NEW YORK — Kraft Heinz says it is cutting about 2,500 jobs in the U.S. and Canada as part of its plan to slash costs after the food companies combined. Spokesman Michael Mullen says the affected workers were to be notified in person. About 700 of the cuts were comingRead More

MARKHAM, Ont. — Stephen Harper says a majority of Canadians agree with his opposition to legalizing marijuana, proving he’s not behind the times on the way forward on pot. A government opinion poll released one year ago found that more than two-thirds of Canadians wanted the federal government to easeRead More

MASCOUCHE, Que. — One of Quebec’s largest and sovereigntist-leaning labour federations has dropped its long-standing endorsement of the Bloc Quebecois and some of its member unions are supporting the NDP, making party leader Tom Mulcair “extremely proud.,” Mulcair said he will “work hard to maintain the support” of unions inRead More

Five ways the proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan* will affect you: For more than half of Ontario workers, it’s mandatory: Unless you have a defined benefit pension plan, where your employer is obligated to provide you with a guaranteed pension sum regardless of how the plan performs, or a betterRead More

TORONTO — Premier Kathleen Wynne is expected to provide more details today about Ontario’s new pension plan. The plan hit a snag in July when the federal government refused to co-operate with a provincial request to help administer the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan. Wynne has said that Prime Minister StephenRead More

Toronto:Tuesday marks the 20th anniversary of the deadliest subway crash in Toronto’s history. On Aug. 11, 1995, three people were killed and 30 others were injured after a train rear-ended another train stopped part way between St. Clair West and Dupont stations. More than 200 passengers were on board theRead More

The president of a union representing Toronto taxi drivers says cabbies who refuse to take passengers who are travelling short distances should face steeper penalties. Sajid Mughal, president of the iTaxiworkers Association, said he has made the recommendation to Tracey Cook, the executive director of Municipal Licensing and Standards forRead More

OTTAWA — After spending the first week of the election campaign selling his party, NDP leader Tom Mulcair is going to spend a little time today trying to sell a few books. Mulcair is in Toronto today for the launch of a book on his life. “Strength of Conviction” tellsRead More

DETROIT – A U.S. senator plans to introduce legislation related to a planned Canadian nuclear waste disposal facility near Lake Huron. Sen. Debbie Stabenow is expected to release details at a news conference scheduled for Monday afternoon in Detroit. Ontario Power Generation’s proposal calls for permanently storing hundreds of thousandsRead More

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar was holding steady and U.S. index futures were up ahead of trading on North American stock markets. The loonie traded at 76.18 cents US, up 0.04 of a U.S. cent from Friday. The Dow Jones industrial futures were up 119.0 points at 17,440.0, the NasdaqRead More