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OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is wishing LGBTQ people a happy Pride month, linking it with his platform's focus on freedom, but he is not saying whether he'll be attending any Pride events.

OTTAWA — From "good riddance" to "don't unfriend us," independent publishers are expressing mixed feelings about Meta's decision to temporarily block news on Instagram and Facebook for some of its Canadian users.

TORONTO — The slowdown in Toronto's housing market continued to slip away last month as home sales came in higher than they were a year ago and prices edged closer to pandemic highs.

York Regional Police seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage after collision Thursday night on Pine Valley Drive, north of Major Mackenzie

A woman in Norwich Township is holding a weekly topless protest outside a church in hopes of convincing the town to fly the Pride flag

53-year-old Elliot Lake man arrested after OPP notice people enjoying a beachfront campfire in the middle of current fire ban

Multiple deals are in the works, but getting them signed is a trial in logistics, sources say

This week on the podcast: New rules from Health Canada will force cigarette makers to label each and every smoke with a blunt warning — including 'Poison in every puff' and 'Cigarettes cause impotence'

OTTAWA — Meta is preparing to block news for some Canadians on Facebook and Instagram in a temporary test that is expected to last the majority of the month.

The small town of Thessalon is Exhibit A of the doctor shortage plaguing northern Ontario; SooToday went there in the middle of its latest emergency department shutdown