TORONTO:Mayor John Tory says backlash from an editorial he wrote defending the Scarborough subway extension came from critics who were “manufacturing outrage.” Speaking to CP24 Tuesday morning, Tory responded to accusations that he was being divisive in the editorial, which appeared on The Toronto Star’s website Monday. In the editorial,Read More

TORONTO — Ontario has launched a pilot program to offer free legal advice to survivors of sexual assault. Starting on Tuesday, people in Toronto, Ottawa and Thunder Bay who were sexually assaulted in the province can access up to four hours of free, confidential advice from a lawyer — overRead More

OTTAWA — Mexico’s president arrives in Canada today to begin three days of carefully choreographed North American leader summitry. Enrique Pena Nieto is heading to Quebec City first before dining with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Toronto and then hitting the national capital on Tuesday for an official state visit.Read More

Toronto :- Toronto schools will receive an additional $300 million in funding over the next two years for capital repairs at elementary and high schools across the city, the provincial government announced Monday. Speaking at Harbord Collegiate Institute in Toronto’s Palmerston- Little Italy neighbourhood on Monday afternoon, Ontario’s education ministerRead More

Ontario: A four-year-old girl and two of her family members are believed to be among the four people killed in a crash on Highway 400 last week. On Monday morning, OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt provided an update on the deadly accident, which occurred in the southbound lanes of the highwayRead More

Mississauga: Peel Regional Police are investigating a robbery at a Mississauga Tim Hortons overnight. It happened at 780 South Sheridan Way at around 3 a.m. Police say a man walked into the coffee shop and stole cash from the register. Investigators say the suspect is a white male with aRead More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he wants to see Britain remain in the European Union so it can continue to be a strong voice in support of trade and economic prosperity. Trudeau is commenting on the eve of a pivotal British referendum that will decide whether the countryRead More

Ontario:Mayor John Tory and Ontario Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca are expected to make an announcement about new transit stations in the city’s east end later today. Tory and Del Duca are slated to speak at the East Harbour, near the base of the Don Valley Parkway and Lake ShoreRead More

OTTAWA — The federal government is going to be asked today to trade its so-called “point-in-time” counts of the country’s homeless in favour of real-time lists of people who are homeless or living in poverty. Counting and tracking the country’s homeless is an elusive and challenging endeavour, but one theRead More

Ottawa: Canada’s Senate has voted to pass legislation allowing the terminally ill to end their life with a doctor’s assistance, clearing the final hurdle for the bill to become law after a clash between the upper and lower houses. Senators approved Bill C-14 in a vote of 44 to 28Read More