OTTAWA – Federal briefing documents on the new Indigenous Services Department say Indigenous people in Canada don’t live as long, are more likely to end up in the child welfare system and are less likely to graduate high school. Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott is laying out today the structureRead More

OTTAWA – Canada and the remaining members of the old Trans-Pacific Partnership agreed Tuesday to a revised trade agreement that will forge ahead without the United States, opening distant new markets at a time of uncertainty closer to home. The deal comes exactly one year after U.S. President Donald TrumpRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says household debt in the province has increased since 2010, and is projected to continue to grow, which could spell trouble for the economy as interest rates also climb. Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office says low interest rates have fuelled spending in the province and theRead More

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to India for a state visit next month. Trudeau has made deepening economic ties with India a priority and recently completed his second visit to China as part of diversifying the government’s trade agenda. The Prime Minister’s Office says the visit willRead More

One driver was taken to hospital after police say he crashed his car into a TTC stop in the downtown core early Monday morning. The incident occurred near Bathurst and Queen streets at around 2:30 a.m. The collision caused delays in the area as crews worked to remove the vehicle.Read More

STELLARTON, N.S. — Sobeys Inc. has signed a partnership deal with British company Ocado Group to help build the Canadian retailer’s online grocery shopping business. Under the agreement, Ocado will partner exclusively in Canada with Sobeys and support and engineering services. Ocado has its own grocery and retail businesses underRead More

TORONTO – The owner of an auto parts shop says police had been investigating alleged murderer Bruce McArthur since early October, when they first came looking for a vehicle he sold. McArthur was arrested and charged with first-degree murder last week in the deaths of two missing men from Toronto’sRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s premier is double-doubling down on her criticism of Tim Hortons franchisees who cut worker benefits amid the province’s minimum wage hike, saying a couple that own a trio of coffee shops east of Toronto shouldn’t use employees as pawns to push back against her government’s actions. KathleenRead More

OTTAWA — The federal government will provide another $12.1 million to help the people of Yemen survive what the United Nations has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Since 2015, a Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out airstrikes in Yemen against Iranian-allied rebels. The UNRead More

Ontario, Investigators have concluded that the deaths of Prem and Jan Singh, found shot to death in their Oakville home on Wednesday, is a case of murder-suicide. Halton Regional Police Homicide Det. Alistair Watt told CP24 Wednesady that officers first arrived at the house, located in the area of Summerhill CrescentRead More