Americans, Canadians are warned: Don’t eat romaine lettuce

NEW YORK — Health officials in the U.S. and Canada told people on Tuesday to stop eating romaine lettuce because of a new E. coli outbreak. The U.S. Food...

Cash to help Ontario municipalities with legal pot to flow in January: Fedeli

Ottawa to release competitiveness plan, but it’s unclear how much help is needed

OTTAWA — The federal government will roll out an update to its fiscal plan Wednesday to help Canada compete for investment dollars following major American corporate...

Ride hailing group says B.C. model looks a lot like expanded taxi industry

VANCOUVER — A coalition of businesses and interest groups advocating for ride-hailing in British Columbia says legislation introduced this week will just create an expanded taxi...

Elections BC keeps eye on Canada Post dispute, but no change in Nov. 30 deadline

VICTORIA — The potential impact of rotating postal strikes on British Columbia’s electoral reform referendum is being watched closely but so far there are no plans...

B.C. government says demand, safety behind long awaited riding hailing plan

VICTORIA — Ride-hailing could take another year to become a reality in British Columbia after legislation was introduced Monday that Transportation Minister Claire Trevena says balances...

Advocates to tell UN committee of women’s ‘non state torture’ in Canada

OTTAWA — Canada needs a special criminal charge to cover extended campaigns of physical and emotional abuse that amount to torture, say two Nova Scotia nurses who are...

Saskatchewan to meet with First Nation operating unlicensed cannabis store

REGINA — Saskatchewan’s justice minister is to meet next week with the chief of a First Nation that has opened an unlicensed cannabis store. Don Morgan...

Quebec premier caught between language and business with Ontario’s cuts to French

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault travelled to Ontario Monday to talk business with Premier Doug Ford but was instead forced to take on another role...

Ford says proposed gender identity policy from party convention won’t go ahead

TORONTO — The Ontario government will not move forward with a proposed policy that called for gender identity references to be removed from the sexual-education curriculum,...