Toronto:  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will once again march in Toronto’s Pride parade. Pride Toronto made the news official Friday morning. Last year, Trudeau became the first Canadian prime minister to take part in the annual event. He will join other dignitaries, including Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto MayorRead More

TORONTO – Ontarians were urged to stock up on booze over the weekend ahead of a possible strike by liquor store workers that could begin before Canada Day. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario and the union representing its employees said they planned to negotiate around the clock ahead ofRead More

TORONTO — Ontario will announce reforms to ticket selling legislation on Monday, after a public consultation found widespread support for more transparent sales and more rules for resellers, The Canadian Press has learned. The attorney general sought public feedback earlier this year on how to craft legislation on ticket buyingRead More

Thousands of people will flock to Toronto’s downtown core over the weekend for the 2017 Pride Parade and a slew of other festivities. During this time, a number of road closures will be in effect along parade routes and elsewhere. Here’s what to look out for: Church Street Pride FestivalRead More

TORONTO — Sears Canada will close 59 stores and cut approximately 2,900 jobs under a court-supervised restructuring, the beleaguered retailer said Thursday following years of dwindling sales and a revolving door of top executives. The announcement came after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted the department store chain temporaryRead More

TORONTO — Organizers of a graduation ceremony for black students at Canada’s largest university say the event is meant to acknowledge the barriers that remain for people of colour pursuing academia. The ceremony is being held Thursday at the University of Toronto after two students took it upon themselves toRead More

The union representing thousands of liquor store employees in Ontario has opened up a strike headquarters directly across from the LCBO’s head office in Toronto ahead of possible labour disruption next week. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), which represents approximately 8,000 LCBO workers, set up shop outside theRead More

FLINT, Mich. – A Quebec man entered an airport in Michigan on Wednesday morning, yelled ‘Allahu akbar’ and stabbed a security officer in the neck, according to U.S. federal prosecutors who said they are investigating the incident as an act of terrorism. Amor Ftouhi, 49, was arrested shortly after theRead More

OTTAWA – The federal government intends to rename National Aboriginal Day as National Indigenous Peoples Day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today. Canadians come together on this day to recognize contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Metis people, Trudeau said in a statement, adding that the history, art, traditions andRead More

OTTAWA — A Thunder Bay MP says she’s not surprised by “appalling” new numbers that suggest the Ontario city has the highest rate of metropolitan hate crime in Canada. Patty Hajdu, who’s also the federal labour minister, used to run a homeless shelter in the remote northwestern Ontario city thatRead More