OTTAWA — A former Senate finance clerk is back on the stand at Sen. Mike Duffy’s criminal trial. Nicole Proulx testified in April but her appearance was cut short after legal wrangling over the admissability of internal Senate reports on residency requirements. But last week the judge ruled that theRead More

OTTAWA — The new Liberal government says the federal books it inherited from its Conservative predecessors are on track to be billions of dollars deeper in the hole than expected. But Finance Minister Bill Morneau maintains the government will fulfil its pledge to balance the books before the next election,Read More

MANILA, Philippines — U.S. President Barack Obama called Canada an “extraordinarily helpful” partner in the fight against climate change. Obama made the remark after his first formal bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the final day of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit. Their 23-minute meeting covered a rangeRead More

OTTAWA — Crown prosecutors are looking to tie up a few loose ends in their evidence as they finish laying out their case at the trial of Sen. Mike Duffy. That includes testimony from a friend of Duffy’s who received $65,000 in unusual contracts and two Senate staffers who wereRead More

Toronto : The City of Toronto will offer five empty lots it owns across the city —including a large one in CityPlace near the waterfront downtown —to developers to build affordable housing units, Mayor John Tory said Thursday morning. The move, part of the city’s “Open Door” program, is meantRead More

Toronto:-  Toronto police say they’ve arrested a man believed to be responsible for a string of bank robberies earlier this month. Police say they arrested Christopher Leonardo after a west-end bank was held up on Nov. 16. They say a subsequent investigation revealed that three other banks had been robbedRead More

MANILA, Philippines — Who’s sexier: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto? That was the burning question asked on the front page of a Manila newspaper Wednesday morning as the first day of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation leaders’ summit opened. A pair of large photos ofRead More

MANILA, Philippines – The new Liberal trade minister says the $4.3 billion compensation package the previous Conservative government made to dairy farmers to counter any ill effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is not a done deal. International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland said that package is under review, as part ofRead More

TORONTO – Air Canada (TSX:AC) and CUPE say the airline’s flight attendants have approved a 10-year agreement reached with the carrier last month. The union said in a statement that the agreement was accepted by a narrow margin, but did not provide a voting margin. The new deal covers someRead More

OTTAWA — An eight-year investigation into allegations of price fixing in the chocolate candy business has concluded after charges against Nestle Canada and a former executive were stayed. The Public Prosecution Service of Canada entered a stay of proceedings Tuesday against the company and former president Robert Leonidas, who wereRead More