Descrease article font size Increase article font size A fire reported in Oshawa, Ont., on Monday morning has been deemed a homicide by local police. Durham Regional Police said on Tuesday evening that its homicide unit had taken over investigating the blaze, reported at a home on Court Street, near …

City crews are embracing dry but cold Winnipeg weather to temporarily fix early-season potholes. “There was very little pothole patching going on last spring around this time but this year, it’s kind of on average,” City of Winnipeg public works communications coordinator Ken Allen said. Right now, the city has …

Mark Lee, a professional translator and former council candidate in Richmond, B.C., says he knows what it’s like to walk the fine line faced by fellow Chinese Canadians entering the political arena amid scrutiny of alleged foreign interference. He says he’s not ignorant of the risks and considers potential political …

4:14 An Indigenous child welfare agency’s fight to restore culture and raise kids at home Ethan Pokno’s knee shakes nervously as he recalls the moment he says his whole life flashed before him. He was 12 years old. He and his three younger brothers were sent to foster homes and …

The transformation inside the Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) unit at Brampton Civic Hospital is striking. The walls are splashed with vibrant colours, while the doors to patients’ rooms are sheathed in decals that mimic the appearance of wooden doors and juliet balconies. Last month, the William Osler Health …

A man has been charged in connection with a homicide that has led, in part, to a northern Manitoba First Nation declaring a state of emergency. South Indian Lake RCMP were called to a report a woman had been seriously assaulted in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation (also known as South Indian …

A movement has been rekindled in New Brunswick to shed a francophone university’s connection to Robert Monckton, a British military figure who played an active role in the imprisonment and deportation of thousands of Acadians. More than 1,000 people from Canada’s Acadian community — including dignitaries, academics and artists — …

The mayors of three Ontario cities are calling on the federal government to help them support asylum seekers being transferred to their communities after entering the country through an unofficial border crossing in Quebec. The leaders of Niagara Falls, Cornwall and Windsor say local supports are being stretched to capacity …

One month after a cyberattack hit Indigo Books & Music Inc., Canada’s biggest bookstore chain is back online, although, still grappling with the fallout. “A month has passed but it’s not back to normal for Indigo,” said Charles Finlay, executive director of Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst at Toronto Metropolitan University. “It’s …

Justin Trudeau said he was never briefed on the issue, and his security adviser has dismissed it out of hand, but two high-level national security reports before and after the 2019 election suggest they were warned that Chinese government officials were funnelling money to Canadian political candidates. The two intelligence …