OTTAWA — The speech from the throne officially launched the Justin Trudeau era in Parliament on Friday with a general sketch that was heavy on social policy but light on details about the government’s broader economic plan or its timetable for action. The brief speech read by Gov. Gen. DavidRead More

Otawa: Premier Kathleen Wynne and three members of her staff will end up crossing the Atlantic four times and flying more than 12,000 kilometers in order to attend both the Paris climate talks and Question Period at Queen’s Park. Wynne departed for the French capital on Nov. 28 but returnedRead More

Toronto : A new report is calling for serious changes at the Toronto District School Board, going so far as to suggest that dismantling the board may ultimately be required. The report, produced by a panel led by former Toronto mayor Barbara Hall, refers to a ‘culture of fear’ cultivatedRead More

Toronto: TTC users will be able to connect their devices to the internet in four more TTC subway stations for free starting this Friday. The TTC says four stations on Line 2 — Sherbourne, Castle Frank, Bathurst and Christie — will now offer Wi-Fi access, meaning the entire downtown “loop”Read More

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy shed 35,700 jobs in November to reverse a rise in temporary work likely generated by October’s federal election, Statistics Canada said Friday. The number of public-administration jobs fell by 32,500 in November to offset an October increase of 32,000 positions in the same category, theRead More

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government unveiled Thursday its plan for transforming the Senate into an independent, non-partisan chamber –the first major reform to the scandal-plagued upper house in 50 years and arguably the biggest change since its inception in 1867. Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef said the government is creatingRead More

Toronto: Mayor John Tory says he will push for the introduction of a property tax levy to help pay for the construction of badly needed transit and housing in the city. The levy would be phased in over a five year period beginning in 2017 and would include annual increasesRead More

TORONTO — Auditor general Bonnie Lysyk says electricity customers in Ontario have paid billions of dollars for the Liberal government’s decisions to ignore its own planning process for new power generation projects. The Ontario Power Authority’s 20-year technical plan, which was updated every three years and reviewed by the OntarioRead More

TORONTO — The partner of a Toronto police officer who killed a teen on an empty streetcar says she believed the 18-year-old was going to get himself shot. Const. Iris Fleckheisen is testifying today at Const. James Forcillo’s trial and recalling the night he shot down a knife-toting Sammy YatimRead More

Mayor John Tory says he will push for the introduction of a 0.5 per cent property tax levy to help pay for the construction of transit and housing in the city. The tax increase, which would not come into effect until 2017, would cost the average homeowner an additional $13Read More