OTTAWA — Tom Mulcair has been showcasing former Saskatchewan finance minister Andrew Thomson as proof that New Democrats know how to balance budgets but Liberals are pointing to a provincial auditor’s report to say he actually ran deficits. In a 2013 special report, Saskatchewan’s then auditor, Bonnie Lysyk, said ifRead More

TORONTO – The majority owner of France’s leading funeral company is selling a 30 per cent stake to the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan. The deal centres on OGF, which has 468 funeral homes, 53 crematoria and a number of recognized brands. Markus Noe-Nordberg, a partner at Pamplona — which willRead More

Toronto:–Toronto’s police chief is set to lay out what has changed in the way officers deal with those in crisis in the wake of two reports that called for sweeping reforms. Dozens of recommendations were listed as part of a coroner’s inquest and in a separate report by a formerRead More

CALGARY — Conservative Jason Kenney insists the federal government will soon release details on how it plans to accelerate the intake of 20,000 Iraqi and Syrian refugees but warns there are security matters that take precedence. The party dispatched Kenney, the defence minister, to respond to a number of issuesRead More

CALGARY — His father was once persona non grata in Alberta. But Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau believes he can sweep that aside and capitalize on presumptions about the province’s political leanings. Trudeau pointed to the provincial NDP majority victory earlier this year as evidence that Albertans are fed up withRead More

The race between two strong candidates in a downtown riding could be closer than previously thought. A new poll released by Mainstreet Research Wednesday shows that the gap between NDP candidate Olivia Chow and Liberal candidate Adam Vaughan in the new riding of Spadina-Fort York has narrowed to about fourRead More

Toronto:The Conservatives, NDP and Liberals remain locked in a tight three-way race, the latest poll numbers show. Into the seventh week of the election campaign, less than three percentage points separate the three main parties. Numbers released by Nanos Research Wednesday show that the NDP sit at 31.6 per centRead More

BLAIRMORE, Alta. — A candlelight vigil meant to lend hope and support in the search for a missing two-year-old girl dissolved in grief Tuesday night as RCMP informed the crowd that investigators had discovered human remains. As an official with victims services announced the Amber Alert for little Hailey Dunbar-BlanchetteRead More

OTTAWA — Elizabeth May is not letting the lack of an invitation keep her out of Thursday’s election debate on the economy. The Green party leader plans to muscle her way into the conversation — at least online — with the help of Twitter. The party is teaming up withRead More

GATINEAU, Que. — Sen. Patrick Brazeau has pleaded guilty to reduced charges of assault and possession of cocaine. The former Conservative entered the guilty pleas today at a courthouse in this west Quebec city. His defence lawyer and the Crown prosecutor both asked Quebec Court Judge Valmont Beaulieu to giveRead More