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OTTAWA — Canada isn’t ruling out expelling additional diplomats from India, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly suggested Friday following bombshell allegations that Indian diplomats in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver were involved in state-sponsored violence targeting Canadian citizens. Canada expelled the Indian high commissioner and five other diplomats on Monday and when asked at a news […]

Ontario Big City Mayors are asking the province to review mental-health laws and whether to expand the scope of involuntary treatment for people who are addicted to drugs and live on the streets. The organization that represents 29 mayors of cities with more than 100,000 people say they are taking no position on treatment given […]

OTTAWA — The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the advocacy body’s executive team will meet in coming days to discuss next steps after chiefs voted against a $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal with Canada and approved a new negotiation mandate. “We also recognize the success of the campaign that defeated this […]

The Canadian Cancer Society and other health advocates say a proposed settlement that may see tobacco companies pay out billions of dollars would do little to prevent future generations from becoming addicted to smoking. A proposed $32.5-billion deal filed in an Ontario court would see three companies – JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, and […]

TORONTO — Anthony Stolarz saw an opportunity this summer in free agency. When fellow Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll went down injured ahead of the team’s regular-season opener, another chance materialized quicker than expected. “It’s the reason why you play the game,” Stolarz said. “You want to be the guy.” The 30-year-old has been exactly […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index posted another day of steady gains Friday as strength in base metals outweighed weakness in energy and industrial stocks, while U.S. markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index gained 132.06 points at 24,822.54. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 36.86 points at 43,275.91. The S&P […]

TORONTO — Two suspects have been arrested in connection to a weekend shooting that targeted a Jewish school in the city’s north end, Toronto police said Friday, as investigators look to establish the motive for the attack. Deputy Chief Robert Johnson said a 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were arrested on Thursday in the […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s top court has struck down a driving prohibition handed to a Saskatchewan man convicted in a fatal highway crash. Braydon Wolfe was driving on the wrong side of a divided highway near Langham, Sask., when he crashed head-on into another vehicle, killing two people and seriously injuring another in 2017. The trial […]

OTTAWA — National Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canada is sending $64.8 million in military aid to Ukraine. Blair made the announcement at a NATO defence ministers’ meeting in Brussels where Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia was a key topic. More than $50 million will go towards arms, ammunition and military drones as well as […]

OTTAWA — The head of the RCMP and Canada’s ministers of foreign affairs and public safety will be summoned to testify at a House of Commons committee about the bombshell allegations made this week about Indian state-sponsored interference in Canada. The national security committee agreed to call RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme along with Mélanie Joly […]