Toronto, John Tory will be the next mayor of Canada’s largest city after winning the Toronto municipal election. Tory, a former telecommunications executive, CFL chairman, provincial politician, and radio broadcaster, bested controversial city councillor Doug Ford and former NDP MP Olivia Chow, the one-time frontrunner. In the end, Tory finishedRead More

Brampton, Linda Jeffrey has handed Susan Fennell, the scandal-plagued mayor of Brampton, an embarrassing defeat. She said Fennell’s loss was a signal that Brampton taxpayers “sent a clear message that they want a better Brampton … We needed real leadership.” “Certainly, people were very angry,” Jeffrey said of Fennell, moments afterRead More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Mississauga has a new mayor for the first time in nearly four decades, with Bonnie Crombie taking over from the city’s beloved matriarch, Hazel McCallion. Crombie, a city councillor and former Liberal MP, beat out Steve Mahoney after she was endorsed by McCallion herself. Mahoney was alsoRead More

It was an easy win for Josh Colle, who conquered Ward 15 for a second time Monday night, capturing 75 per cent of the vote. His win in Eglinton-Lawrence — a central Toronto neighbourhood populated by many residents of Italian origin and constituents living in single-detached homes and apartment buildingsRead More

Voters gave Glenn De Baeremaeker another term on Monday in a decisive victory for the incumbent Ward 38 Scarborough Centre councillor. At a victory party in the basement of his Scarborough home, surrounded by neighbours and volunteers watching the campaign results on a borrowed big-screen TV, De Baeremaeker marvelled atRead More

Edmonton, Alberta Premier Jim Prentice won a seat in the legislature Monday as his Progressive Conservatives defeated all comers in four by-election races. Prentice, the 58-year-old former MP and Conservative cabinet minister under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, handily defeated Wildrose candidate Kathy Macdonald in Calgary-Foothills. Health Minister Stephen Mandel outlastedRead More

London: British Prime Minister David Cameron has reiterated that the United Kingdom wants deeper ties with India and claimed that the two democracies face many similar challenges while also making it aptly clear that his government will never interfere in the highly vexed Kashmir issue. The Conservative Party leader was on TuesdayRead More

Washington, Patrick Nayyar (50), an Indian citizen residing illegally in the U.S., has been handed down a 15-year jail term by a New York federal court for lending support to the proscribed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, including offers to sell guns, ammunition, vehicles, bulletproof vests, and night-vision goggles to anRead More

United States,Indian-American community in the US has launched a campaign demanding a postage stamp on Diwali festival by next year, saying it is the only major festival on which US Postal Service has not issued a stamp. Indiaspora, an organisation of influential Indian-Americans, has launched a website, urging the communityRead More

Melbourne, Australia is looking forward to strengthen trade and economic ties and converging strategic interests with India, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today. Abbott’s remarks came ahead of his counterpart Narendra Modi’s visit to Australia next month, the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the country since 1986. During hisRead More