WINDSOR, Ont. — The Conservatives are promising to spend up to $100 million to help manufacturing firms get their projects to market. The money wouldn’t flow right away: the funds would become available in the 2017-18 fiscal year and be spread over five years. The Tories want to put theRead More

HALIFAX — A Liberal government would not purchase F-35 fighter jets to replace Canada’s aging CF-18s and instead buy cheaper planes, saving money that would go primarily towards the navy, party leader Justin Trudeau said Sunday. Trudeau told a boisterous crowd of several hundred in Halifax that he would endRead More

OTTAWA — A dubious poll purporting to show Justin Trudeau trailing in his own Montreal riding has set off alarm bells in an industry already struggling to regain credibility after some spectacular failures to gauge election outcomes. The poll of voters in Papineau, conducted by CROP and commissioned by theRead More

Toronto: No injuries were reported after a two-alarm fire broke out at a home in Roncesvalles Village overnight. According to Toronto Fire Capt. Mike Strapko, a man was out walking his dog when he noticed visible flames and popping noises coming from the top floor of a home on CallenderRead More

TORONTO: An Indian-origin Uber driver has allegedly raped a 25-year-old in Canada, prompting police to seek public’s help in tracing him. The driver is known only as Amritpal, the name under which he was listed in the Uber app. Amritpal picked up the woman in the Yonge Street to driveRead More

OTTAWA — It-could-be-worse squared off against it-could-be-better Thursday as the main federal party leaders took to an election debate stage in Calgary to lay out their economic visions — and try to break a three-way deadlock in the polls. Stephen Harper, looking to extend his Conservative government rule into aRead More

OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the national inflation rate in August was 1.3 per cent, unchanged from the previous month. Prices for seven of the eight major components on its consumer price index were up from a year ago. But a drop in energy prices continued to be a moderatingRead More

One person suffered minor injuries after three streetcars collided and became stuck together on Queen Street East just west of the Don River Friday morning. Toronto paramedics said they were called to Queen Street East and River Street at 2:34 a.m. Friday for a report of a streetcar collision. OneRead More

GUELPH, Ont. – Premier Kathleen Wynne is vowing to put an end to the abuse of women in Ontario, saying she wants the province to be a place where everyone looks out for each other. Wynne made the comments during a visit to a sexual assault centre in Guelph, whereRead More

CALGARY — The economic debate in Calgary will be one of the most critical moments of the campaign for Tom Mulcair and the NDP has released its fiscal breakdown in preparation for this political scrapping session. Mulcair knows he is the main target as his party has been contending forRead More