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OTTAWA — Canada’s minister of defence says the federal government is committed to supporting Ukraine. Bill Blair is meeting with members of NATO in the Belgian capital of Brussels. On X, formerly known as Twitter, Blair says that the Canadian government is donating 900 drones built in Canada to strengthen Ukraine’s defence capabilities. Additionally, Blair […]

TORONTO — Ontario awarded nearly $1 million in contracts to various companies to write a business case on moving the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place on Toronto’s waterfront, The Canadian Press has learned. The $925,075 in contracts, an amount disclosed through a freedom-of-information request, is a fraction of the province’s overall $215-billion budget. However, […]

The CEOs of Canada’s five biggest banks stuck to the message that they’re committed to help in the energy transition as they were questioned by a parliamentary committee Thursday about their impacts on climate change. The leaders of Royal Bank of Canada, TD Bank Group, BMO Financial Group, Scotiabank and CIBC pushed back against MPs […]

TORONTO — Comedian and actor Tom Green is angling for a return to the small screen with three new projects for Prime Video – including a reality series about his life on a farm. The shows are among seven new Canadian projects commissioned by the streamer, which also ordered two true crime series, a northern […]

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Author: Steven Tufts, Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada The Ontario government has announced it’s expediting its plan to get […]

OTTAWA — Significantly more Canadians were driving zero-emissions vehicles in the first quarter compared with a year ago. Statistics Canada says zero-emission vehicle registrations jumped 53 per cent in the first quarter year-over-year. The federal agency says 46,744 new zero-emission vehicles were registered in the first quarter, making up 11.3 per cent of total new […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index lost 1.2 per cent on Thursday, weighed down by losses in the energy, financial and base metal sectors, while U.S. markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 263.44 points at 21,698.11. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 65.11 points at 38,647.10. The S&P […]

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals published data on the economic and emissions impact of carbon pricing on Thursday. The charts made public are the ones delivered to the parliamentary budget officer last month, which the Conservatives demanded the Liberals make public. Here’s a snapshot of what they say, along with some additional data on carbon […]

OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are asking the Jewish community in a Toronto riding to send Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a message about his “betrayal” by voting for the Tory candidate in an upcoming byelection. Voters in Toronto—St. Paul’s will pick a new MP on June 24 to replace longtime Liberal cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett, […]

Environment Canada has issued tornado watches for several parts of Ontario, including communities north and east of Toronto. The weather agency has also issued tornado warnings for some communities in northern Ontario, including several in the Timmins and Kirkland Lake areas as it tracks a severe thunderstorm moving across the region. In southern Ontario, Environment […]