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TORONTO — Ontario members of provincial parliament are set to get big raises and access to a pension plan, under legislation introduced by Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy. The government says this comes with the support of all parties in the legislature. The base pay for Ontario’s elected officials has been frozen since 2009 at $116,550, […]

Police investigating the disappearance of a Hamilton woman say partial human remains have been found in their months-long search of a local landfill. Police say they are now waiting on DNA results to confirm an identity. Det. Sgt. Daryl Reid says police believe Shalini Singh was killed in her apartment and her body was removed […]

TORONTO — Ontario First Nations say the provincial government’s last-minute changes to a controversial mining bill are not good enough and have come too late. Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler of Nishnawbe Aski Nation, which represents 49 First Nations in northern Ontario, says the province should scrap Bill 5 and draft new legislation alongside Indigenous leadership. […]

OTTAWA — While the federal government and cities across Canada are making strides on expanding the housing supply, the provinces still need to get serious about building quality homes, a new report released Thursday argues. No province earned a grade higher than C+ in the report assembled by the Task Force for Housing and Climate, […]

TORONTO — Ontario is set to give the minister of education power to more easily put school boards under supervision and require more boards to put police officers in schools. The Canadian Press has learned that Education Minister Paul Calandra will introduce broad legislation today, following weeks of warnings to boards that he would implement […]

TORONTO — Kai Wagner set up the tying goal and scored the winner as the Philadelphia Union rallied late to down Toronto FC 2-1 in MLS play Wednesday, extending its unbeaten run to 10 games in all competitions. After Nathan Harriel rose high to head home a Wagner corner in the 87th minute, Wagner broke […]

TORONTO — A contemporary take on a 4,000-year-old Sanskrit epic is among the leading stage productions vying for this year’s Dora Awards. Why Not Theatre’s two-part show “Mahabharata” collected 15 nominations overall, including nine for “Part One: Karma: The Life We Inherit” and six for “Part Two: Dharma: The Life We Choose,” both presented by […]

Vanessa Borovilos is not the kind of person who normally tries to manifest a goal, but after just missing out on qualifying for last year’s U.S. Women’s Open, she put a piece of paper above her bed in Toronto to keep her focused on reaching the major. She didn’t bring the paper with her to […]

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford’s government is set to capitulate to some First Nation demands on a controversial mining bill, though it will not kill the proposed law outright despite the growing backlash. Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford and Mining Minister Stephen Lecce said the province will amend Bill 5 to explicitly include duty to […]

A Canadian tenant advocacy group says nearly half the renters they surveyed don’t have air conditioning, as they press for protections from climate-fuelled extreme heat. A report released by ACORN Canada says affordability was cited as the main barrier to access among the 44 per cent of surveyed tenants who don’t have air conditioning. The […]