Author: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in July climbed 16 per cent compared with June. The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in Canada for July was 279,509 units, up from 241,643 in June. The increase came as the annual pace […]

OTTAWA — The Canada Border Services Agency plans to implement an app that uses facial recognition technology to keep track of people who have been ordered to be deported from the country. The mobile reporting app would use biometrics to confirm a person’s identity and record their location data when they use the app to […]

INNISFIL, Ont. — Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after two 19-year-olds were shot by officers in Innisfil, with one of them dying. The Special Investigations Unit says officers were called to a residence Thursday afternoon about a family dispute. The agency says when officers arrived, there was an interaction involving the two men outside. It […]

A coroner’s inquest jury looking into the death of an Ontario First Nations woman has begun deliberating its findings and recommendations after hearing closing arguments in the case Thursday. Ruthann Quequish died on April 1, 2017 from ketoacidosis, a complication associated with diabetes, at her home in Kingfisher Lake First Nation after going to the […]

TORONTO — Marineland has been ordered to pay nearly $85,000 in fines and restitution after it was found guilty under Ontario’s animal cruelty laws of three charges related to its care of three black bears. The amount, which was jointly proposed by lawyers for the Crown and Marineland, includes a $15,000 fine for each of […]

OTTAWA — The $18.4 million CBC/Radio-Canada awarded in bonuses to its employees this year is shocking, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said. He also said bonuses at the public broadcaster aren’t justified because a government-owned corporation doesn’t face competition like in the private sector. “The juicy bonuses given under the pretext that without them we […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained 1.2 per cent Thursday in a broad-based rally, while U.S. markets also soared to trade near recent record highs. Markets rose in a broad-based rally on both sides of the border, led by gains in tech with the Nasdaq up 2.3 per cent. In New York, the Dow […]

It wasn’t until a cluster of Listeria cases emerged in Ontario that the federal health agency says it was able to find the source of an outbreak that’s now linked to three deaths and 20 infections. Ever since the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced a national recall of several Silk and Great Value plant-based milk […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained 1.2 per cent Thursday in a broad-based rally, while U.S. markets also soared higher, nearing recent record highs. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 272.71 points at 23,032.72. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 554.67 points at 40,563.06. The S&P 500 index was up […]

Less than two years after it first hit the skies, Canada Jetlines has grounded its planes and ceased operations amid a cash crisis that caused it to become the third Canadian carrier in less than a year to stop flying. The low-cost airline, which flew mainly to sun destinations out of Toronto on top of […]