OTTAWA — Elections Canada says there will be a judicial recount in the Ontario riding of Barrie–Springwater–Oro-Medonte. In the initial count Oct. 19, Conservative Alex Nuttall won by 108 votes over Liberal Brian Tamblyn. The elections agency says the recount, which was requested by one of the candidates, will beginRead More

OTTAWA — The race to become the Conservative party’s caretaker for the next few months is becoming more competitive, with MP and former cabinet minister Erin O’Toole announcing his candidacy for interim leadership. But uncertainty still hovers over the process to replace Stephen Harper and there are tensions over perceivedRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s Education Minister Liz Sandals is calling $2.5 million in payouts to teachers’ unions this year a “rather large investment” to get them to the bargaining table. Sandals has defended the payments to the unions representing secondary teachers, English Catholic teachers and French teachers as being necessary becauseRead More

OTTAWA — Former cabinet minister John Baird says he won’t run for the Conservative leadership. Baird surprised many earlier this year when he abruptly quit politics after two decades. He held a variety of federal portfolios, including environment and foreign affairs, before stepping down. He began his elected career withRead More

OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau will not move into the traditional prime minister’s residence at 24 Sussex Drive. Instead, the prime minister-designate and his family will live, until further notice, in Rideau Cottage, a 19th century home located on the grounds of Rideau Hall, the Governor General’s residence. The cottage isRead More

  TORONTO — Copyright activists say Canadians could face lawsuits, fines or worse for ripping the latest Justin Bieber CD or uploading an animated GIF of Jose Bautista’s bat-flip under a new trade deal, and they’re calling on the newly elected Justin Trudeau to act. A major part of theRead More

WINNIPEG — Aboriginal activists who spent months mobilizing First Nations communities say Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s attempt to disenfranchise aboriginal voters backfired and fuelled turnout so high that some reserves ran out of ballots. Some aboriginal communities saw voter turnout spike by up to 270 per cent in theRead More

Quebec: Several hundred people marched through the rainy streets of Val-d’Or, Que., last night to show their solidarity with the aboriginal women who have come forward with a series of grave accusations against Quebec provincial police. “The message is a message of love,” said organizer Manon Richmond. “We just wantRead More

MONTREAL – The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs says a Toronto-born Rabbi has died of his injuries nearly a year after being stabbed at a Jerusalem synagogue. CIJA says that Howie Chaim Rotman, 55, was in a coma since he was critically injured in the attack in November 2014.Read More

TORONTO — Ontario elementary teachers and some support staff will have their pay docked if they don’t stop their work-to-rule campaigns, the premier announced Friday, as the elementary teachers threatened to withdraw from extracurriculars. Bargaining with the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and the unions representing some support staff willRead More