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The City of Vaughan has formally dropped its use of automated speed enforcement cameras as Ontario’s premier urges municipalities that have them to end the “tax grab.” Vaughan councillors voted in favour of a motion brought forward by Mayor Stephen Del Duca on Monday, ending the use of its speed cameras, which were put in use in April. However, York Region’s speed cameras are still operating in the city, though council will request the regional government suspend the use of them on Vaughan’s streets.Vaughan paused its use of speed cameras in June after 32,000 speeding tickets were handed out in just three weeks earlier this year. Del Duca put forward that motion to pause their use until September because council was due to receive a report on ways the city could create more effective signa...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 16, 2025 8:18 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney has a slew of meetings today, with his cabinet, the premier of Saskatchewan and canola industry leaders. The prime minister will chair the cabinet meeting at 10 a.m.In the afternoon, Carney will meet with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and, later, he will meet with canola industry leaders. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. ...

Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney doesn’t mince words when asked about possible Alberta separation. He says it’s a historically discredited concept driven by a pocket of malcontents and guaranteed to shred the social fabric of the province it purports to champion.“It’s bananas if we allow a tiny, perennially angry minority to drag the whole province through a deeply divisive debate,” Kenney said in a recent interview in a boardroom at Calgary’s Bankers Hall, where he’s a senior adviser to a law firm and works with corporate boards.“(It would be) a referendum that would divide families, divide communities, divide friends for no useful purpose.“If this gets to a ballot, there will be marriages that will break up over it. There will be wives and husbands who just can’t tolerate each other o...

Lane Hutson isn’t switching sides, no matter what his dad says. The Montreal Canadiens defenceman made it clear Monday he’s committed to USA Hockey, brushing off the chatter his father stirred about a possible future with Canada.“I’m proud to be American and love USA Hockey, they’ve done so much for me,” Hutson said at the Canadiens’ season-opening golf tournament. “I love playing in Canada and I’m very fortunate, but I’m a USA Hockey player and that’s how it is.”A viral clip spread around social media earlier this month when, after Lane was left off USA Hockey’s 44-player Olympic orientation camp roster, Rob Hutson noted his sons hold dual citizenship.“You never know what happens in the future, like my boys are also Canadian,” Rob Hutson said on the Recrutes Habscast podcast. “There is an...

The federal government’s probe into allegations about unpaid work in Canada’s airline sector should wrap up by early December, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Monday. Hajdu first announced the review in August, after a disruptive labour dispute grounded hundreds of Air Canada flights, and the issue of unpaid work for flight attendants was a key part of the impasse.On Monday Employment and Social Development Canada announced that roundtables with industry stakeholders will be held on Sept. 23 and 24 and Oct. 2 and 3.Ottawa also has set an October 17 deadline for feedback. The department said it will publish the results as soon as possible.“All this information will be collected and disseminated in a report that will be publicly available by early December, and then we’ll be able to take appr...