Ontario News

OTTAWA — Child care advocates have been told to expect a long-term funding commitment in next week's budget, sources say, but some are already wondering whether it's wise of the federal government to promise years of cash without first securing condi

EDMONTON — The coming Alberta budget will include funding for 10 new schools. Sources have told The Canadian Press that Thursday's budget will also have money for nine replacement schools and seven modernizations.

EDMONTON — The days of Albertans changing their clocks twice a year could soon be coming to an end. NDP backbencher Thomas Dang has put forward a private member's bill that would put Alberta on central standard time year round.

WHITEHORSE — Yukon's government is looking to change a pair of laws in order to protect transgender rights.

SAINT-JEROME, Que. — During a two-month European ski trip in 1996, one of Bertrand Charest's ski students built an igloo out of snow outside the chalet in order to escape from him, she told his sex assault trial Tuesday.

Toronto police say a train has hit a vehicle on the tracks near York University. They say it happened shortly before 8 a.m. at Steeles Avenue West and Canarctic Drive. Police say no injuries have been reported so far.

HALIFAX — A cab driver who was acquitted of sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman in the back of his taxi no longer has a licence to drive a cab in the Halifax area.

MONTREAL — Quebec food banks and some of the province's grocery stores are teaming up to ensure that perfectly edible food will end up in the hands of those who need it most and not at local landfills.

TORONTO — Google is asking Canadian students to submit a design for the banner atop the search engine home page to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday.

WINNIPEG — SkipTheDishes is apologizing to a woman and offering to reschedule a second job interview that was cancelled after she asked about wages and benefits.