31 m. ago He was a ‘father figure’ who vanished in 1996, Ontario police are still looking for him

The Brant County Ontario Provincial Police is continuing to seek information regarding Robert William Commu, who has been missing since March 31, 1996.

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6 h. ago ’Small decline’ in Ontario measles outbreak with 89 new cases reported

Ontario is reporting 89 new measles cases over the last week, bringing the province’s case count to 661 since an outbreak began in the fall. That’s compared to just over 100 new cases last week and 120 the week before. Dr. Sarah Wilson, a public health physician at Public Health Ontario, said numbers “look to […]

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6 h. ago Bell: Smith slams those whipping up Canadians for a brawl with the U.S.

'Rhetoric that amps up Canadians to encourage a brawl with our biggest trading partner is irresponsible,' says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

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7 h. ago Alberta oil well report updated after concerns over taxpayer backstop recommendation

Energy Minister Brian Jean's office didn't directly answer questions about why the wording was changed

Economics

7 h. ago High anxiety over softwood lumber despite tone change from U.S.: B.C. premier

British Columbia’s premier said Thursday he is encouraged to see a shifting tone in U.S. President Donald Trump’s talks with Canada, but concerns remain about how tariffs could devastate the province’s softwood lumber sector. Premier David Eby said at a media availability in Victoria that he will be travelling to Prince George in central B.C. […]

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8 h. ago Funding cut could leave vulnerable seniors at risk of homelessness, B.C. charity says

A B.C. charity says provincial funding it relies on to help keep vulnerable seniors from homelessness was cut this year with just 11 days notice.

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8 h. ago Admitted Mexican hitman flees U.S. for Canada, makes refugee claim

A Mexican with alleged cartel links is seeking refugee status in Canada — a decade after he told an undercover B.C. cop he was a hitman.

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8 h. ago Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says latest U.S. tariffs hard to celebrate, but give time for talks

Smith said a renegotiation of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement could be pushed until after the election, something she deemed 'very positive'

Economics

8 h. ago Latest U.S. tariffs hard to celebrate, but give time for talks: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

“It's hard for me to celebrate,” Danielle Smith said Thursday in Calgary. She pointed to a “devastating” impact on the forestry industry, and for steel, aluminum and autoworkers.

Economics

9 h. ago Saskatchewan Health Authority reports 6th measles case in province’s southwest

The most recent case was found in southwest Saskatchewan and involves an unvaccinated adult who travelled from Mexico and the United States.

Science

9 h. ago RCMP arrest Cuban national trying to enter Canada by running across border bridge

The RCMP said officers arrested a Cuban national attempting to enter Canada from the United States by running across the Fort Erie International Railway Bridge that connects Ontario to New York. The Mounties said their Niagara-on-the-Lake border integrity unit officers, with help from Ontario Provincial Police, arrested the individual last month under the Immigration and […]

Society

9 h. ago Letters to The Province: As a Canadian, I feel compelled to call out Alberta premier’s opportunistic bluster

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith invites Americans to pause tariffs to enable her fellow-Albertan, Pierre Poilievre. At the same time pitching sovereignty, which in reality is a bid for secession. There’s just no other way to square her continually disruptive political rhetoric about “Alberta First”. As a Canadian, I feel compelled to call out her opportunistic […]

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10 h. ago Ottawa man found guilty on terror, hate charges related to neo

OTTAWA — A Superior Court judge has found Ottawa-area graphic designer Patrick Macdonald guilty on three counts of terror and hate-related charges related to the production of antisemitic propaganda for the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division. Superior Court Justice Robert Smith found Macdonald guilty this week on all the charges he faced: participating in the activities […]

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10 h. ago Braid: Smith's tariff victory cry alarms Conservatives as Ontario car sector gets pounded

Smith’s Alberta-first language alarms many federal Conservatives who are desperately trying to get Leader Pierre Poilievre elected

Economics

10 h. ago 'Uncertain, unheard, and unrepresented': Staff survey highlights discontent within AHS

Employees at Alberta Health Services (AHS) are increasingly feeling disregarded, ignored, and disengaged from their jobs, according to the results of the agency’s 2024 staff survey. The survey was open to just under 89,000 employees and volunteers in November. A summary report was prepared for Dec. 6 of last year, and was acquired by Postmedia […]

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11 h. ago Jura Announces Favorable Award on Costs under the Settlement Agreement Arbitration

CALGARY, Alberta, April 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Jura Energy Corporation (“Jura” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce that it has received a favorable ruling on costs in its International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) arbitration proceedings involving Jura’s operating subsidiaries, Spud Energy Pty Limited (“Spud”) and Frontier Holdings Limited (“FHL”) (together the “Claimants”), claiming […]

Economics

11 h. ago Court of Appeal sides with English boards over Quebec government reforms

The Quebec English School Boards Association called today's decision a recognition of the anglophone community’s constitutional right to manage and control its institutions.

Politics

11 h. ago Officer who shot and killed Indigenous man in N.B. did not commit crime: watchdog

New Brunswick's police watchdog says an RCMP officer did not commit a criminal offence when they shot and killed an Indigenous man in Elsipogtog First Nation last year.

Events

11 h. ago Judge says U.S. government may have ’acted in bad faith’ as he weighs contempt over deportation order

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration may have “acted in bad faith” by trying to rush Venezuelan migrants out of the country before a court could block their deportations to El Salvador. U.S. District Judge Jeb Boasberg in Washington pressed a Justice Department lawyer to explain the government’s actions […]

Politics

11 h. ago Federal election 2025: Everything you need to know about voting in Ottawa Centre

This election will see a rematch from former provincial rivals Yasir Naqvi and Joel Harden in this downtown battleground riding.

Politics