VANCOUVER — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were scheduled for a busy first-time trip to Vancouver on Sunday, meeting with First Nations, young people, refugees and first responders. The couple’s charitable efforts to support mental health awareness are reflected in a number of events on their itinerary. After arrivingRead More

Ottawa has confirmed that a Canadian is among three people taken hostage in Libya earlier this week. In a statement Sunday, Global Affairs spokesman Michael O’Shaughnessy says the Canadian government is “diligently pursuing all appropriate channels to obtain more information about this troubling incident.” He says the government will notRead More

Toronto, An elderly Canadian couple who gained international sympathy when they were forced to live in two different nursing homes after 62 years of marriage has been reunited after a heartbreaking photo went viral. Wolfram and Anita Gottschalk, 83 and 81, were sent to live in different nursing homes in lateRead More

OTTAWA — The Liberals are trying to turn the tables on Conservatives who’ve had a heyday with excessive moving expenses claimed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s two top aides. They revealed Friday that former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper’s office paid out almost $325,000 in relocation expenses for 29 staffersRead More

TORONTO — Two Ontario real estate associations have voiced opposition to following in Vancouver’s footsteps and implementing a tax on foreign homebuyers, saying that such a “knee-jerk reaction” could have negative implications for the economy. In letters penned to the provincial and municipal governments last month, the Toronto Real EstateRead More

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy produced two batches of disappointing numbers Friday that experts said were certain to catch the Bank of Canada’s attention. But despite unexpectedly weak inflation and retail sales data released by Statistics Canada, economists predicted the central bank will refrain from touching its benchmark interest rateRead More

 Brampton:- Five people were injured after a two-vehicle crash late Thursday night in Brampton. One of the vehicles was T-boned by the other in the intersection of Queen Street East and The Gore Road. Toronto Paramedic Services confirmed five people were taken to hospital, some of them with head andRead More

TORONTO — Conservative leadership hopeful Brad Trost raised some eyebrows Wednesday when he compared Ontario’s new sex-education curriculum to residential schools. Trost joined a couple hundred parents gathered outside the provincial legislature to protest Liberal changes to the way sex education is taught in the province. The updated document includesRead More

LONDON — Researchers have identified a Canadian company at the centre of a small Arab nation’s online censorship system — a finding that sits awkwardly with Ottawa officials’ public support for digital freedoms. Specialists from Internet watchdog Citizen Lab said in a report published Wednesday that web filtering firm NetsweeperRead More

TORONTO — TMX Group Ltd. (TSX:X) is cutting more than 100 jobs in an effort to reduce costs. The operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange says it’s eliminating 95 full-time positions and about 20 consultants and contractors. TMX had 1,173 employees as of June 30, not including contractors and consultants.Read More