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Toronto workers have longest commutes in Canada: StatsCan

The average commute time in Toronto is 33.3 minutes, according to data released by Statistics Canada on Monday.

Report warns number of young femicide victims in Ontario rising

An advocacy group is warning that a growing number of children and youth are being killed in femicides in Ontario, with nearly one in five victims reported to be under 18 the past eight months.

St. James Town tenants affected by flooding won't get rent break

Tenants at a St. James Town apartment building will not be offered rent abatements even though they were without full access to electricity and hot water for days in the aftermath ofa storm that drenched Toronto.

Councillor calls for charges after death of cyclist in Yorkville

A Toronto city councillor said she would like to see criminal charges laid in the death of a 24-year-old female cyclist in Yorkville this week.

As Canadians try to escape Haiti, some feel their own government left them behind

With Haiti plagued by gang violence and anarchy, many of the roughly 3,000 Canadians registered in the island nation want to leave. But some say they've had no help from Canadian authorities.

Ottawa to create regulator to hold online platforms accountable for harmful content: sources

The Online Harms Act, which is expected to be introduced in the House of Commons this week, will include a new regulator, separate from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, with a mandate to reduce online harms.

As wildfires burn in Alberta forests, what happens to the animals?

Some animals perish, some escape, some grow accustomed to a new habitat and plenty actually thrive.

False wildfire and election information is thriving online. Here's how you can tackle it

With unprecedented wildfires and a provincial election happening at the same time, Alberta is ripe for the spreading of false information online. There are ways to avoid falling into the traps.

Edmonton advocate shares her story in docuseries about sex industry's ugly realities

It took April Eve Wiberg years to gather the courage to share how she, like many other young Indigenous women, was groomed into the sex industry when she was at her most vulnerable.

'It was just magical': Hinton councillor forms friendship with 84-year-old evacuee

When a Hinton town councillor welcomed Lori Bradley and her dog, Jenna, into her home, an unexpected friendship was forged.