“This could’ve been a much more serious disaster,” Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman said. Simcoe County Paramedic Services reported that eight people were injured, four seriously.

Provincial lobbyist registry shows intensive business lobbying coincided with crucial decisions to let construction continue, allow more people on film sets and permit big box stores to fully open — often against the advice of health professionals.

The federal government has been slammed for its slow response to save its former Afghan staff from Taliban threats. “We’re going to move heaven and Earth to get this done,” says Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino.

Premier Doug Ford says Ontario would not require proof-of-vaccination certificates as the province emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.

An announcement is expected next week on when more fully vaccinated people will be allowed to travel to Canada, Prime Minster Justin Trudeau said Thursday.

The Defence Department announced Thursday that an investigation into the retired general has now been referred to the civilian courts.

Research is gaining momentum. On Thursday, the Lancet published a study of more than 70,000 hospitalized patients in the U.K. and found half developed complications that could have longer-term effects — including younger, previously healthy people.

The Tk’emlúps te Secwe?pemc First Nation shocked the world with the horrifying discovery of approximately 215 sets of remains in late May, which has since been followed by revelations at other communities

The U.S. president is making an ambitious attempt to show his fellow citizens how government can make their lives better, Edward Keenan writes.

Chelsea Purcell of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association, for one, says “being able to bet makes it more engaging for sports fans, and that’s something women’s sports really needs.”

The 27-year-old cyclist from Uxbridge, Ont., has finally punched her ticket to her first Olympics, but like for so many others during the pandemic, the road to Tokyo was a mental and physical grind.

As Ontario moves to Step 3 of its reopening on Friday, the government won’t make immunization against COVID-19 mandatory for any industry, Premier Ford said; faced with a rise in coronavirus cases, Los Angeles County will again require residents to...