OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Melanie Joly is the first to acknowledge Canada 150 had its share of ups and downs. She doesn’t shy away from mentioning the torrential rains that flooded Parliament Hill’s Canada Day show and tries to laugh off the frosty temperatures that forced the cancellation of manyRead More

  Peel Regional Police’s homicide unit is investigating after a man was struck and killed by a vehicle in Brampton early Sunday morning. Officers were called to the area of Torbram Road and Peter Robertson Boulevard at around 1:45 a.m. on Sunday after receiving calls about a pedestrian struck inRead More

Bitterly cold temperatures will continue as Toronto bids 2017 a fond farewell. Here is what you need to know as you ring in the New Year tonight. Weather: An extreme cold weather warning has been issued for Toronto and many areas of the province. Environment Canada says revellers can expectRead More

The city’s director of shelter services says beds are still available at multiple homeless shelters across Toronto despite reports from volunteers at an unsanctioned downtown supervised injection site who said beds could not be located last night. Speaking to CP24 on Saturday night, Gillian Kolla, of the Toronto Overdose PreventionRead More

OTTAWA — Julie Payette has issued a decidedly informal request to Canadians in her first New Years message as governor general — “stay active.” Gone are the regal trappings that served as a backdrop to end-of-year messages delivered by previous governors general. Instead, Payette chose to deliver a statement whileRead More

MONTREAL — Bombardier Commercial Aircraft says EgyptAir has signed a firm agreement to purchase a dozen CS300 aircraft along with purchase rights for an additional 12 of the aircraft. EgyptAir’s letter of intent to buy the aircraft was announced Nov. 14 during the Dubai Air Show — about a monthRead More

TORONTO — The case of a Toronto police officer found guilty of attempted murder in the fatal shooting of a teen on a streetcar and now charged with attempting to obstruct justice and perjury will return to court next month. Const. James Forcillo appeared in court Friday and is setRead More

Drivers in parts of the GTA faced a rough commute to work this morning as a lake effect snow band drifted into the region. “A band of lake effect snow from Lake Ontario is grazing areas near the shore of the lake in Mississauga this morning. This lake effect snowRead More

TORONTO — Canadians are keen to lighten their debt loads in 2018, according to an annual opinion survey conducted for CIBC. The Toronto-based bank says debt reduction or elimination was the top priority for 25 per cent of the poll respondents. Paying bills or just getting by were the topRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s first year of carbon pricing brought in nearly $2 billion, but uncertainty looms over the program’s future as the province faces an election in 2018 that could see its cap-and-trade system replaced with a carbon tax. The system, launched in 2017, is aimed at lowering greenhouse gasRead More