Toronto : Ontario’s Civilian Police Commission will allow an appeal against the sentence handed down to a senior Toronto cop who ordered G20 protesters to be “kettled” and detained back in 2010, after hearing complaints that the punishment was too small. Supt. David (Mark) Fenton was found by a policeRead More

OTTAWA — The world — including the United States — is heading inexorably in the direction of reducing greenhouse gases, even if it isn’t a priority for president-elect Donald Trump, says Vice-President Joe Biden. “Reality has a way of intruding,” Biden said Friday in Ottawa as he sat around aRead More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared victory Friday in his campaign to craft a national “framework” agreement on climate change — even though Saskatchewan and Manitoba refused to sign on to the deal and British Columbia claimed a major carve-out. Even as Trudeau was asserting the provinces and territoriesRead More

Mississauga: Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans met with a 22-year-old woman who was struck in the back by an errant police bullet in hospital before the Special Investigations Unit was notified of her injuries, a $21 million lawsuit alleges. On March 20, 2015, police were called to a townhouseRead More

Toronto: The TTC and GO Transit are boosting service tonight as Toronto plays host to the MLS Cup final at BMO Field and UFC 206 at the Air Canada Centre. GO Transit says it will have extra trains with connections on standby on both the Lakeshore east and west linesRead More

HAMILTON — The RCMP says a Canada Border Services Agency officer has been charged in a smuggling investigation. The Mounties say the arrest came as part of a joint forces investigation that focused on a criminal organization that was allegedly smuggling truckloads of contraband tobacco into Canada from the UnitedRead More

OTTAWA – U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden is to arrive in Ottawa later today on a visit shrouded in secrecy and speculation. Biden is to address provincial premiers and aboriginal leaders at their Friday meeting in Ottawa. But there is much speculation about what the Obama administration’s second-in-command might have toRead More

OTTAWA — The federal government says Canada will spend $2.3 billion to replace the military’s ancient search-and-rescue planes with 16 new aircraft from European aerospace giant Airbus. The Airbus C-295 will replace the air force’s existing planes, Public Procurement Minister Judy Foote announced today at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, oneRead More

MONTREAL — Engineering giant SNC-Lavalin is cutting another 405 jobs in Canada due to the weakness in the mining sector and ongoing efforts to boost its profit margin. Spokesman Louis-Antoine Paquin says the company will eliminate 186 positions in Montreal, 195 in Ontario and 24 in Saskatoon, says spokesman Louis-AntoineRead More

  Toronto: The union that represents 500 of the City of Toronto’s garbage collectors says it fears Mayor John Tory will order that waste collection east of Yonge Street be contracted out in the New Year. CUPE Local 416 vice president Matt Figliano says his union has reason to believeRead More