OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is extending public consultations to find out what Canadians want to see in a new North American Free Trade Agreement. The consultations were to end today but officials say the government will continue indefinitely to accept responses to its online survey, which asks Canadians toRead More

TORONTO — Sears Canada has been given approval to begin the liquidation sales Friday at the 59 locations it plans to close. Ontario Superior Judge Barbara Conway approved the motion Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Sears lawyer Jeremy Dacks said the company wanted to start sales of its merchandise, furniture,Read More

Toronto: Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement for Toronto and all of the GTA except for Durham Region, saying there is a chance of high concentrations of smog to develop in the area on Tuesday afternoon. The statement says hot and sunny weather is contributing to anRead More

HALIFAX — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will take part in Saturday’s Pride Parade in Halifax. Halifax Pride tweeted on Monday evening that a “special guest” would join the parade, to which Trudeau replied, “See you there!” Halifax Liberal MP Andy Fillmore also sent out a tweet saying Trudeau will marchRead More

EDMONTON — Cross-border trade and the looming renegotiation of NAFTA top the agenda of the upcoming summer gathering of Canada’s premiers, says host Rachel Notley. Notley says the premiers will hear from Canada’s ambassador to the United States at the meeting of what is known as the Council of theRead More

WASHINGTON — After campaigning and complaining about NAFTA for two years, Donald Trump is about to start doing some explaining: the U.S. president is poised to release a list as early as Monday revealing how he wants to change the deal. American law requires that the administration publish a listRead More

TORONTO — Federal prison guards are failing to comply with rules around videotaping their use of force against inmates in a majority of cases, according to data obtained by The Canadian Press. In the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the Office of the Correctional Investigator led by Ivan Zinger reviewed 1,436 incidentsRead More

The Office of the Fire Marshal is investigating a “suspicious” fire at a church in Brampton on Sunday. Peel Regional Police say at around 2 a.m. Sunday, officers and firefighters were called to a church on Heritage Road after a fire alarm was activated. When crews arrived on scene, aRead More

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It’s like a day of Canada-U.S. political speed-dating: Dozens of American governors, several Canadian federal and provincial representatives, holding meetings in quick succession, hoping to leave a good impression before the relationship gets tested by the cold reality of trade negotiations. They’re all converging today at aRead More

Toronto: Two Toronto police officers who were captured on camera mocking a woman with Down syndrome during a traffic stop have apologized for their conduct but will not do so in front of a camera, as requested by the woman’s family. The incident occurred on Nov. 5, 2016 in EtobicokeRead More