Author: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre is encouraging Prime Minister Mark Carney to adopt Conservative plans to deal with the country’s housing crisis, which he said is entering a new phase as prices begin to fall in some cities. At a press conference Tuesday in Brampton, Ont., the Conservative leader blamed Liberal policies for the housing crunch […]

OSHAWA — GM Canada says its previously announced plan to cut a shift at its Oshawa Assembly Plant won’t take effect until early 2026. The company provided new clarity on its timeline for the move after the union representing plant workers had initially said the shift cut was expected this fall. GM Canada spokeswoman Jennifer […]

An aviation expert and former pilot says it will be a challenge to repair the WestJet plane that landed roughly in St. Maarten on the weekend and shut down the Caribbean island’s airport for a day. Keith Mackey says the next step is to move the plane to a safe facility and assess whether or […]

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says growth in overall housing starts was flat during the first half of the year compared with 2024, though there were significant regional differences. The agency says cities like Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa and Halifax built homes at paces that were either at or near records or in line with […]

Hamilton police say they have charged a second man with first-degree murder in the shooting death of an international student from India, the third arrest in the case. Harsimrat Randhawa, a 21-year-old student at Mohawk College, was shot dead while she stood near a bus stop in the area of Upper James Street and South […]

TORONTO — Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment has partnered with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills to help grow football in Canada. A joint statement released Tuesday by MLSE and the Bills said the aim of the partnership to build connections with Canadian football fans via MLSE’s sports teams. It will include youth camps with the Argos, […]

In what’s shaping up to be the world’s biggest mining deal of the past decade, Teck Resources Ltd. has agreed to a tie-up with London-headquartered Anglo American PLC to create a copper-focused giant worth about $70 billion. The companies have proposed the deal as a “merger of equals,” even though Anglo American is worth more […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford wants municipalities to get rid of automated speed cameras — or else he will. The City of Toronto says several automated speed cameras were cut down or vandalized in recent days, part of an ongoing trend. Ford calls the cameras nothing more than a cash grab for the city. […]

The mayor of Barrie, Ont., has declared a state of emergency over homeless encampments in the city, citing concerns about public safety as a justification for the decision. Alex Nuttall says while he understands homelessness is a complex issue, encampments have resulted in health and safety issues for the community as well as damage to […]

Even when schools across Canada shifted to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rob Hammond’s autistic daughter attended in-person classes in their Ontario cottage country town. The Parry Sound, Ont., school had made learning spaces available for students with special needs so they could learn and socialize with their classmates and teachers. Now in Grade […]