TORONTO — Hydro One says some customers in central and northern Ontario may be without power Christmas Day and Boxing Day due to high winds that swept across the province on Thursday morning. Hydro One says it’s dealing with about 415 outages across its distribution system that affected more thanRead More

Ontario : A balmy Christmas in southern Ontario is putting a damper on some holiday traditions. The ice rink at Nathan Phillips Square has been closed due to poor ice conditions. City staff put a note up on the rink at around 6 a.m. on Thursday. A number of otherRead More

Missisauga ; A man has been taken to a hospital in Mississauga after he suffered a head injury during a house fire. Paramedics in Peel region say the man’s injuries are moderate but he is being treated at Credit Valley Hospital. Flames could be seen pouring out of the homeRead More

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar and U.S. index futures were slightly positive Thursday morning, ahead of the Christmas holiday weekend. The loonie was up 0.04 of a cent at 72.21 cents US after rising 0.42 on Wednesday. It remains near 11-year lows. The Dow Jones average of 30 stocks wasRead More

TORONTO — The Canadian Medical Association has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to hear its oral submissions in support of Ottawa’s request for a delay in implementing physician-assisted dying. The ban against assisted suicide is slated to lift in early February, but the federal government has asked the courtRead More

MONTREAL — Quebec can proceed with its dying-in-dignity law because the Criminal Code provisions banning assisted suicide are invalid, the province’s top court ruled Tuesday. The Quebec Court of Appeal overturned a lower court decision aimed at suspending implementation of the province’s assisted-dying legislation. A Superior Court justice ruled lastRead More

OTTAWA — It’s been quite the year for Justin Trudeau. He scored a stunning come-from-behind election victory, became the first offspring of a prime minister to ascend to the top job himself and the first federal leader to vault his party straight from a distant third place into office, circledRead More

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan toured the front lines in the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Monday, meeting with Kurdish military commanders and Canadian special forces who repelled last week’s major offensive west of Irbil. He says the issue of the Trudeau government’sRead More

OTTAWA — Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau is expecting to hear from his provincial counterparts Monday about a familiar, contentious subject: equalization payments. Morneau, who will meet with regional ministers for a second day in Ottawa, released figures Sunday outlining how much the neediest provinces can expect to receive fromRead More

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar and U.S. stock market futures were positive early Monday. The loonie was up 0.04 of a cent at 71.75 cents US. The Dow Jones futures were up 119.0 points at 17,1360, the broader S&P 500 index advanced 16.1 points to 2,008.0 and the Nasdaq gainedRead More