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OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says he hopes to launch a national pharmacare program by April 1, 2025. A pharmacare bill drafted by the Liberals and the NDP has made its way through the House of Commons, but still needs to be studied by the Senate. The idea is to make birth control and […]

VAUGHAN, Ont. — Police say a six-year-old boy has died after being hit by a school bus in Vaughan, Ont. York Regional Police say they responded to the community of Kleinburg just before 8 a.m. Wednesday for reports of a child being struck by a school bus. They say the six-year-old boy suffered fatal injuries […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country’s population topped 41 million people in the first quarter of this year as it grew by 0.6 per cent. The agency says the population reached 41,012,563 on April 1, a gain of 242,673 people in the first three months of the year. Statistics Canada said the increase came […]

TORONTO — Members of the union representing nearly 12,000 public transit workers in Toronto have voted to ratify their new contract. ATU Local 113 says workers voted more than 80 per cent in favour of the three-year deal with the Toronto Transit Commission. The union says the new contract includes progress on key issues like […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s single-game sports betting industry is on a winning streak. On Wednesday, iGaming Ontario (iGO) released a report that states the industry contributed $2.7 billion to Ontario’s gross domestic product in 2023. That’s up roughly 70 per cent from $1.58 billion in 2022, its initial year of operation. The industry opened up fully […]

TORONTO — Neighbourly Pharmacy Inc. says it has acquired six pharmacies across Canada. Financial terms of the deals were not immediately available. The company says it has acquired five locations in Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and British Columbia in separate transactions. The sixth deal is for another location in B.C. and is expected to close later […]

TORONTO — Pro-Palestinian protesters have been pushing the University of Toronto to boycott the Hebrew University of Jerusalem – which the Canadian school has long had partnerships with – but U of T says the demand is a non-starter. U of T’s president, Meric Gertler, said this month that the school has “steadfastly maintained” it […]

TORONTO — An Ontario court is set to hear the University of Toronto’s application for an injunction to clear a pro-Palestinian protest encampment today and tomorrow. The university turned to the court late last month after protesters ignored its deadline to dismantle the encampment in the area known as King’s College Circle. The encampment was […]

TORONTO — Tyler O’Neill homered and Ceddanne Rafaela drove in David Hamilton with the go-ahead run in Boston’s two-run eighth inning as the Red Sox came back for a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night. O’Neill led off the frame with a 408-foot blast off left-hander Brendon Little to straightaway centre […]

TORONTO — Toronto police have identified the victims of a shooting that left three people dead, including the gunman, on Monday. Police say 54-year-old Arash Missaghi of Toronto, and 44-year-old Samira Yousefi of Concord, Ont., were killed at a commercial building in north Toronto. They say the third person found dead is a 46-year-old man […]