The Township of Uxbridge is getting up to $174,000 for ice storm assistance to help cover clean-up and emergency response costs due to a severe winter weather event last March. The funding is part of Ontario’s $90-million Municipal Ice Storm…

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is asking his counterparts in Quebec and British Columbia to drop their electric-vehicle sales targets, saying they are making the country less competitive. In the fall, both provinces scaled back or dropped their previous…

OTTAWA — Culture Minister Marc Miller says the government must have a “serious conversation” about AI systems’ use of news. Miller was asked whether the government is open to extending its Online News Act, which requires Meta and Google to…

TORONTO — A new Canadian study showing a steady increase in youth self-harm highlights the need for more mental health support and proactive teaching of coping strategies to deal with emotional anguish, researchers say. The study, published Monday in the…

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate at 2.25 per cent today as the economy performs below expectations but war in the Middle East threatens higher inflation. The central bank’s decision to keep to the sidelines…

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada’s population estimate suggests Canada’s population declined last year, due primarily to a drop in the number of non-permanent immigrants. The estimate suggests Canada’s population lost about 102,000 people in 2025. That came after the non-permanent resident…