Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Ontario government engineers who are participating in rotating strikes amid contract negotiations are alleging the province is now unlawfully locking them out and interfering with their right to strike. Members of the Professional Engineers Government of Ontario, which represents more than 600 professional engineers and land surveyors who work for the province, have […]

OTTAWA — A Conservative MP wants Parliament to undo changes made by the Liberals last year that brought natural health products under the same regulations as pharmaceuticals. The new rules mean Health Canada can demand that stores pull products such as supplements and homeopathic medicines off their shelves if they are found to be a […]

The Ontario government says a man has been fined $3,000 after a bullet he fired at a squirrel travelled past his yard and narrowly missed an employee of a Huron County township. The Ministry of Natural Resources says the man from St. Helens pleaded guilty to careless hunting and is banned from having any hunting […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s housing agency says risks remain in the mortgage market as over a million contracts are up for renewal next year while a growing share of new mortgages are being issued by alternative lenders. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says in its latest residential mortgage industry report that 1.2 million mortgages are up […]

TORONTO — Canada coach Jesse Marsch has summoned 19 MLS players to a camp in Toronto ahead of the full men’s team getting together for the two-legged CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal later this month against Suriname. Canada, ranked 35th in the world, opens the series against No. 136 Suriname on Nov. 15 in Paramaribo. The […]

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Peel Regional Police say three people have been arrested and charged after violence erupted Sunday as Indian consular officials visited a Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont. Social-media posts on the weekend appeared to show demonstrators holding banners in support in support of a separate Sikh country called Khalistan clashing with others, including […]

TORONTO — Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. says it earned a third-quarter profit of US$129 million from its stake in the asset management business it owns with Brookfield Corp. The company, which owns about a 27 per cent stake in the asset management business that is 73 per cent owned by Brookfield Corp., says its net […]

OTTAWA — Oil and gas producers in Canada will be required to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about one-third over the next eight years under new regulations being published today by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. The regulations, still only in draft format and about two years behind schedule, could further strain relations between Ottawa and […]

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the provinces’ premiers, asking them to eliminate their sales taxes on new homes that are under $1 million. It follows Poilievre’s own pledge last week that if he becomes prime minister, he will axe the federal sales tax on new homes sold for under $1 million. […]

When Taylor Swift swings through Vancouver in December, Mikaela St Louis will be among the pop star’s most prepared fans. The long-term care nurse based in Campbell River, B.C., will travel to one of the shows with 275 Swift-inspired friendship bracelets she made over the last few months. “We don’t have a ton of stores […]