TORONTO – A survey conducted for CIBC suggests many Canadians plan to spend an average of nearly $600 on this year’s holiday shopping. That’s eight per cent less than last year, yet the results also indicate 51 per cent of the respondents expect to go over budget. Other key findingsRead More

ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES, Ont. — A father, three young children and a baby are believed to have died in a fire that destroyed their home and ripped apart this First Nation community amid efforts Thursday to recover and identify the charred remains of the victims. Shocked community leadersRead More

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is predicting new mortgage rules will help slow rising household debt levels and the advance of home prices in some markets — two concerns it says pose the biggest risks to the country’s financial stability. The central bank warned Thursday that climbing debt levels,Read More

Toronto: A plan to invest $250 million in Toronto Hydro and in turn boost the annual dividend that the corporation pays to the city has been passed by city council. City council voted 30-1 in favour of the motion on Wednesday morning with Giorgio Mammoliti casting the lone vote against.Read More

City council has voted 32-9 in favour of asking the province for the right to introduce road tolls on the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway as well as a tax on hotels and short-term accommodations. The decisive vote on Tuesday night came following an exhaustive 12-hour debate atRead More

TORONTO — The Toronto-based parent company of the infidelity dating site Ashley Madison says it has paid more than US$1.6 million in settlements as part of an investigation led by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Ruby Corp., which was previously known as Avid Life Media, says half the money wentRead More

TORONTO — Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown is trying again to keep a lid on social conservative views in his caucus, ordering a member of the legislature to retract comments about how some issues would be a priority for a Tory government. Ontario’s French-language public broadcaster, TFO (Television francaise deRead More

CALGARY — Federal Conservative leadership candidate Chris Alexander returned to Alberta to speak at an anti-carbon tax rally, a week after becoming embroiled in controversy over a “lock her up” chant that began while he was addressing a similar event a week earlier. Alexander told the crowd gathered indoors atRead More

TORONTO — As the number of pedestrian deaths continues to climb in Canada’s most populous city, politicians and police are trying to address the issue. So far this year, 42 pedestrians have died in Toronto, making 2016 the deadliest on record since 2002, when 50 pedestrians died. The trend hasRead More

OTTAWA — A pair of Conservative leadership hopefuls say it’s time for Canada to have a free and open debate about sex-selective abortion — a position that’s raising concerns about the revival of old party divisions. Pierre Lemieux, a former Ontario Tory MP, promised Sunday that under his leadership theRead More