About 400 workers at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation facility at Woodbine Racetrack have been locked out, just days after voting to reject a tentative agreement that had been reached with their employer. The workers, who are members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, voted to reject theRead More

Toronto: A sign that looks remarkably similar to the famous ‘Toronto’ letters in Nathan Phillips Square could soon be installed outside Hamilton City Hall. Hamilton city council will vote today on whether or not to put up a 20 metre-long by 2.28 metre-high sign that spells out the name ofRead More

OTTAWA — Former astronaut Julie Payette will be Canada’s next Governor General. Payette will become the 29th person to hold the position, and the fourth female to be the monarch’s representative in Canada. “This is a very great honour for me and for my family, for my friends and myRead More

TORONTO – Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is heading to Rhode Island today to attend a meeting of U.S. governors, where she plans to talk about cross-border trade and the opioid crisis. Wynne will attend the National Governors Association, a three-day meeting of governors from about 30 states, Puerto Rico andRead More

TORONTO – Lawyers for Sears Canada employees are asking an Ontario judge to have the struggling retailer reinstate or continue their health benefits until October as the company restructures under court protection from creditors. The request is one of several motions to be heard today by Justice Glenn Hainey atRead More

TORONTO — A judge in Toronto has dismissed a request to freeze Omar Khadr’s assets. Justice Edward Belobaba said the request for an injunction from the widow of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan was “extraordinary” and the decision to reject it was not difficult in law. Tabitha Speer andRead More

TORONTO – The widow of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan has failed to show there’s a real risk former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr is hiding his money as a way to avoid paying people he might owe, new court filings show. In urging Ontario Superior Court to dismissRead More

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada hiked its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time in nearly seven years in what may be the beginning of the end of the era of cheap borrowing that has fuelled the hot housing market and record levels of debt. The central bankRead More

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar is soaring following the Bank of Canada’s decision to hike its key lending rate. The loonie was at 78.66 cents US about three hours after the central bank’s announcement, up more than 1.25 cents from Tuesday’s average price of 77.40 cents US. It’s been nearlyRead More

TORONTO – Newly released data from the Ontario government shows half of real estate transactions involving a foreign buyer in the Greater Golden Horseshoe region took place in Toronto the month after the province introduced a new tax on non-residents. The Ontario government says there were 857 residential and agriculturalRead More