TORONTO — Ontario’s premier took another step toward a defamation lawsuit against the province’s Opposition leader Friday after he refused to retract comments suggesting she is personally on trial. Kathleen Wynne’s lawyer demanded in a letter last month that Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown withdraw comments he made a dayRead More

OTTAWA — Cracks began to show in Bill Morneau’s cucumber-cool countenance Friday as the finance minister faced still more questions about the handling of his personal fortune, even after pledging to sell at least $21 million worth of stock in hopes of muting conflict-of-interest allegations. More than once, Morneau struckRead More

ALMA, Que. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again waded into the debate on Quebec’s Bill 62 on Friday, saying governments should not be telling women what to wear and what not to wear. “I will always stand up for Canadians’ rights,’ he said in Alma, Que. “I will always standRead More

OTTAWA — The federal government is moving to pare down its controversial tax proposal on passive income so that it will only affect three per cent of small businesses. A senior government official tells The Canadian Press that Finance Minister Bill Morneau will be in New Brunswick on Wednesday toRead More

TORONTO — The way the Ontario Liberal government is cutting hydro bills by 25 per cent purposely obscures the true financial impact to avoid showing a deficit on the province’s books, the auditor general said Tuesday. Bonnie Lysyk estimated in a special report that the plan’s total cost will beRead More

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Joshua Boyle, a Canadian who was rescued with his family last week by Pakistani troops, said Tuesday that his wife had to be rushed to the hospital and remains there. Boyle told The Associated Press in an email that his wife, Caitlan Boyle, was admitted Monday.Read More

TORONTO — Women in Ontario would be protected from being required to wear high heels at work under a bill being introduced Tuesday. The private member’s bill from Cristina Martins, a Liberal MPP, would amend the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Act to prohibit employers from mandating workers to wearRead More

STOUFFVILLE, Ont. — The federal Liberal government says it will lower the small business tax rate to 10 per cent in January and to nine per cent in 2019, the start of a week-long effort to stanch the bleeding from a self-inflicted political wound. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is makingRead More

TORONTO — Faculty at Ontario’s 24 colleges are walking picket lines today, with the labour dispute affecting more than 500,000 students in the province. The strike involving more than 12,000 professors, instructors, counsellors, and librarians began late Sunday, after the two sides couldn’t resolve their differences by a deadline ofRead More

TORONTO – Sears Canada Inc. says executive chairman Brandon Stranzl has resigned from its board of directors following court approval last week for the retailer to begin its liquidation sales. The company says his services are no longer required. Sears Canada has been operating under court protection from creditors sinceRead More