Ontario parents are about to get some cash from the Ford government. Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced the 'catch up payments' Thursday, which are meant to provide tutoring for any students who are struggling in the classroom. The announcement followed the release of EQAO results for 2021-2022, which revealed math scores...
Mediation between the Ontario government and education workers has broken down—and union representatives say it is “very possible” that a strike could be coming next month. In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, the bargaining committee said the “parties are too far apart.” “Unfortunately, there has not been any movement from the...
One teenager is dead and another is in serious condition following a single-car crash on St. Mary’s Road on Tuesday. According to the Winnipeg Police Service, the crash took place just before 9 p.m. at St. Mary’s Road and Guay Avenue. Police said that a car crashed into a utility...
Mounties are mourning one of their own after an RCMP officer was fatally stabbed at a homeless campsite in Burnaby, British Columbia. Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald says the death Tuesday of Const. Shaelyn Yang, 31, will be felt by her colleagues who say goodbye to their loved ones each...
RCMP in Manitoba say five people have died in three separate crashes on highways in the province since Friday. According to Mounties, the first crash occurred on Friday at 1:35 p.m. in the RM of Yellowhead. Officers were called to a crash involving two semis on Highway 42 at Road...
One of the workers injured in the Sept. 2 explosion at the refinery in Come By Chance, N.L., has died, refinery owner Braya Renewables said. The explosion at the refinery about 150 kilometres west of St. John's sent eight people to hospital. Six workers have returned home, and one remains...
Twenty-one charges, including one of manslaughter, have been laid against a Vancouver woman accused of drugging and robbing men as they used an escort service. Surrey RCMP says an investigation began after its community response unit linked multiple reports of victims being drugged and robbed. In one case in February 2021,...
Calgary police are asking the public for help identifying a man who stabbed a woman multiple times downtown last month. Police say the stabbing happened during an altercation between a man and a woman in an alley behind 5th Avenue S.W. on Sept. 22. The man stabbed the woman multiple times...
Police north of Toronto say one officer is dead and another is fighting for his life in hospital after a shooting during a disturbance call Tuesday night. South Simcoe Police Service say the fatal incident occurred shortly before 8 p.m. at a home in the town of Innisfil. The statement says...
The founder of the online group “Diagolon” remains in custody after being denied release following a bail hearing in Saskatchewan. Jeremy MacKenzie was arrested on September 29 in Cole Harbour, N.S., on a Canada-wide warrant related to charges laid by the Mounties in Saskatchewan in July. MacKenzie was charged with assault,...