OTTAWA — Virtual private network service NordVPN warned on Friday it could pull out of Canada over the federal government’s proposed lawful access bill.

NordVPN said in a social media post it is reviewing the bill and would consider leaving Canada if the bill requires it to compromise its privacy protections.

The company said if Bill C-22 passes “and if we are subjected to mandatory obligations, there isn’t a scenario in which we would compromise our no-logs architecture or encryption protections.”

“To prevent this

Toronto police have located the dog wanted in connection with the mauling death of a smaller dog in the city’s west end earlier this week.

Investigators issued a public safety alert just after 4 p.m. on Tuesday following reports of an assault involving a larger dog, described as an abandoned, brown pit bull mix, in the Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue West area

Police said the “unprovoked” attack resulted in a small dog being killed and the owner sustaining non-life threatening injuries.

On Wednesday, police

Peel Regional Police say they have arrested a man in connection with threats made to three schools in Brampton.

A secondary school received numerous threatening phone messages between May 10 and 12 and an investigation revealed that similar threats were made against another secondary school and elementary school in Brampton.

While all the threats were determined to be unfounded, police say they involved the same suspect.

Bryan Hulme, 31, from Scarborough was arrested and charged with uttering threats and three counts of public mischief.

He has been released and scheduled

MONTREAL — Transat AT Inc. says high jet fuel prices added $70 million in additional costs for March and April compared with the same months last year.

The travel company says fuel surcharges have only marginally offset the higher costs because a large portion of its bookings were made before the crisis caused by the attacks on Iran by the U.S. and Israel began.

Fuel prices have soared with the closing of the Strait of Hormuz due to the conflict in the Middle East.

In addition to fuel surcharges on new

Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith is asking supporters for advice on what his next steps should be, with his potential bid to become Ontario Liberal leader in doubt following a nomination loss.

Erskine-Smith was vying to represent the provincial party in the upcoming Scarborough Southwest byelection but lost a nomination race last weekend.

He had said he wanted to run in Scarborough Southwest ahead of an intended bid for the party’s leadership, but now says that is “much less likely,” after he failed to secure the nomination.

HALIFAX — Canada’s wine sector is worth more than $10 billion a year and the industry says a few tweaks — like scrapping domestic trade barriers — could add billions of dollars to the national economy.

A new report commissioned by the Wine Growers of Canada says the sector could be worth an extra $3.7 billion if Canadians drank more homegrown wine.

It’s aiming to get domestic consumption to 51 per cent over the next 15 years, up from the current 40 per cent.

For the first time in Ontario, retailers can open for business this Victoria Day Monday after the Ford government moved to loosen holiday closure rules, though the minister behind the change says no employee will be denied the day off if they want it.

The Ontario Legislature recently passed changes to the Retail Business Holidays Act, allowing retail stores to open on Family Day and Victoria Day if they so choose. Many are planning to do so.

Most grocery stores, malls, and Costcos will be open on Monday, along with all

NEW DELHI (AP) — ’s foreign minister said a lack of trust is the biggest obstacle in negotiations to end the war with the U.S., saying Friday that Tehran would be open to diplomatic help, particularly from China, to .

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said contradictory messages have “made us reluctant about the real intentions of Americans.”

“We are in doubt about their seriousness,” he told reporters , adding that negotiations would move forward if Washington was ready for a “fair and balanced

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has recognized intimate partner violence as a distinct legal basis for pursuing civil damages.

The top court’s ruling Friday came in the case of a woman who was subjected to physical and emotional abuse by her husband during a 16-year marriage.

“Intimate partner violence is a social ill and a deep affront to one’s dignity,” Justice Nicholas Kasirer wrote on behalf of a majority of the court.

The court said the torts of assault, battery and intentional infliction of