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Kenneth Law pleads guilty to 14 counts of assisted suicide
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (313+ words) Poison seller Kenneth Law has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of assisted suicide in a Newmarket courtroom. The plea deal will see him avoid first-degree murder charges over 14 deaths, including two minor teenagers, all caused by products he sold online knowing…...
Scott Stinson: Ontario Liberal leadership race is off to a messy start
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (661+ words) The party has rejected an appeal from federal MP Nate Erskine-Smith in a disputed nomination race Navdeep Bains declared his candidacy to lead the Ontario Liberals on Monday with a video that only someone confident of winning would produce. The…...
The debate may be loud, but separatist fears are cooling in Canada: poll
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (922+ words) Just 26 per cent of respondents to an Association for Canadian Studies survey said they were worried about Alberta, and fewer still said the same of Quebec Despite a year that included referendum threats, court battles and renewed sovereignty rhetoric, Canadians…...
How the 'Fr'chette effect' (and the Habs) are shaping Quebec politics
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1008+ words) Dallaire said this L'ger poll is showing that there is 'an entirely new race in front of us' OTTAWA " Former Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa was reportedly famous for saying that the province was easier to govern when the Montreal Canadiens…...
Terry Newman: The rest of Canada needs to adopt Quebec's secularism laws
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (600+ words) The case of Islamic instruction introduced into a public school shows why strict secularization laws are necessary Eleven teachers of North African descent who were suspended with pay in 2024 have lost their licences after teaching Islamic religious concepts and creating…...
26 more people in Canada being contacted after "low risk" exposure to confirmed hantavirus case
2+ week, 1+ day ago (704+ words) Twenty-six more Canadians who were on a flight with a confirmed case of hantavirus are now being contacted by public health officials but are considered to be at "low or minimal risk" of infection because of where they were seated,…...
Randall Denley: Special education for Ontario kids is a steaming mess
2+ week, 1+ day ago (879+ words) Some auditor general reports embarrass a government. Others ought to make people in charge hang their heads in shame. This is the latter This hasn't been a great week for Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra. The steaming mess that Ontario…...
FIRST READING: Parti Qu'b'cois leader alleges a vast, secret, federal conspiracy to stop him
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1127+ words) He offered no evidence for the claim, and said he didn't intend to The leader of the Parti Qu'b'cois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, has alleged a vast, Ottawa-led conspiracy to undermine his separatist ambitions. And although he stated he couldn't provide…...
Afternoon front page: Why B. C. recommends a shorter hantavirus quarantine; the mysterious surge in Canadian visits to 3 U. S. cities; and more
2+ week, 2+ day ago (315+ words) Catch up on the stories we're following today The U. S. , U. K. , France and Greece have asked that all repatriated passengers from the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship isolate for at least six weeks. But four Canadians who were aboard the infected ship…...
Ontario pans Quebec language rules in quest to host defence bank
2+ week, 2+ day ago (878+ words) 'Toronto benefits from a highly predictable regulatory environment " free of additional language or cultural compliance requirements,' the booklet reads OTTAWA " The Ontario government has launched a new offensive for Toronto to become the host city for the future Defence, Security…...