TORONTO — Replacing Ontario’s cap-and-trade program with a carbon tax, which the Progressive Conservatives promise to do if they win the election next year, would lead to higher gas prices and more expensive home heating bills, says Premier Kathleen Wynne. Wynne says the Tory plan — part of the party’sRead More

Ontario: Ontario residents are in store for a milder than normal winter season but that doesn’t mean we won’t see a white Christmas, according to Environment Canada. Speaking with CP24 on the first day of December, senior climatologist with Environment Canada Dave Phillips said while it won’t feel as warmRead More

OTTAWA — Canada’s top court agreed on Thursday to weigh in on a case in which the ability of journalists to do their work conflicts with the ability of police and prosecutors to do theirs. The Supreme Court of Canada decision to grant Vice Media leave to appeal follows aRead More

The police officer convicted of attempted murder in the shooting of Sammy Yatim had his bail revoked on Monday, CP24 has learned. A source in court tells CP24 that Const. James Forcillo is now in prison and has begun serving his six year sentence as he awaits an appeal hearing.Read More

About 10,000 students will be able to ride the school bus tomorrow morning on schedule after a driver strike was averted at the last minute. Negotiations between Unifor and First Student Canada continued until the midnight deadline. Representatives came out of the meeting to tell reporters that a tentative dealRead More

TORONTO – A coroner’s inquest will be held into the death of a drum technician who was killed in a stage collapse at a 2012 Radiohead concert in Toronto. A spokeswoman for the office of Ontario’s chief coroner says the inquest into Scott Johnson’s death will be formally announced thisRead More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Alberta-based judge Sheilah Martin to the Supreme Court of Canada. Born and raised in Montreal, Martin was trained in both civil and common law before moving to Alberta to pursue her career as an educator, lawyer and judge. She served on theRead More

TORONTO – Leaders from a Northern Ontario First Nation are meeting with federal and Ontario Indigenous ministers in Toronto today to push for a mercury treatment centre. Mercury contamination has plagued the English-Wabigoon River system in northwestern Ontario for half a century, since a paper mill in Dryden, Ont., dumpedRead More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Tuesday on behalf of the federal government for perpetrating decades of discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community. Dozens of people — including two of Trudeau’s own children, Xavier and Ella-Grace — crammed into the various House of Commons galleries to witness theRead More

TORONTO – Ontario’s final cap-and-trade auction before entering a joint market with Quebec and California next year is set for today. The province launched the program aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions this year and has seen three sell-out auctions, bringing in about $1.5 billion for green projects. The systemRead More