SOUTH BRUCE- Residents will begin voting in the 2026 municipal and school board election on Oct. 19, with ballots available online or by telephone until 8 p.m. on Oct. 26. Advance voting will open at 10 a.m. Oct. 19 and remain open until voting closes on Election Day. Voter Assistance Centres will be available in […]

An online user claimed on social media that Alberta residents who are not Canadian citizens can falsely declare their citizenship at polling stations and vote in the Oct. 19 referendum. The user questioned Elections Alberta’s verification process and raised the spectre of a surge of ineligible voters changing the outcome of an election. Elections Alberta […]

Self-driving taxi operator Waymo is poised to launch a test phase in Toronto, with the goal of carrying its first passengers in 2028 as part of a push to breach the broader Canadian market. The California-based ride-hailing company says the Ontario government has given it the green light to take part in a provincial pilot […]

Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is denouncing new allegations of police misconduct in recent encounters with unhoused people that have prompted the suspension of two officers. One of the officers allegedly urinated on an unhoused person while on duty. The other suspended officer allegedly posed for photos in which he appears to mock a suspect […]

Before he was arrested in a posh Paris suburb, the disgraced dean of Manitoba’s only law school — who fled the country following a 2020 expense scandal — kept a low profile at a German university. Jonathan Black-Branch, 64, was apprehended on April 21 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He owes the University of Manitoba more than $700,000 […]

A recent pause on financial assistance payments to private post-secondary institutions in Ontario is affecting divinity schools, Canada’s National Ballet School and many others, with students feeling unfairly swept up in what they describe as a trawling net-like policy. Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn announced last week that the province had tasked KPMG with […]

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) has launched a redesigned website aimed at improving access to information and services while showcasing Kanehsata’kehró:non history, culture, language, and artistic talent. “Improving communications was a big focus for council this mandate,” said Justine Germain, the communications officer for the MCK. “More information and more transparency were a constant […]

Four mayoral candidates debated road repairs, economic development, municipal finances, transparency, and the future of local cultural and recreational facilities during a debate attended by a full house on Thursday, October 15, at La Cité Golf Club in Hawkesbury. Gilles Roch Greffe, Denis Pirollo, Johanna Raso, and Julie Séguin participated in the debate, organized by […]

Ontario’s Colleges and Universities Ministry is alleging it could not “reliably determine bona fide studies” at two of the career colleges it barred from student financial aid — a decision those schools are now challenging in court. Two campuses of Citi College of Canadian Careers are among six schools the province blocked from the Ontario […]

Environment and Climate Change Canada warned National Defence earlier this year that the CFB Kingston base had broken federal environmental regulations by failing to test air conditioners for refrigerant leaks. After inspecting a building on the base last year, an enforcement officer alleged in a January letter that National Defence had violated federal halocarbon regulations […]

Aurora’s Mayoral race has been an opportunity for candidates to present different and sometimes competing visions for the community’s future. One area in which the four candidates have found common ground, however, is the future of data centres within the community. Candidates were asked to share their views on AI data centres at an all-candidates […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration officials need to ensure that body cameras worn by officers are uniformly activated when needed, a government report released Wednesday said, following a series of contentious shootings and aggressive arrests by ICE officers. The agency rejected the recommendation, saying that using cameras that automatically activate when an officer pulls their […]