EDMONTON — A publicist for Meat Loaf say the singer’s vital signs are “stable and normal” after he collapsed near the end of a performance in Edmonton. Jeremy Westby with Webster Public Relations says in a news release that Meat Loaf is responsive and “recovering well” after being admitted toRead More

OTTAWA — A plan for how Canada will meet a promise to lift visa requirements for Mexicans will be announced later this month when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosts Mexico’s president as part of the Three Amigos summit. But multiple sources tell The Canadian Press negotiations are still underway onRead More

Toronto,Mayor John Tory has released a radio announcement calling on motorists to drive more carefully after a rash of pedestrian deaths and injuries on Toronto’s roads.The 30-second public service announcement was distributed Sunday to local radio stations. “Across Toronto, too many pedestrians are being hit and killed on our roads,”Read More

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Bill Morneau meets his provincial and territorial counterparts in Vancouver on Monday and one of the key agenda items is going to be the federal Liberals’ wish to expand the Canada Pension Plan. Here are five things to know about the CPP and the politics aroundRead More

OTTAWA — Tom Cochrane turns his phone around to give a glimpse of where he’s sitting — the middle of Lebanon’s farming heartland that’s now home to settlements of tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. A Syrian mother and her sons smile and wave from a group of shacks andRead More

Toronto:A new poll by Forum Research Inc. released on Sunday suggests that most residents approve of Toronto Mayor John Tory. Three quarters of the 882 voters questioned — or 74 per cent — said they approve of the job Tory is doing as mayor. Approval for Tory was the highestRead More

The westbound lanes of Highway 401 were closed in Oxford County this morning after a truck carrying cinnamon buns caught fire near Drumbo. A tractor-trailer caught fire on the highway just before Drumbo Road at around 10 a.m. and police say the driver was able to pull over to theRead More

OTTAWA — Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk told a room full of union officials earlier this year that she plans to celebrate in her office on the day the Liberal government shuts down the temporary foreign workers program. The federal Liberal cabinet minister says she meant it as a joke —Read More

OTTAWA – The Opposition Conservatives are questioning the Liberal government’s rush to expand the Canada Pension Plan that could give Canadians more in retirement by taking more off their paycheques today. Conservative finance critic Lisa Raitt says the government hasn’t provided the evidence to show that there would be widespreadRead More

Brampton: Two people were rushed to hospital, one in critical condition, after a four-vehicle crash in Brampton just before midnight on Wednesday. It happened near Steeles Avenue and Winston Churchill Boulevard. A male victim was airlifted to a trauma centre in critical condition while a female was taken to hospitalRead More