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The memo, signed by Education Minister Paul Calandra and addressed to educators and school board staff, warns that failure by school boards to meet those expectations “poses a real risk to student well-being.”

Bryan Crawford, the league’s commissioner, says the average seating capacity at OHL arenas is around 5,000, and that they cost in the range of $150-$200 million to build.

OTTAWA — There should be no new limits on the use of the notwithstanding clause even if a “tyrant” could one day take power and use it to run roughshod on fundamental rights, the Quebec government told Canada’s top court amid a challenge to Quebec’s secularism law. “It is not the role of the court…

Provincial taxes will be taken off more grocery store items under Manitoba’s next budget, Premier Wab Kinew says.

OTTAWA — Four premiers have sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney asking for more collaboration in federal judicial appointments in their provinces. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Quebec Premier François Legault signed a joint letter released on Tuesday, which called for judicial appointments to courts…

The Keystone XL pipeline should be revived immediately and there is a strong case to be made for an energy corridor in eastern Canada including Quebec, the chief executive of National Bank of Canada told an industry event Tuesday. “We need to revive Keystone right now,” Laurent Ferreira said at his bank’s annual financial services…

As Canada prepares for the next generation of its maritime defence capabilities, attention is naturally focused on the ships and submarines that will safeguard the country’s vast waters across three oceans. Yet an equally important question lies beneath the surface: where will the technologies that power and sustain these vessels be developed, integrated and maintained…

Canadian discount giant Dollarama Inc. raised its dividend Tuesday despite bad weather hitting store traffic during the fourth quarter. The retailer announced it was raising its quarterly dividend to 12 cents per share, up from 10.58 cents per share while releasing results for the quarter ending Feb. 1. Shares dropped more than 7 per cent…

The City of Hamilton says it remains committed to improving wastewater and stormwater systems after being slapped with a $600,000 fine for sewage leaking into the Hamilton Harbour for 26 years.

The co-pilot of the Air Canada flight that collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia airport on Sunday night has been identified as Mackenzie Gunther, a graduate of Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto. “Seneca mourns the loss of alumnus Mackenzie Gunther in the aviation accident at LaGuardia Airport in New York yesterday,” the school said in…