On a frigid Saturday afternoon at the beginning of February, community members gathered at Malton Youth Hub to voice concerns about the number of missing Black boys in the Greater Toronto Area. The town hall aimed to raise awareness and provide resources for those seeking to support affected families. It was part of a series […]

The details of a private chat group among current and former members of the police department in Nelson, B.C., haven’t been made public. But the fate of an investigation by the province’s Police Complaint Commissioner into the WhatsApp chats could have implications for police across the country, as the Nelson officers mount a court challenge […]

With volatile oil prices, the looming threat of tariffs, and Alberta facing “headwinds from every direction,” as Finance Minister Nate Horner described the current economic forecast, it appears unlikely the promised personal income tax cut will be a part of budget announcements later this month. But the Productivity Review Cabinet Committee (PRCC) tasked with “finding […]

A second request for information regarding a payment made by Murray Harbour to a former CAO has been denied. “This matter was a confidential legal matter, and I have been instructed by the municipality’s legal counsel not to comment or provide any documents,” said current CAO Anne Harnesk. Back in May 2017 Sylvain De Lafontaine, […]

It’s up to Ukraine to decide how the war with Russia ends, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. “It is only Ukrainians that get to decide what is acceptable to them as an outcome of any peace negotiations,” he told reporters Wednesday in Brussels as he wrapped up a visit to Europe aimed at deepening […]

A Newfoundland man said he felt as if someone had punched him when he was told last month that an independent office of the Newfoundland and Labrador government had cremated and buried his sister without telling him. Scott Hounsell said he got the news during a phone call with the province’s public trustee’s office, which […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder and 100 more are serving time for other violent offenses. Yet, nearly four in five of the offenders formerly housed at the suburban Chicago lockup were not shipped to top-level maximum-security […]

Ontario’s NDP and Liberal leaders tried to keep voters focused on health care Monday, even as actions by the U.S. president threatened to once again draw attention elsewhere in the provincial election campaign. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford has tried to make dealing with President Donald Trump the ballot question in the snap Feb. 27 […]

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown, the federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday, returning to a strategy that drew allegations of mistreatment during his first term. In a statement to The Associated Press, the prison agency said it is assisting […]

The aftermath of a contentious art-buying trip to Italy cost taxpayers more than the trip itself.  Parents, a Catholic teachers’ union and the provincial minister of education expressed shock after it was revealed four trustees with the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board spent around $120,000 for a summer trip to Europe to buy […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is considering next steps in a slow-moving court case over whether to release documents that could spell legal trouble for Prince Harry, with an influential conservative think tank seeking to reveal if he lied on his immigration paperwork about past drug use or received special treatment to enter the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Justice Department official accused the FBI’s acting leaders of “insubordination” in a Wednesday memo in which he sought to soothe anxiety inside the bureau over the potential for a broad purge of agents involved in investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. The memo from acting Deputy Attorney […]