Toronto : Mayor John Tory has endorsed a series of new revenue tools to fund transit, including a $2 road toll along the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway and a mandatory hotel tax. In a speech to the Toronto Region Board of Trade on Thursday, Tory touted the taxesRead More

VANVCOUVER, B.C. — Police in Vancouver have issued an Amber Alert for a missing four-year-old girl. They say Delilah Felton was last seen wearing a colourful rain jacket, mostly red with flowers on it, a black shirt with writing on the front and black leggings with grey stripes. She isRead More

MONROVIA, Liberia – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is distancing himself from a growing opposition furor over a private Liberal fundraiser where one attendee subsequently donated $1 million to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. Trudeau – speaking in the Liberian capital of Monrovia – says he has not been associated inRead More

TORONTO — A New Democrat wants to “close a loophole” in the Election Act, which currently makes it an offence to offer a bribe but not necessarily to accept one. Gilles Bisson will introduce a private member’s bill today that would make it illegal under the act to solicit orRead More

MONROVIA, Liberia — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was welcomed by sweltering humidity and a military band early Thursday morning as his plane touched down in Monrovia, the capital of the West African country of Liberia. They rolled out the red carpet, a young girl gave him flowers, and a localRead More

TORONTO – An emergency fund is meant to be there in times of need, but a new survey suggests nearly half of Canadian homeowners would be ill prepared for a personal financial dilemma such as job loss. The poll released today by Manulife Bank finds that 24 per cent ofRead More

OTTAWA — The Canadian military says 18 service members died by suicide last year. The findings are contained in a report published today by the surgeon general of the Canadian Armed Forces. The report says many of the 18 had sought some type of mental-health treatment shortly before taking theirRead More

HALIFAX — An 81-year-old woman who killed and poisoned her intimate partners has agreed to peace bond conditions that require her to report any new romantic relationships to police for the next two years. Melissa Ann Shepard had originally been expected to sign the lengthy set of conditions on Oct.Read More

OTTAWA — New Democrat MP Charlie Angus stepped aside as his party’s caucus chair and indigenous affairs critic Wednesday to contemplate a potential leadership bid. The 54-year-old northern Ontario MP is considering entering the race to replace Tom Mulcair at the helm of the NDP, a contest that doesn’t comeRead More

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is poised to introduce a bill on Thursday that will deliver on some of the Liberals’ campaign promises to reform Canada’s election laws, even as suspicion remains that they may renege on their commitment to replace the country’s first-past-the-post voting system. The bill is expectedRead More