Durham Regional Police say a second-degree murder charge has been laid against a 72-year-old woman after the body of another woman was found in north Pickering. Police said on Sunday at around 10:30 p.m. officers located the body in a densely wooded area near Concession Road 9 and Sideline 28. “The...
A man who went on a racist tirade and grabbed a masked female Chinese student on a TTC bus at the start of the pandemic has been handed four months house arrest. In sentencing Michael Hennessey, 47, for assault, the Ontario court judge noted the physical attack was relatively minor...
The Ontario government is extending its stay-at-home order for another week for all public health regions in Ontario, except for three in eastern Ontario. As other health units gradually move back into the previous colour-coded COVID-19 response framework, the province will implement a new “emergency brake” system to respond...
Ontario’s first municipally run COVID-19 vaccine clinic is ready to go in downtown Toronto. The facility, which is located at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, opens its doors on Monday, Jan. 18. On Sunday, Jan. 17, Mayor John Tory, Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa, Fire Chief/COVID-19 Incident Commander...
Green Party of Canada members have chosen Toronto's Annamie Paul as their new leader. Paul won a bare majority of votes in the eighth round, defeating Dimitri Lascaris. Paul, who is Black and Jewish, took the microphone in an Ottawa art gallery after her win was announced and declared herself the...
A Quebec judge who refused to allow a Muslim woman to appear in court wearing a hijab apologized on Tuesday, more than five years after the incident occurred. A letter of apology from Quebec court Judge Eliana Marengo was read out at a hearing of the province's judicial council as...
Newfoundland and Labrador expects to be way ahead of schedule on vaccinations this summer, but there won’t be a corresponding rush to open up the province any sooner. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald said Wednesday there are too many variables at play to make any predictions about...
Quebec's premier is repeating a refrain by the health minister in recent days as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to worry officials. "My message is clear and simple today. Please stay home," said Francois Legault in an afternoon press briefing. "You can go to school or to work but otherwise,...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking that people celebrating Canada Day also make time to reflect on the nation's historical failures and commit to building a more fair and equitable society. "Today, we celebrate our country and everyone who calls it home," said Trudeau in a media statement. "But while we...
Three people in long-term care homes in British Columbia have passed in the last 24 hours, according to health officials. Two of the victims were in the Vancouver Coastal Region and the third was in Fraser Health. To go along with the fatalities, there are 27 new cases of COVID-19 in...