Doug Ford campaigns on handyman brand after tumultuous first term, pandemic ‘growth’
“Doug Ford is a builder,” a moderator read out to the audience of a recent Ontario election debate that asked leaders of the three main parties to submit biographies of themselves. It’s an image the Progressive Conservative leader has worked hard
Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 27
Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Oakville: Makes an announcement. 2 p.m. Kitchener: Hosts a rally. 7 p.m. ____ NDP Leader Andrea Horwath Toronto: Hosts appreciation ...
Ontario leaders promise to repeal legislation that caps public sector wage increases
TORONTO — Contract negotiations with more than one million broader public sector workers in Ontario could look different after the election, with three major parties pledging an end to wage restraint and the Progressive Conservatives promising to barga...
Canadian Blood Service seeks to scrap lifetime ban on sex workers donating blood
OTTAWA — Canadian Blood Services wants to scrap a lifetime ban on sex workers giving blood in a further move to make blood donation more equitable. The blood-donation service this month recommended to Health Canada that it abolish the lifetime ban
Supreme Court strikes down parole wait period provision for multiple murderers
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has struck down a Criminal Code provision that meant multiple murderers might have to wait 50 years or more to apply for parole, calling it degrading and incompatible with human dignity. The unanimous high
Canada’s premiers want to reform health-care system, asks Ottawa to pick up the phone
REGINA — Western Canada's premiers want to reform their health-care systems by expanding services but they say Ottawa first needs to pick up the phone. At the premiers meeting in Regina, British Columbia Premier John Horgan said health-care services ar...
New law puts NHL great Konstantinov’s 24/7 care in jeopardy
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Vladimir Konstantinov has traded hockey sticks for an Uno deck. Many, in fact. The onetime Soviet and Detroit Red Wings star plays so often that he goes through a pack per week, wearing out cards
Hong Kong’s incoming leader John Lee to travel to Beijing
HONG KONG (AP) — Incoming Hong Kong leader John Lee will travel to Beijing on Saturday to accept a letter that officially approves his appointment as the city’s next chief executive.
Documents reveal sea burials for 13 USS Indianapolis sailors
HONOLULU (AP) — Navy Seaman 2nd Class George David Payne was just 17 years old when a Japanese submarine torpedoed his ship in the last weeks of World War II, sinking the vessel and killing him along with more than
NRA speakers unshaken on gun rights after school massacre
HOUSTON (AP) — One by one, they took the stage at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston and denounced the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school across the state. And one by one,