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CANADA: Airlines must be held accountable for problems: minister

CANADA: Airlines must be held accountable for problems: minister

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says airlines have a duty to keep their end of the bargain on flight cancellations, missing baggage
MPs may get panic buttons after minister reports death threats

MPs may get panic buttons after minister reports death threats

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he received a number of death threats on Instagram after introducing gun control bill
BEYOND LOCAL: What a father's love can do for a child

BEYOND LOCAL: What a father's love can do for a child

Love gets under your child’s skin and lives within them forever. It fills their hearts and teaches them they are always enough — and allows them to confidently sparkle and shoot for the stars
CANADA: AFN suspends National Chief RoseAnne Archibald pending probe

CANADA: AFN suspends National Chief RoseAnne Archibald pending probe

In a statement, Archibald says she's being "undermined, discredited and attacked" for trying to clean up corruption in the Assembly of First Nations
ONTARIO: Boards set virtual learning plans as interest drops

ONTARIO: Boards set virtual learning plans as interest drops

Enrolment in virtual learning has dropped, and not all boards are able to offer a full virtual school option
COVID vaccination proof no longer required in House of Commons on Monday

COVID vaccination proof no longer required in House of Commons on Monday

A motion was put forward this afternoon to end the mandate and the House unanimously agreed
CANADA: Privacy bill would set out rules on use of personal data

CANADA: Privacy bill would set out rules on use of personal data

Legislation would give Canadians more control over personal data and introduce new rules for the use of artificial intelligence
USA: Man who shot President Ronald Reagan freed after decades

USA: Man who shot President Ronald Reagan freed after decades

John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded Reagan in 1981, was acquitted by reason of insanity
COVID-19: Ditch ArriveCan app, border city mayors urge feds

COVID-19: Ditch ArriveCan app, border city mayors urge feds

Mayors of Niagara Falls, Sarnia say requiring visitors to Canada to submit health information ahead of time is discouraging cross-border travel
BEYOND LOCAL: Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison

BEYOND LOCAL: Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison

Alek Minassian deliberately drove a rented van down a busy sidewalk, leaving 10 people dead