This fall, the TTC will be ramping up off-peak service on 33 bus and streetcar routes across the city to help alleviate transit congestion. The announcement was made by Mayor John Tory and TTC Chair Josh Colle at a news conference at Finch Station on Monday morning. The service improvements,Read More

TORONTO — Welcomed with a hearty roar, Kanye West ran through a career-spanning collection of his hits to close out a Pan Am Games headlined by a harder, better, faster, stronger Canada — until a faulty microphone didn’t let the rapper finish. Nearly 40,000 spectators packed Toronto’s Rogers Centre toRead More

REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper took aim at the scandal-plagued upper Senate chamber on Friday, saying he would not make any more appointments to an institution that has caused him major trouble. The Senate’s woes embroiled key Harper allies and could hurt the chances of the ruling ConservativesRead More

TORONTO:The province’s Special Investigations Unit has been called to investigate after a man was shot near the intersection of Peter and Adelaide streets early Saturday morning. Toronto paramedics said a man was taken to a hospital trauma centre with life-threatening injuries sometime after 3:04 a.m. Saturday. The SIU wrote inRead More

Festivals and road races for the final two days of the Pan Am Games will see select roads closed in downtown and Scarborough through the weekend. The Beaches Jazz Festival will see Queen Street East closed between Woodbine and Beech avenues until midnight on Saturday. Near downtown, PrideHouse TO CelebratesRead More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet today with Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall to discuss forest fires but he may find himself trying to douse the flames of another disaster: the Senate. Proximity to Wall, who champions abolition of the scandal-plagued upper house, will doubtless raise questions about Harper’sRead More

TORONTO — Education Minister Liz Sandals says talks with Ontario’s teachers’ unions will resume following a meeting today between Premier Kathleen Wynne, union leaders and public school board representatives. Sandals calls it a very positive meeting and says the unions “are committed” to getting back to the table in AugustRead More

Two separate polls released Friday are painting very different picture of how the country’s upcoming election could turn out. One poll, conducted by Mainstreet Technologies, suggests the Conservatives now hold a strong lead among among decided voters. A different poll released by Forum Research suggests that the NDP currently leadRead More

TORONTO:Mayor John Tory says he left a meeting with several Toronto-area NDP Members of Parliament on Thursday morning “satisfied” that the party will provide funding for SmartTrack if elected in the fall. Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged to provide up to $2.6 billion in funding for the rapid transit projectRead More

BARRIE, Ont. — Premier Kathleen Wynne is dismissing a request from Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown to call an immediate byelection so he can seek a seat in the legislature before the fall session begins. Wynne says she’s “eager to let Brown have his shot” at getting a seat, butRead More