OTTAWA — Homelessness advocates are asking the federal government to focus billions in available money for housing on those who need it the most, including aboriginals and the working poor. In a submission to consultations on a national housing strategy, the Canada Housing and Renewal Association says those groups oftenRead More

OTTAWA – The chief commissioner for the inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women says she knows the “world is watching” as her team works to launch hearings on the issue — and she wants to assure Canadians a lot is happening behind the scenes. Marion Buller says the wayRead More

Toronto: Multiple tenants of a west-end apartment building were forced to evacuate Saturday morning after a two-alarm fire broke out in one of the units. Firefighters were called to the building, which is located on Lisgar Street, in the area of Queen Street West and Dovercourt Road, at around 2:30Read More

ORONTO — Banning or limiting alcohol sales isn’t likely to reduce rowdy fan behaviour at large sporting events, a British professor who has researched hooliganism said Friday in the wake of a beer can-tossing incident during a Toronto Blue Jays playoff game earlier this week. “There’s no evidence it’s reducedRead More

Halton Hills: A teenage woman is dead following a crash in Halton Hills Friday afternoon. It happened on Sixth Line, north of Steeles Avenue, shortly after 1 p.m. According to police, the vehicle left the roadway and rolled onto its roof The passenger travelling in the vehicle, a 19-year-old MiltonRead More

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government isn’t looking at raising the minimum wage at the moment. Trudeau says the government is instead focusing on helping Canadians succeed by giving families more money through the new child benefit, making investments in infrastructure to boost productivity and helping low-Read More

  Toronto:- Toronto Fire Chief Jim Sales will “leave his position” effective today, the City of Toronto has announced. Sales, who has held the job since 2012, had been on personal leave for the past few months, according to a news release. Deputy Chief Matthew Pegg will continue in hisRead More

TORONTO — Thomson Reuters unveiled plans Friday to create 400 jobs in Canada over the next two years, including at a new technology centre in Toronto. Initial hiring will start in the coming weeks, with a focus on the company’s cognitive computing initiatives. The global information and media company saysRead More

 Brampton: A Brampton family is hunkered down in a Walt Disney World hotel today as Hurricane Matthew batters the Florida coast. The arrival of the mammoth Category 3 storm prompted officials to close the park for just the fourth time in its 45-year history on Thursday, leaving those held upRead More

MCNAB-BRAESIDE TOWNSHIP, Ont. – A five-car crash in eastern Ontario has left one person dead and two hurt. Police say it happened on Highway 17 near Renfrew around 4:30 a.m. Friday but have released few details about the incident. They say there is a thick fog in the area andRead More