TORONTO – The Ontario government isn’t saying yet how many refugees the province will receive, when they will arrive or in which communities they will settle. The federal government announced its plan Tuesday, saying 10,000 Syrian refugees will arrive by the end of the year, landing in Toronto or Montreal.Read More

TORONTO — The Competition Bureau says local regulations on the taxi industry need to be overhauled to deal with new competition from alternatives like the ride-hailing service Uber. New competitors have gained market share by undercutting the fixed prices of existing cabs and skirting regulations for the industry. The bureauRead More

TORONTO — A Toronto police officer on trial for shooting a teen on an empty streetcar is describing the night the deadly confrontation took place. Const. James Forcillo is testifying in his own defence after pleading not guilty to second-degree murder and attempted murder in the death of 18-year-old SammyRead More

LONDON — Prime Minister Trudeau says welcoming Syrian refugees to Canada will produce economic and social benefits. He says there’s more than simple humanitarianism in his program to bring 25,000 refugees to Canada by the end of February. Canadians have seen in the past that helping people flee intolerable situationsRead More

TORONTO — Canada’s homicide rate remained at its lowest level in five decades last year but aboriginals accounted for a disproportionate number of the victims, Statistics Canada reported on Wednesday. Overall, police services across the country reported 516 killings in 2014 — four more than in 2013. The tiny uptick,Read More

RED DEER, Alta. — A Conservative member of the legislature lauded as “a big man with a giant heart” was killed Monday after stopping on an icy central Alberta highway to help a motorist whose car had flipped in a median. Manmeet Bhullar, 35, who represented Calgary-Greenway, was one ofRead More

OTTAWA — The planned announcement Tuesday of how Canada will take in thousands of Syrian refugees will drive ongoing local, national and international efforts into high gear, a program that will extend far beyond the Liberals’ self-imposed end-of-year deadline. Syrians have been steadily arriving in Canada for months and someRead More

TORONTO – Ontario will release its long-term strategy to fight climate change today. Environment Minister Glen Murray says the province plans to achieve an 80-per-cent reduction in emissions over 1990 levels by 2050. He says the government will outline how it will get to that goal, and detail the challengesRead More

MONTREAL — Corruption and collusion in Quebec are far more prevalent than originally thought, says the Quebec judge who oversaw a lengthy probe into the province’s construction industry. “This investigation confirmed there was a real problem in Quebec and that it was broader and more deeply rooted than we believed,”Read More

Coun. Rob Ford is returning to the hospital later this week to undergo a second round of chemotherapy, his executive assistant Dan Jacobs confirms. In a written statement released Tuesday, Jacobs said additional tests have also been scheduled. The former mayor underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumour in hisRead More