TORONTO – A report commissioned by the Canadian Automobile Association has identified Canada’s 20 worst highway bottlenecks. The CAA report says the top 20 were found in just four cities — Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Quebec City. 1. Toronto, Highway 401 between Highway 427 and Yonge Street 2. Toronto, DonRead More

TORONTO — Sotheby’s International Realty Canada says Toronto is poised to lead the country in high-end home sales for the third consecutive year. The latest report from the realtor showed sales of homes worth $1 million or more in the Greater Toronto Area rose 77 per cent last year comparedRead More

The city’s plan to open three supervised injection sites for intravenous drug users remains in limbo, nearly six months after being overwhelmingly approved by council. Council voted in favour of opening the sites back in July but in order to move ahead the city still needs funding from the provinceRead More

After years of sipping back Molson while taking in the sounds of Dave Matthews, Motley Crue, The Tragically Hip, Bryan Adams and others, concert-goers at Toronto’s beloved amphitheatre can expect a bit of a mental adjustment when they buy their tickets this coming concert season. Known for some 22 yearsRead More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is ringing in the new year with a determined effort to re-establish his connection with grassroots Canadians after closing out 2016 amid accusations of kowtowing to wealthy donors at elite Liberal fundraisers. Trudeau is planning to embark on a campaign-style tour, talking to averageRead More

OTTAWA — The national labour market saw big gains in 2016 — but unlike recent years the net job growth was propelled by a surge in the less-desirable category of part-time work. Statistics Canada’s year-end employment review shows the country added 153,700 net new part-time jobs last year and justRead More

OTTAWA — An Ottawa-area man has been charged with several child pornography offences. The Ottawa Police Service says its investigation began in July when the National Child Exploitation Co-ordination Centre forwarded it reports from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipLine. Investigators say the reports indicated an IPRead More

  Ontario: Multiple under construction homes were destroyed after a large fire in a Bradford West Gwillimbury neighbourhood on Friday morning. The fire broke out near Line 6 and Melbourne Drive at around 5 a.m. According to Fire Chief Kevin Gallant, crews arrived to the scene to find two fullyRead More

CALGARY — The case of a Sunwing Airlines pilot charged with being impaired in the cockpit has been put over until Jan. 25. Miroslav Gronych, a 37-year-old Slovakian national, is accused of having care and control of an aircraft while impaired and with having a blood-alcohol level above .08. GronychRead More

Toronto: A Toronto District School Board trustee says a proposal to end a grant that helps fund childcare centres in schools will ultimately make daycare more expensive for already cash-strapped parents. In order to help fill a $91 million shortfall in the operating budget for 2017, staff are proposing toRead More