TORONTO — Faculty at Ontario’s colleges who have been on strike for about a month began voting Tuesday on a contract offer, as a potential class action lawsuit was launched on behalf of students. Some 12,000 Ontario college professors, instructors, counsellors, and librarians haven’t been at work since Oct. 15,Read More

MANILA, Philippines — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he reassured Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte that Ottawa is searching for a way to dispose of thousands of tons of Canadian trash languishing in the port of Manila. The household waste, which includes soiled diapers, has been rotting in about 100 shippingRead More

TORONTO – The Ontario government is expected to announce relief for small businesses today in a bid to help ease the transition to the province’s increasing minimum wage. Finance Minister Charles Sousa is expected to unveil the government plan to help small businesses in the province’s fall economic statement, whichRead More

Toronto: Mayor John Tory is headed to New York City today for a two-day technology and innovation business mission. The mayor’s trip will include a visit to Sidewalk Labs, which recently won a bid to help construct a high-tech community on Toronto’s waterfront. Tory will also take part in aRead More

OTTAWA — A U.S. effort to stoke the fires of coal-powered electricity didn’t escape the attention of Canada’s environment minister Monday as Catherine McKenna used her Twitter account to troll the carbon-based fuel just as American officials were extolling its virtues. McKenna is in Bonn, Germany, for the 2017 UnitedRead More

MANILA, Philippines — Justin Trudeau held a bilateral meeting today in the Philippines with the recently elected New Zealand Prime Minister Jacina Ardern — who’s drawn comparisons to the Canadian leader. The meeting took place on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian summit in Manila, where Trudeau is trying toRead More

OTTAWA — As Liberal MPs spend this week in their ridings, they are tasked with reminding Canadians what they have done since the last election as they start boosting their efforts to convince voters they deserve to stay. The co-ordinated blitz will involve visits to local businesses and schools, pitchesRead More

MANILA, Philippines – Justin Trudeau landed in the Philippines on Sunday with the goal of raising Canada’s profile in the Asia-Pacific region, especially on security issues and trade. This week, Trudeau will become the first sitting Canadian prime minister to participate in the annual East Asia Summit and is theRead More

Overnight closures of the Gardiner Expressway will begin tonight to accommodate scheduled maintenance of the busy highway. From 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday, one westbound lane of the highway will be closed. One westbound lane will also be closed on the nights of Nov. 27 andRead More

MANILA, Philippines — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting Manila today to start a three-day visit to the Philippines that will include a leaders’ summit of Southeast Asian countries. One of Trudeau’s priorities will be strengthening economic ties to the rapidly growing 10-member bloc, which is known as ASEAN. TheRead More