A hazardous waste facility in St. Catharines, Ont., has been ordered to permanently close after an investigation into an explosion that killed 37-year-old Ryan Konkin in 2023.

It was a Friday in January when Celina Klinger started having contractions and went to the hospital to give birth to a baby Isaiah, little brother to four-year-old twin sisters. Two days later, the 29-year-old mother of three was dead from a common infection that in rare cases can aggressively and quickly spread and kill. 

While rural northeastern Ontario hospitals compete financially for visiting temporary doctors to keep their emergency rooms open, some are casting about for other ways to ease the burden on local doctors to prevent burnout.

The Giller Prize has parted ways with its lead sponsor Scotiabank more than a year after members of the literary community began protesting the bank's ties to an Israeli arms manufacturer.

Shipping giant Purolator has lost in B.C. Supreme Court after it tried to challenge an arbitrator's decision to compensate unvaccinated employees suspended or terminated by the company.

With Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives seeking re-election on a slogan of “Protect Ontario,” it’s worth examining whether they made good on their last campaign slogan: “Get It Done.” 

Victim advocates warn that when cases are stayed due to unreasonable delays it strips the complainant of legal protections, offers no accountability and sends a chilling message to survivors: Reporting these crimes could bring them more harm than justice.

The plight of a Nova Scotia woman who died of breast cancer is being touted by advocates as an example of why supplemental screening should become standard for women with dense breasts in Canada.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump early Monday morning about the forthcoming trade war, which has the potential to inflict economic pain on workers and businesses on both sides of the border. The leaders are expected to speak again later today.

A man arrested for drug offences was racially profiled by Ontario Provincial Police in Leamington, a Superior Court judge has ruled, deeming evidence against him inadmissible as a result. «Anti-Black bias, whether implicit or otherwise, must be denounced,» the judge wrote.

One of the city's architectural jewels is about to go quiet for the first time in more than five decades.

A new study suggests alcohol-related deaths increased by about 24 per cent in the first two years of the pandemic, while hospitalizations went up 14 per cent.

An Ontario father says he’s struggling to keep his teen son away from drug dealers on popular messaging app Snapchat, and he's not alone. The social media platform's parent company, Snap Inc., is being sued by dozens of U.S. families who say the app's disappearing messages make it hard for parents to supervise their kids' online activity.

Restaurants, events and even hospitals generally offer meat as the default meal option. What if they nudged us to make healthier choices for our bodies and the planet instead? Some hospitals, universities and other groups are doing just that.

Many Ontario colleges have cut programs, put others under review and closed satellite campuses. Cuts have also started in other provinces, and experts worry there will be less choice for students and, in the long run, fewer qualified grads entering the workforce of some sectors.

Wiarton Willie has predicted an early spring. But Willie's prediction goes against his fellow weather-prognosticating animals like Shubenacadie Sam, Fred la marmotte, Punxsutawney Phil and Lucy the Lobster, who all saw their shadows and predicted six more weeks of winter.