TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal government will provide $1.1 million a year for the next three years to support hospital-based sexual assault and domestic violence treatment centres. Premier Kathleen Wynne says most of the money will go to improving existing counselling services, but $200,000 a year will be used for aRead More

OTTAWA — The arrival of Joe Oliver’s new NDP rival in a strategic Toronto riding has added a wrinkle to what was already a compelling local race: it’s now a clash between former finance ministers. That means the fight for Eglinton-Lawrence could become a microcosm of the broader showdown overRead More

OTTAWA — Stephen Harper’s former legal adviser told a court today he was kept in the dark about a great deal of the negotiations between Sen. Mike Duffy and the Prime Minister’s Office. And Benjamin Perrin says learning that Nigel Wright had decided to personally repay $90,000 worth of Duffy’sRead More

VANCOUVER — NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is promising to create 110,000 child-care spaces in B.C., where Vancouver parents pay some of the highest fees in the country. Mulcair says his plan will make it easier for families in a province where two out of three children don’t have access toRead More

OTTAWA — Stephen Harper says the people who work for him enjoy his confidence, otherwise they wouldn’t be on his staff. That was the prime minister’s answer when he was asked if he stands by chief of staff, Ray Novak. Recent testimony in the Mike Duffy fraud trial has moreRead More

TORONTO – Hydro One has appointed a new president and CEO as the government-owned utility prepares for privatization. The agency’s board of directors says Mayo Schmidt will take over from the current president and CEO, Carmine Marcello, on Sept. 3. Marcello will stay on as an advisor in the leadRead More

Ontario :The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation says it has reached a deal with the provincial government, avoiding province-wide strikes and other job actions this school year. Terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed, but sources confirm that it does include a small wage increase. However the sources saidRead More

TORONTO:Toronto paramedics say one man is in serious condition after he was stabbed in the neck during a fight outside a pizza shop in downtown Toronto in the early hours of Thursday morning. A sergeant from Toronto police 51 Division said they were called to the intersection of Yonge andRead More

WINNIPEG — Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is promising that, if elected this fall, his government would make it easier for more than one million Canadians to have more flexible work hours to care for children or other loved ones. Trudeau says his government would ensure that every employee coveredRead More

LONDON, Ont. — Stephen Harper tried to hammer home his economic message in London, Ont. on Wednesday and shift his campaign away from politically sensitive developments unfolding in Ottawa the Mike Duffy trial. Harper started his morning at a question-and-answer session with Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the CanadianRead More