Toronto,The latest Forum Research poll has John Tory and Doug Ford surging ahead of Olivia Chow who was the frontrunner for several months in Toronto’s mayoral race till the end of July. In the phone survey of 1,167 people, 43 per cent of people said they would vote for JohnRead More

Ottawa, The federal cabinet is poised to consider the possible deployment of CF-18 jetfighters and CP-140 Aurora surveillance aircraft in the ever-expanding air war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. But there is concern within National Defence and among critics about the wear and tear of yet anotherRead More

Mississauga, The race to replace Mississauga’s longest-serving mayor Hazel McCallion continues to be a tight one, according to a new Forum Research poll. There’s only four points separating two former MPs Bonnie Crombie and Steve Mahoney. The poll, conducted on Sept. 27, surveyed 557 voters in Mississauga. It found MahoneyRead More

Brampton, An expenses scandal that has plagued Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell in recent months appears to have wiped out any advantage she may have had as an incumbent, according to a Forum Research poll. Out of 928 respondents who were polled on Sept. 27, only 17 per cent said theyRead More

Toronto, Olivia Chow announced another piece of her mayoral platform Tuesday by vowing to create thousands of new spaces at child care centres in Toronto. During a news conference Tuesday morning, Chow told reporters that she plans to create 3,000 new daycare spaces by building new child care centres inRead More

Mumbai, Actress Manisha Koirala, who has successfully battled cancer, may face the cameras again soon and if all goes well, she may be seen in Rajkumar Santoshi’s next project. Manisha’s manager says she’s “absolutely fine and doing well”. “She has been reading scripts and she has almost finalised Rajkumar Santoshi’sRead More

Mumbai, The young and versatile actress Alia Bhatt has turned designer for a line titled ‘Alia’ for an online shopping portal. She says her love for fashion is courtesy filmmaker Karan Johar. Alia says she was not much of a fashionista initially, but during the shooting for “Student of TheRead More

Randeep Hooda and Nandana Sen’s upcoming film ‘Rang Rasiya’ launched its music and trailer in an upscale event recently at the Matterden Center for Films and Creation, Mumbai. Singers Sunidhi Chauhan, Kailash Kher, Roopkumar Rathod and Sonu Nigam brought the night to life with their soulful voices as Randeep Hooda,Read More

Hrithik Roshan has asked Salman Khan to draw a painting with a message as part of the ‘Bang Bang’ dare to promote his upcoming action thriller. Hrithik, 40, will be seen in an action hero avatar in the Siddharth Anand-directed film, which also stars Katrina Kaif and will hit theatresRead More

Incheon, Two-time champions India stayed on course for their first Asian Games gold medal in 16 years as a solitary strike by Akashdeep Singh helped them beat hosts South Korea 1-0 in the semifinals of the men’s hockey tournament at the Soenhak Hockey Stadium here Tuesday. India not only stayedRead More