Toronto, Several areas of the GTA are now under a winter storm warning ahead of heavy snowfall that is expected to hit southern Ontario midday Tuesday. Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Markham, Caledon, Newmarket, Georgina, Uxbridge, northern York Region, and northern Durham Region were added to the list of areas covered underRead More

OTTAWA – The Opposition Conservatives are accusing the Liberals of politicizing a watchdog committee on national security and intelligence before it has even been set up. Public Safety critic Erin O’Toole says the Liberals aren’t consulting either his party or the NDP on the shape and mandate of a committeeRead More

OTTAWA — As of today, Canadian TV viewers have a choice between their beefy cable or satellite services or a slimmed-down service dubbed “skinny basic.” Cable and satellite TV companies are now required to offer their customers a basic service package for $25 or less. The requirement is part ofRead More

Ontario : Other provinces are watching Ontario’s decision to pay post-secondary tuition for students from lower income families, but a leading expert says he doubts they’ll take the same path any time soon. The Ontario Student Grant, announced last week, would entirely pay for average college or university tuition forRead More

OTTAWA — The federal government said Monday it expects the Canada-EU free trade agreement to take effect next year after completing a legal review of the deal. International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland said the deal has been modified to allow for a permanent dispute-settlement tribunal and an appeal system, amongRead More

  Toronto :Mayor John Tory says the city will not return to the bargaining table with the union representing inside workers unless there is a reasonable expectation of progress. “We need to have that assurance – that there’s going to be some productivity to these discussions,” Tory said. Nearly 20,000Read More

Toronto : The CEO of Goodwill Toronto, Eastern, Central and Northern Ontario has resigned. In a news release, Keiko Nakamura says that “there is no longer a role for a CEO” now that a trustee has been assigned to handle the organization’s bankruptcy. She says she will continue to assistRead More

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is quietly shopping for drones for the military and expects to see expressions of interest from the defence industry by mid-April. But the tire-kicking exercise is setting the stage for a potentially bruising policy debate over whether the remotely controlled aircraft should be armed andRead More

MONTREAL – The 25,000th Syrian refugee landed in Canada Saturday night marking the end of the first phase of the Liberals’ massive resettlement program. They were part of a plane load of refugees who touched down in Montreal. In the coming days, the group will spread to eight different provincesRead More

Ontario ; Twenty-one alleged fighting dogs sit in a kennel in an undisclosed location somewhere in Ontario, where they’ll remain until a court decides whether they live or die. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has filed an application in a court in Chatham, Ont., toRead More