Ontario News

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale plans to introduce a bill today to upgrade a list of Conservative anti-terrorism measures.

OTTAWA — The federal government introduced legislation Monday to restrict the use of solitary confinement inside federal prisons and to better protect prisoners with mental illness or at risk of self-harm or suicide.

TORONTO — Almost one in every two Canadians is expected to be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime and one in four Canadians will die from the disease, a new report by the Canadian Cancer Society predicts.

TORONTO — A judge says an Ontario woman with incurable erosive osteoarthritis fits a key requirement to receive a medically assisted death after her doctor refused to help her because he feared criminal prosecution.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says it will not force faith-based hospitals to provide medical assistance in dying. The comment comes in response to a controversy over the reversal of a decision by the St.

OTTAWA — Public safety and justice workers exposed to graphic materials detailing horrific crimes are at risk of suffering psychological injuries and therefore need better protections, says a federal union.

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is sticking with its deadline to legalize recreational marijuana by July 2018, despite provincial fears that there's not enough time to address the legal, social and health challenges of ending Canada's pot prohibition

OTTAWA — The federal information watchdog would have the power to order release of government records under newly tabled legislation.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Liberals say they are now ready to take big money out of politics after rejecting calls for political fundraising reform for more than a decade.

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