Ontario

Right now, Joe Biden and the Democrats are far more afraid of the American electorate than their Canadian friends, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The federal health agency approved Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for those aged five to 11 on Friday, making it the first jab available for elementary school students in the country.

COVID-19 rapid testing will be offered to school students in Ontario as they head out for winter break this year, the provincial government said on Thursday, while high schoolers can get back to four-subject semesters starting in February.

The deadlines the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) announced in an email Wednesday were a delay on its original plan, while Premier Doug Ford remains committed to making such inoculations voluntary — for education staff and students.

The North French River watershed, nine hours north of Toronto, sits on the traditional territory of the Moose Cree First Nation, which for decades has been striving to protect the area from further development.

If New Democrats and Liberals want to avoid splitting the progressive vote and handing Ford another four years in office, they need to do something now, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

A private member’s bill looking to expand trans health care in Ontario now awaits the consideration of a standing committee on social policy at Queen’s Park, with advocates hopeful of it passing before next year’s provincial election.

This week, grassroots organizations across the country are mobilizing to demand community-led just transition legislation within the first 100 days of Parliament as part of a “Climate Code Red” week of action.

Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone said Wednesday the province is preparing air ambulance flights and patients could move this week.

A civil liberties group has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over solitary confinement, two years after the top courts in British Columbia and Ontario ruled there has been a violation of prisoners' constitutional rights.

Phasing out natural gas generation by 2030 would result in rotating blackouts and higher electricity bills, Ontario's electricity system operator said in a report released on Thursday, October 7, 2021.

It’s time for Ontario’s government to realize that the year is 2021, not 1950, writes Bruce F. Nagy.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he's confident his 118 elected MPs have his back, despite voting to give themselves the power to review his leadership and potentially give him the boot.

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said in a statement Monday that the transit pipeline treaty “guarantees the uninterrupted transit of light crude oil and natural gas liquids between the two countries.”

Paris Cai and a growing network of high school and university students are helping hundreds of Grade 1 to Grade 7 students in need of academic assistance in Ontario and some outside of Canada with free online tutoring.