VANCOUVER — The bank accounts of a Toronto brokerage are frozen to protect consumer deposits after Ontario’s real estate professional regulatory body discovered “a substantial amount” missing. The Real Estate Council of Ontario issued a freeze order for the first time in about six years on Nov. 1 against RE/MAXRead More

Toronto: City council is holding a special meeting today to select a replacement for the late Pam McConnell. McConnell passed away in July following a brief hospitalization. At its meeting in October council decided to appoint a replacement to serve out the remainder of McConnell’s term rather than holding aRead More

TORONTO — A coalition of Ontario student groups, colleges and universities wants the province to significantly boost services for young people struggling with mental health issues as they pursue post-secondary education, with what’s being described as a collaborative “whole community” approach. The group is also calling for a mandatory curriculumRead More

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The Dennis Oland case is back in a New Brunswick courtroom today, as lawyers attempt to settle unresolved issues ahead of a retrial in the 2011 bludgeoning death of his multi-millionaire father. The province’s Court of Appeal overturned Oland’s second-degree murder conviction in October 2016 andRead More

  Toronto: Canada’s two hottest housing markets experienced above-average home sales last month, according to local real estate board figures, as buyers appear to be snapping up properties ahead of new mortgage requirements in January. Vancouver area home sales jumped 7.1 per cent from September to October with 3,022 propertiesRead More

OTTAWA — Bill Morneau suggested Tuesday that it was their own personal financial interests that motivated Conservative MPs to oppose reforms aimed at ending tax advantages for wealthy owners of private corporations. The federal finance minister levelled the charge as the Liberals attempted to turn the tables on the Conservatives,Read More

OTTAWA — Canada’s drug developers recognize that pharmaceutical prices need to come down but they fear the Trudeau government will push too hard in a regulatory review by Health Canada, the head of an industry association said Tuesday. Pamela Fralick, president of Innovative Medicines Canada, said she doesn’t know whatRead More

  OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government on Tuesday rolled out the latest phase of its legalized-pot plans: a five-year, $36.4-million campaign to help teach Canadians — especially the younger ones — about the health and safety risks associated with using marijuana. The money is coming out of a $526-millionRead More

TORONTO — Ontario is set to introduce legislation today that would regulate the sale and distribution of recreational marijuana. The province was the first to announce detailed plans last month for cannabis once the federal government makes it legal in July 2018. The drug will be sold in up toRead More

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals plan to shift just over $2 billion in planned infrastructure spending to future years, reflecting slower-than-anticipated spending on the file, The Canadian Press has learned. The money won’t come from planned spending in one specific year. Nor will it come from one specific program, butRead More