SASKATOON — Tom Mulcair has announced measures aimed at ending violence against women. The NDP leader committed Monday to restore the shelter enhancement program scrapped by the Conservative government, saying it would have sufficient funding to ensure no woman in need is turned away from a shelter. He also vowedRead More

TORONTO – Ryerson University president Sheldon Levy says he will be taking a new job at Queen’s Park. Levy says he will be joining the provincial government as deputy minister of training, colleges and universities as of Dec 1. He says he will be taking a leadership role supporting theRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal government has released a new ad promoting an updated sex-education curriculum that will be in schools when classes resume next week. The new curriculum has met with some opposition and controversy and has prompted protests by some parents, with some even threatening to pull their kidsRead More

TORONTO:In the wake of a massive data hack, Avid Life Media, the parent company of Ashley Madison, says its website is still thriving and claims that hundreds of thousands of new users signed up for the site in this last week alone. “Recent media reports predicting the imminent demise ofRead More

Toronto :Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is investing some time today to drum up votes in the Toronto area’s ethnic communities. Trudeau is taking in a number of events including stopping in Mississauga to speak to Canada’s largest Islamic conference, the 39th Jalsa Salana Canada. Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke toRead More

MONTREAL:The three main parties may be in a dead heat ahead of October’s federal election but a new poll seems to suggest that a plurality of Canadians think NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is best suited for the job of prime minister. The Ipsos online poll of 1,000 Canadians determined thatRead More

TORONTO:Peel police have arrested two teenagers in connection with the murder of a 36-year-old Mississauga man earlier this month. William Marcel Maassen was found without vital signs behind the Woodchester Plaza on Dundas Street near Winston Churchill Boulevard on the afternoon of Aug. 7. At the time, police refused toRead More

MONTREAL — NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says Canadians shouldn’t expect any financial help from Ottawa for professional sports franchises if he becomes prime minister. Mulcair made the comments today in Montreal, where the mayor is pushing hard to bring back a big league baseball team. The NDP leader says he’dRead More

MONTREAL — Justin Trudeau is once again showcasing the Liberal economic team, but this time for a Quebec audience. The Liberal leader is in Montreal today to highlight not only his high-profile candidates, but the party’s recently announced infrastructure platform, which proposes to invest as much as $125 billion intoRead More

TORONTO – Former Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Christine Elliott is resigning as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby-Oshawa. A statement from Elliott says her decision to resign, which is effective immediately, was not easy. Elliott has not been seen in the legislature since losing the party leadership raceRead More