York Region

TORONTO — Public health officials in Toronto are recommending that people get vaccinated for meningococcal disease in light of an increase in cases. Toronto Public Health says there have been 13 cases of invasive meningococcal disease reported so far this year – more than the total cases seen in any year since 2002. The agency […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.2 per cent in May as the economy added a modest 27,000 jobs. The unemployment rate was sitting at 6.1 per cent in April. The agency’s labour force survey suggests the Canadian job market continues to weaken as high interest rates weigh on consumers […]

Toronto’s public transit system is set to operate as normal after the TTC and transit workers announced a last minute deal to avoid a strike. Contract talks between ATU Local 113 and the Toronto Transit Commission went down to the wire following months of negotiations. The union says the framework deal reached includes progress on […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to release its May labour force survey this morning. RBC expects the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.2 per cent and the economy added a modest 15,000 jobs last month. The report is the first major data release following the Bank of Canada’s interest rate cut on Wednesday. The […]

TORONTO — Toronto’s transit workers union says it has reached a “framework” deal with the TTC to avoid a strike and near-total service shutdown. Contract talks went down to the wire but ATU Local 113 says it has reached a deal with the Toronto Transit Commission to put a strike on hold as it works […]

TORONTO — Alicia Elliott has won the prestigious Amazon Canada First Novel Award. She took home the $60,000 prize for “And Then She Fell,” which follows an Indigenous woman made to feel like an impostor in her wealthy Toronto neighbourhood while she tires to write a modern retelling of the Haudenosaunee creation story. Elliott is […]

The CEOs and executives of some of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies told a parliamentary committee Thursday that they while they oppose an emissions cap on their sector, they do support carbon pricing as a tool to reduce their industry’s environmental impact. CEOs and senior executives from Cenovus Energy Inc., Enbridge Inc., Imperial Oil […]

TORONTO — Toronto was on the brink of its first major transit strike in 16 years as union leadership vowed it was ready to shut down service while the city’s transit agency said there was still enough goodwill left to get a deal done before a midnight strike deadline. A strike could bring Canada’s most […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is shaking up his education and energy portfolios in a cabinet shuffle as the legislature heads into its summer break. Stephen Lecce moves from education, where he has served as minister since 2019, to energy, swapping portfolios with Todd Smith, who has been the minister of energy for the […]

CEOs and executives of some of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies defended their industry Thursday, the same day a group of Canadians personally affected by climate change called on the federal government to implement its proposed cap on emissions from the oil and gas sector. CEOs and senior executives from Cenovus Energy Inc., Enbridge […]