Closure
Ontario to impose stay-at-home order, closing non-essential retail, sources say
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is scheduled to hold a news conference at 2 p.m. ET. You’ll be able to watch it live in...
How Kahnawake’s cross-border ironworkers are dealing with isolation from their families, community
Like many Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) families, Hogan Gilbert’s has a rich history in ironwork, and the trade has taken him far from home. Gilbert...
Scientists, First Nations team up in fresh attempt to revive struggling B.C. herring stocks
Vancouver’s Coal Harbour hardly looks like a setting for a potential wildlife refuge. Noisy float planes skitter to and from a nearby dock,...
Ford to impose Ontario-wide shutdown as 3rd wave of COVID-19 hits hard
With a record number of COVID-19 patients in Ontario’s intensive care units and its highest-ever rate of new cases in schools, multiple sources...
Ottawa blames retired senator, survivors for undermining trust in residential school compensation system
The federal government blames the comments of survivors and public officials, including retired senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,...
Cruise ships would bypass B.C. under proposed Alaska law, prompting worries for battered tourism sector
There are fears British Columbia’s tourism industry could be in jeopardy with newly tabled U.S. legislation that would allow cruise ships to sail around current...
Westboro bus crash trial is time for long-awaited answers, victims’ families say
In the two years since her mother Judy Booth died in an OC Transpo bus crash, Karen Benvie has been looking for answers....
Multiple WE Charity donors raised money for same borehole well in Kenyan village
A fundraising drive in a tight-knit community about 150 kilometres northwest of Toronto. California philanthropists promoted by the Clinton Foundation. Hundreds of school-age...
How virtual field trips are bringing animals, art, music and more directly to students
Among her childhood artistic inspirations, spoken word artist and singer I.M.F. recalls visitors at her school assemblies. Seeing performers and spoken word artists...
Ex-wife of Christine Jessop’s killer talks about coming to grips with the awful truth
Heather Hoover still has the last photo Christine Jessop gave her in 1984. It’s a school picture of the nine-year-old in a white...
Corey Hurren pleads guilty to 8 charges tied to Rideau Hall incident
The Canadian Forces reservist who pleaded guilty today to eight charges related to his storming the gates of Rideau Hall with loaded firearms...
Some snowbirds still flying south despite travel rules — because they can
Despite tough new measures imposed by Ottawa to curb travel abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic, some snowbirds are still flying to U.S. sun destinations....
Disrupted schooling, learning loss will have effects long after pandemic, say education experts
Compared to last spring’s nationwide school shutdown, Monica Belyea and her kids children having a slightly easier time with remote learning this winter term....
Fishing vessel found off Delaps Cove, N.S.; 5 crew members still missing
The fishing vessel that went missing off the coast of Delaps Cove in southwest Nova Scotia in December has been found. Five of the...
Ontario special education classes can continue in person, but concerns about safety persist
With two young children enrolled in special education classes, Adriana Ferreira-Legault wrestles with a dilemma every morning over in-person schooling for her children. Her...
Will a curfew help get the pandemic under control in Quebec?
Quebec parents bit their nails at the prospect of another extended school closure. Factory owners sounded the alarm over the heavy financial impact...
