PARIS – The Canadian delegation remains optimistic a deal can be reached at the climate-change conference in Paris with today’s deadline being extended by a day. Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says in a statement she is encouraged as talks continue after marathon negotiations overnight and into this morning. InRead More

TORONTO — The last time Christine Youssef saw her cousins, they were in Damascus, and civil war hadn’t yet broken out in Syria. That war has forced thousands of Syrians to seek refuge in Canada, including Youssef’s five cousins, who arrived on the first Canadian government airlift late Thursday. SheRead More

Toronto: Toronto’s top cop will sit down with the city’s taxi and limo industry Friday following disruptive day-long protests yesterday. The closed-door meeting will take place inside Chief Mark Saunders’ office at police headquarters on College Street at noon. Who will be representing the industry was not immediately clear, though speculationRead More

OTTAWA — Canadians looking to buy homes valued over $500,000 will soon be required to come up with larger down payments in a move the federal finance minister says is designed to ensure stability in Canada’s biggest real estate markets. Market watchers and home sellers predict the move — inRead More

OTTAWA — They escaped a civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions more, leaving behind homes that have been bombed to pieces, their livelihoods and future hopes in tatters. They fled to Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon — living in refugee camps, shantytowns and private apartments,Read More

TORONTO — Premier Kathleen Wynne defended the billions of dollars in extra costs that Ontario electricity customers must fork out for the Liberal government’s green energy initiatives Thursday, saying there’s a cost for cleaner air. Auditor general Bonnie Lysyk’s annual report said consumers are paying $9.2 billion more for 20-yearRead More

OTTAWA – Sen. Mike Duffy is taking an Ottawa courtroom through the details of some of the Conservative meetings and fundraisers he was asked to attend while he was part of the caucus. Duffy is testifying for a third day in his own defence at his trial on charges ofRead More

Toronto:  A 22-year-old man who was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in connection with a fatal shooting outside an east-end Toronto Community Housing building more than a year ago has been arrested during a series of raids targeting a drug trafficking network. Officers with the Toronto police drug squad executedRead More

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government’s first airlift of Syrian refugees will arrive Thursday in Toronto, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. Trudeau confirmed the details Wednesday during question period in the House of Commons, saying that the Toronto flight was scheduled to arrive at 9:15 p.m. A second plane isRead More

OTTAWA — Sen. Mike Duffy says a senior Conservative colleague told him to file expense claims indicating he lived primarily in Prince Edward Island in order to insulate himself from criticism he wasn’t qualified to represent the province. Where Duffy lived while he was senator is one of the centralRead More