TORONTO – Home Capital Group Inc. (TSX:HCG) is continuing to rebuild the ranks of its executive ranks with the hiring of a new chief financial officer with extensive experience in Canada’s financial services industry. The Toronto-based company says the appointment of Brad Kotush will take effect Sept. 1. Kotush isRead More

MONTREAL – Federal NDP leadership hopefuls are showcasing their language skills as they square off in French-language debate in Montreal. Manitoba MP Niki Ashton, Quebec MP Guy Caron and Ontario MP Charlie Angus and Ontario legislature member Jagmeet Singh are debating in a province where the NDP is looking toRead More

MONTREAL — Texans forced from their flooded homes by unprecedented water levels may get help rebuilding from a Canadian forestry company. Seth Kursman, a vice president with Resolute Forest Products, has committed to sending a rail car full of lumber to Houston once the storm-battered city begins to recover fromRead More

TORONTO — Critics of Ontario’s premier wondering why her dismal personal approval ratings aren’t prompting her to quit before next year’s election need look no further than government-commissioned polling. The last nine of months of polling that have landed in Kathleen Wynne’s lap, and were obtained by The Canadian PressRead More

OTTAWA – Canada’s top soldier expressed solidarity with the LGBTQ community Sunday by walking in Ottawa’s annual Pride parade. But Gen. Jonathan Vance, the chief of defence staff, had no word for those awaiting an apology over being forced from the Canadian military for being gay or lesbian in pastRead More

OTTAWA — A small crowd of veterans, dignitaries and invited guests marked a final, drenched ceremony in Ottawa today in remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the raid on Dieppe in France. The ceremony was held in the pouring rain at the National War Memorial, where Prime Minister Justin TrudeauRead More

OTTAWA — Incoming governor general Julie Payette says she’s dropping her attempt to block access to documents concerning her 2015 divorce in the United States. In a written statement issued Monday to a media consortium challenging her in court, Payette says she decided to drop her bid for transparency reasons.Read More

TORONTO — TransUnion Canada says the average amount owing on mortgages was up nearly five per cent in the second quarter, even though a change in Ontario regulations last spring appears to have reduced the volume of home sales. The credit monitoring agency says the average mortgage balance in thisRead More

The number of Ontarians being prescribed opioids held steady at about one in seven in 2016 but the amount of the potentially addictive drugs that were actually dispensed trended downward, according to a new study. The St. Michael’s Hospital study found that about 1.7 million Ontarians were prescribed an opioidRead More

Toronto:-  Toronto may not have the best view of Monday’s solar eclipse but (with the proper eyewear) residents in the city can still catch a glimpse of a partial eclipse. The eclipse will begin at 1:10 p.m. and will reach maximum coverage of the sun at 2:32 p.m. The eclipseRead More