Queen’s Park is okaying the funds for four new schools in Whitby and Oshawa. The the unnamed schools will be: A secondary school with spaces for 1,384 students, which will be built at Des Newman Boulevard and Coronation Road in…

OTTAWA — The federal government is defending its plans to push its internal trade and major projects bill through the House of Commons next week at a rapid clip. Critics claim the move will evade much-needed scrutiny of a bill…

A man has been arrested after an alleged series of armed robberies in Whitby and Oshawa. The four incidents happened between April 6 and 24. Each time, police say the man would point a replica handgun at store employees. His…

OTTAWA — The area burned by wildfires so far this season is the second-largest on record in Canada, according to government data. Officials with Public Safety Canada held a technical briefing this morning in Ottawa to update media outlets on…

An Oshawa elementary school is one step closer to getting some much needed new classrooms. Politicians and board officials gathered Thursday at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic School to announce the start of the tendering process on building those classrooms. Last…

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to review a ruling that concluded Facebook broke federal privacy law by failing to adequately inform users of risks to their data when using the popular social media platform. Last September,…

OTTAWA — One Canadian was on board an Air India flight bound for London that crashed with more than 240 people on board shortly after takeoff in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, according to Prime Minister Mark Carney. Local police…

EDMONTON — Protests during the upcoming G7 leaders summit in Kananaskis, Alta., may be starkly different than demonstrations happening this week against immigration crackdowns in the United States. A University of Toronto research group that has been monitoring the meetings…

Durham police say a recent incident highlights how the appropriate use of a conductive energy weapon (CEW) can bring a dangerous situation to a safe conclusion. It happened around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at an Ajax home. Police say a dispute…