OTTAWA – Rona Ambrose is promising that the Conservative caucus will be the strongest official Opposition Canadians have ever seen, and will serve as the dominant voice for taxpayers in Ottawa. The interim Conservative leader made the remarks in a speech to MPs and senators gathered for the weekly caucusRead More

PARIS — A changing global climate will drive conflict in the 21st century, French President Francois Hollande said Monday, explicitly linking security and global warming as he opened the 21st United Nations climate conference in this terror-scarred city. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is among the 151 national representatives at theRead More

TORONTO — Canada’s largest stock market was up Monday morning, parting company with its American counterparts. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX index was up 82.19 points at 13,450.43. On Friday, it fell 56.95 points. The major U.S. indexes were down slightly. The Dow Jones average of 30 stocks fell aRead More

AMMAN, Jordan — A trickle of Syrian refugees seeking to leave Jordan flowed into Canada’s processing centre in Amman on Sunday, the first day of operations at what will eventually become the hub of much of the Syrian refugee resettlement program. Ninety people were put through a multi-step process, someRead More

TORONTO — The Canadian Bankers Association warned the former Conservative government that a proposal to have banks shoulder more of the risk associated with home mortgage loans could hurt the country’s financial stability. The group’s position is revealed in a letter it sent to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, whichRead More

VALLETTA, Malta — Justin Trudeau says he’s been “thrown into the deep end” of international summitry since his election last month as prime minister. Trudeau is wrapping up a two-day stay in Malta at the Commonwealth heads-of-government meeting today before heading on to Paris and the COP21 international climate conferenceRead More

Toronto : Mayor John Tory and Deputy Mayor Pam McConnell will be part of a four-person delegation that will travel from Toronto to Paris next week for an international summit on climate change. The group will arrive in the French capital early Thursday morning and will meet with the mayorsRead More

OTTAWA — A longtime friend of Mike Duffy’s has wrapped up his testimony at the senator’s criminal trial. The crown alleges Duffy set up a slush fund of almost $65,000 with Gerald Donohue to pay for services the Senate would not cover, such as makeup and personal training. Eight ofRead More

TORONTO — A Toronto police officer on trial for gunning down a teen on an empty streetcar denied firing at the knife-toting youth merely on a hunch he might attack. Const. James Forcillo, who is charged in the death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim, disagreed with a suggestion from a CrownRead More

LONDON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has used an interview with an influential BBC current affairs show in London to issue his most pungent retort yet to his Canadian detractors. Trudeau, 43, endured more than two years of Conservative party attack ads declaring him “just not ready” before sweeping primeRead More