The number of Ontario long-term care homes receiving emergency funding to bail them out in exceptional circumstances has grown in recent years, new internal data shows, as the sector worries about how it is going to care for an aging population. Data obtained using freedom of information laws shows how much money Ontario spends every…

Michael Harrington never thought his art was something that would be subject to tariffs at the Canada-U.S. border. The Ottawa-based narrative painter has been working with galleries and dealers to show and sell his work full time for roughly three decades. He said the industry has felt like a rollercoaster from the 2008 recession to the COVID-19…

The family of a student pilot who died in a mid-air collision in Steinbach last summer is shattered to hear two people are dead after another plane crash near Kisbey, Sask. on Friday evening. A Cessna 172 was on a night flight from Regina back to Steinbach, Man., but didn’t arrive as scheduled, according to…

Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron are holding a symbolic meeting on an archipelago 20 kilometres off the southern coast of Newfoundland on Sunday, in what both countries say is a show of unity and mutual respect. The two leaders will hold a working lunch and attend a wreath-laying ceremony in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon,…

Canada looms over Lance Thrailkill’s office as a dead, stuffed bird. Mounted above the Texas manufacturer’s desk, a Canada goose, flanked by a mallard and four deer heads, fixes a glassy stare on the room. An open bottle of rye whiskey sits on the floor below. It is a fitting backdrop for a conversation about…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size One of the new Northlander trains ordered by the Ford government to restart rail service to northern Ontario has been out of commission for two months, since it crashed into a tow truck near Bracebridge, Ont. In early July, during a testing and commissioning run, one of…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Several Canadian police forces are reporting intermittent 911 outages Thursday morning, with some indicating service has been restored. Ontario Provincial Police said it has received reports across the province and is urging anyone requiring emergency assistance to call its fully operational non-emergency line at 1-888-310-1122. Nova Scotia Emergency…

A non-profit environmental group had its concerns regarding the Saskatchewan government’s decision to extend coal-fired power plants heard by the province’s highest court Tuesday. The Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES) is asking the court to review a January decision by the Court of King’s Bench that dismissed its challenge to the province’s coal-power extension plans. Crown…

The family of Taig Savage is facing another difficult development in the case of the 22-year-old Penticton man who was killed five years ago. “It’s shocking. It’s really shocking,” Taig’s mom Tracey Savage said Monday after learning that two more accused have reached plea agreements in the case. The developments come just a week and…

The City of Saskatoon says a combination of events is causing gridlock along a key stretch of road linking the University of Saskatchewan (USask), one of its hospitals and the downtown core. Last Friday, the city opened the University Bridge to vehicle traffic after months of repair work and delays. But its reopening, coinciding with…