The Department of Foreign Affairs has one message for the nearly 2,000 Canadians believed to be in Mexico and possibly in the path of a major hurricane — get out if you can. The department has issued a travel warning for the popular tourist destination as Hurricane Patricia, currently classifiedRead More

OTTAWA — The annual pace of inflation slowed in September due to lower gasoline and other energy prices, but the cost of groceries, restaurant meals and many other things pushed higher. Statistics Canada’s consumer price index for September rose 1.0 per cent compared with a year ago — a smallerRead More

TORONTO — A note that referenced the past while predicting the future has been sold for more than $12,000. The document is a 2013 note in which then-Liberal leadership contender Justin Trudeau predicted he would succeed Stephen Harper as Canada’s prime minister. Michael Kydd was on a Porter Airlines flightRead More

MONTREAL — Gilles Duceppe, the Bloc Quebecois’ first-ever MP and the man who dominated the party for nearly 15 years, stepped down as leader Thursday after a less than stellar performance in this week’s election. Duceppe’s departure comes four months into his second spell as head of the sovereigntist partyRead More

Ontario:- The union that represents teachers in Ontario’s public elementary schools says it has ordered its members to stop providing all voluntary extracurricular activities on Oct. 28 if a new collective agreement is not reached by then. The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario says it is threatening to escalate itsRead More

Toronto:– Former City of Toronto ombudsman Fiona Crean will become the new ombudsman of Hydro One, the provincial corporation’s board of governors said Thursday. In her new role, the board says Crean will handle unresolved Hydro One customer complaints, and develop an appeals process for customers who take their complaintsRead More

OTTAWA — The Conservatives have taken their first steps towards a leadership race with the creation of a committee that will set the rules of the upcoming contest. That committee will be able to work on its own and won’t have to report to any corner of the party, includingRead More

TORONTO — It’s not unusual for the province to help cover teacher unions’ bargaining costs, Ontario’s education minister said Wednesday, but beyond defending a $1-million payout to the secondary teachers’ union, Liz Sandals wouldn’t say how much the government has spent. The Globe and Mail reported that the government agreedRead More

TORONTO — A video capturing the fatal shooting of a teen on an empty streetcar has been played for a jury at the trial of the Toronto police officer charged in the youth’s death. Const. James Forcillo has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and attempted murder in the deathRead More

Toronto, Canadians voted for a sharp change in their government, returning a legendary name for liberals, Trudeau, to the Prime Minister’s Office and resoundingly ending Conservative Stephen Harper’s near-decade in office. Justin Trudeau, the son of late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, became Canada’s new Prime Minister after his Liberal PartyRead More