Toronto:  The Toronto District School Board is planning to eliminate a number of teaching positions as it continues to deal with declining enrollment, spokesperson Ryan Bird confirms to CP24. According to a report provided to the board’s budget committee, trustees will be asked to approve a plan to eliminate 38Read More

VANCOUVER — If 80 per cent of life is just showing up, in politics the total is probably closer to 90. Canada’s first ministers emerged from two days of talks this week with an agreement on a plan to develop a framework for climate policy action. It would be easyRead More

TORONTO – An Ontario judge has approved a revised settlement that will see 1,600 Scotiabank employees who say they were required to work unpaid overtime receive $20.6 million. Judge Edward Belobaba of the Ontario Superior Court approved the settlement Thursday, with written reasons to follow in the coming weeks. ARead More

TORONTO — Canada’s largest stock market continues to move up as some of its U.S. counterparts dipped in early trading. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was up 66.04 points, or half a per cent, at 13,189.69, about 30 minutes after the opening bell. The Canadian dollar was atRead More

TORONTO — A father, mother and son, who were convicted of murdering the couple’s three daughters and another family member, have asked Ontario’s highest court for new trials, arguing the original one had been tainted by “highly prejudicial” testimony on so-called honour killings. Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Yahya andRead More

TORONTO — Books on Canadian politicians and the environment highlight this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The short list for the $25,000 prize includes “Stephen Harper” (Signal/McClelland & Stewart) by John Ibbitson, which was a finalist for the British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. Also on theRead More

CALGARY — A TransCanada spokesman says the company was taken aback when the Quebec government announced it’s planning legal action over the Energy East pipeline. Tim Duboyce says the Calgary-based firm believed issues surrounding the province’s review of the cross-Canada oil pipeline had long been resolved. Quebec Environment Minister DavidRead More

VANCOUVER — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has made a pitch for the premiers and prime minister to work together for the good of the Canadian economy at climate change talks in Vancouver. Speaking before the opening plenary session of the Globe clean tech conference in Vancouver, Wynne said the cleanRead More

CALGARY — The Edmonton-based Katz Group has agreed to sell the Rexall Health drugstore chain, including its 470 retail pharmacies, in a C$3-billion deal with U.S. health care company McKesson. McKesson says the friendly deal is the next natural step to take in the relationship between the two companies, whichRead More

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is seeking an injunction against the Energy East pipeline project. Environment Minister David Heurtel says he wants the $15.7-billion project to be subject to the province’s environmental regulations. Heurtel told a news conference in Montreal this morning he has asked TransCanada Pipelines Ltd.(TSX:TRP) to supplyRead More