TORONTO — Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says the service sector is key for growth as the Canadian economy continues to recover from the global financial crisis and the more recent downturn in oil and other commodity prices. Speaking to the C.D. Howe Institute, Poloz said Monday night thatRead More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says he won’t be attending any memorial or funeral services for the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, saying his schedule wouldn’t allow him to attend. Instead, Trudeau has dispatched Governor General David Johnston to attend a memorial service scheduled to take place TuesdayRead More

OTTAWA — Tax disputes are taking too long to resolve, there’s no way to evaluate efforts to streamline cross-border traffic and trade and Canada is “squandering” the potential of its Aboriginal Peoples, the federal auditor general says in his annual fall report. Michael Ferguson is marking the midpoint of hisRead More

COLD LAKE, Alta. — A pilot killed in the crash of a CF-18 fighter jet near the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary has been identified as a Hamilton man who had been with the military for a decade. Col. Paul Doyle, commanding officer of 4 Wing Cold Lake, said Capt. Thomas McQueen, 29,Read More

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the former Cuban president Fidel Castro was a dictator, but that does not mean it was inappropriate to acknowledge his achievements at the time of his death. Trudeau says it was a statement meant to mark the death of a former headRead More

 Toronto: The Toronto Music Industry Advisory Council is pushing to have the city extend last call at bars across Toronto and not just for special occasions. The request by the advisory council will be considered at tomorrow’s Economic Development and Culture Committee meeting. “No decisions will be made tomorrow. ItRead More

Ottawa: Indigenous leaders say rampant child sexual abuse on many reserves across the country is an underlying contributor to mental health crises — particularly among young people — but a lack of funding and co-ordinated programs is leaving residents without desperately needed counselling services, which could help break the chainRead More

The prime minister is facing criticism at home and abroad for his statement expressing “deep sorrow” about the death of former Cuban president Fidel Castro. Justin Trudeau, who recently returned from a diplomatic visit to Cuba, made the statement early Saturday after the announcement that Castro had died at theRead More

MONROVIA, Liberia — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is departing Liberia today with a promise to renew and strengthen the friendship between Canada and the West African nation. “Canada and Liberia have a strong relationship — one that is made stronger by our shared belief that when women and girls areRead More

Oshawa: An Oshawa high school was briefly in a hold and secure state after a 17-year-old student was slashed with a knife outside the building, police say. The incident happened at around 11 a.m. in a driveway outside Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School at Rossland and Stevenson roads, DurhamRead More