Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — A regulator-led survey of Ontario mutual fund dealers based out of big banks finds a sizable minority are not always acting in the interests of clients. The survey of close to 3,000 dealers by the Ontario Securities Commission and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization found that 25 per cent say customers have at […]

TORONTO — An Ontario court has dismissed the province’s attempt to appeal a court order that temporarily stopped it from ripping up three major Toronto bike lanes. Cycling advocates say the court’s decision is a victory, and means Ontario can’t remove the bike lanes until a judge has had the chance to rule on a […]

TORONTO — Peel police say they’ve now arrested five people in a string of violent robberies targeting South Asian people in Brampton, Ont., including members of the LGBTQ+ community. Investigators say on three occasions in April and May, the suspects engaged with victims via social media and arranged in-person meetings under false pretences. They allege […]

TORONTO — Doctors say the advent of AI and a lack of access to primary care are feeding a rising trend in people trying to diagnose and treat themselves online. They say the risks include trying remedies posted on social media that are unsafe, delaying seeking legitimate medical treatment and being financially exploited by paying […]

THUNDER BAY — Impala Platinum Holding Ltd. plans to end production at its Lac des Iles mine in northwestern Ontario at the end of May next year due to low palladium prices. The South African company currently employs about 750 people at the mine north of Thunder Bay, Ont. The operation includes underground and surface […]

HALIFAX — A new report by a think tank says Halifax has some of the highest child care costs among major Canadian cities. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the median fee for daycare in Halifax was $24 a day per child as of April. That puts Halifax as the sixth most expensive city […]

EDMONTON — Canadian summer camp organizers say they expect a ripple effect of bolstered emergency plans and preparations this summer after more than two dozen campers and camp counsellors were killed by severe flash floods in Texas on Friday. “I would be shocked if there aren’t a lot of people that are looking at this […]

Police say the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy in Toronto last month was unprovoked. Toronto police say the teenager was with a couple of friends who met up with another group at an intersection near Emmett Avenue and Jane Street in the city’s west end just after 10 p.m. on June 7. They say […]

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union says close to 10,000 college faculty and staff have either been let go or are projected to lose their jobs amid hundreds of program cancellations and suspensions since last year. The union representing some 55,000 college faculty and support staff says that amounts to “one of the largest mass […]

FREDERICTON — At least three out of the four Atlantic provinces have released data revealing their measles vaccination rates in children are below the 95 per cent threshold recommended by scientists to prevent the disease from spreading. In Nova Scotia, the provincial government told The Canadian Press that about 23 per cent of children were […]