stun guns at the 36-year-old man during his arrest. He was taken […]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the practice of Toronto-area members of his caucus billing taxpayers for thousands of dollars’ worth of hotel stays in the city is “unacceptable” and has told them to reimburse the money. Publicly available expense records show that some of Ford’s cabinet ministers and other caucus members who live in and […]

Outdoor workers are donning masks, taking breaks or staying home altogether as wildfire smoke wafts across southern Ontario and health officials raise concerns. Environment Canada says the air quality in Toronto continues to be “very high risk,” with warnings in place from Windsor to Kingston. Chris Smith, who runs Toronto home building company Woodsmith Construction, […]

TORONTO — Corus Entertainment Inc. says it will centralize some production of its Global News broadcasts for Alberta while cutting an undisclosed number of roles. The Toronto-based company said the move is part of programming changes across the country that are meant to improve efficiency and allow it to continue producing journalism. Corus spokesperson Annie […]

TORONTO — When Clement Virgo read a book about an enslaved teenager who fled to Canada, he was captivated by the story, but after helming the harrowing CBC miniseries “The Book of Negroes,” the Toronto director was hesitant to take on another historical adaptation. “I didn’t want to make another costume drama about the effects […]

LONDON — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government is spending $2 billion over the next four years to build up Canada’s fleet of armoured vehicles. The planned addition of 190 armoured combat support vehicles will bring the military’s total fleet up to 550 vehicles. Carney is in London, Ont., today at the Canadian […]

A trade union representing railworkers is calling on Canadian National Railway to stop operating through active wildfire zones after a crew had to be evacuated from a train that was engulfed in fire. A video of the incident shared widely on social media showed orange-red flames closing in on the train as trees burned on […]