TORONTO — A former Salvation Army executive diverted truckloads of donations received by the charity to the black market as part of scheme to make money, a Toronto court has ruled. David Rennie was found guilty this week of six charges related to the setup, including fraud, theft and traffickingRead More

TORONTO — The Ontario government is promising to soon make an abortion pill free for all women in the province. Mifegymiso, known as RU-486 outside of Canada, is a combination of two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol. After years of study, Health Canada approved its use as a non-surgical option forRead More

TORONTO — A veteran police officer who prepared bogus accident reports in exchange for cash lost his bid on Friday to overturn his conviction and five-year prison term. In upholding the guilty finding, the Court of Appeal for Ontario rejected arguments from Peel Regional Police Const. Carlton Watson that theRead More

Toronto: Mayor Tory says that by failing to match promised federal investments in housing and transit in Toronto, the provincial government has effectively “turned their backs” on the city. Tory had conducted a sustained lobbying campaign in recent weeks, calling on the province to at the very least match theRead More

Ontario:-  The marquee pledge in the Ontario government’s first balanced budget in nine years is a free prescription drug plan for anyone under the age of 25. It will provide free medication with no co-pay or deductible to all children and young adults – regardless of their household income –Read More

Toronto:  Mayor Tory says that by failing to match promised federal investments in housing and transit in Toronto, the provincial government has effectively “turned their backs” on the city. Tory had conducted a sustained lobbying campaign in recent weeks, calling on the province to at the very least match theRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s premier says she hopes a youth pharmacare plan presented this week in her government’s budget helps spur a national drug coverage program. The provincial plan to cover more than 4,000 medications for Ontarians under 25, with no co-pay or deductible, at an annual cost of $465 millionRead More

MONTREAL — Bombardier and the federal government have rejected Boeing’s claim in a complaint filed with the U.S. government that its Canadian rival has dumped its new CSeries commercial jet into the United States at below cost. “Bombardier structures its commercial dealings to ensure compliance with the laws and regulationsRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s first balanced budget in a decade is being released this afternoon and is expected to contain new money to benefit seniors, students, parents, caregivers and patients. The deficit-free fiscal plan gives the province’s Liberal government some room to bring in new spending as it heads into anRead More

OTTAWA — Canada’s science minister says universities aren’t doing the heavy lifting to appoint more female research chairs, so she wants to force their hands. On her way to give a speech Wednesday to Canada’s university presidents in Montreal, Kirsty Duncan was handed the latest statistics on the number ofRead More