A suspect wanted in connection with the alleged abduction and gang sexual assault of a woman has surrendered to police. According to police, a 25-year-old woman and two friends were in the Dundas Street and Winston Churchill Boulevard area when their vehicle broke down at around 4 a.m. Monday morning.Read More

TORONTO — Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore and former Mexican president Felipe Calderon say fighting climate change will be a boon to the global economy, despite critics’ fears that abandoning fossil fuels will cripple world markets. On the final day of the Climate Summit of the Americas both tried toRead More

Toronto-— Toronto highways are clogged, tickets sales have only just passed the halfway mark and hotels are reporting fewer bookings than expected. Ready or not, the Pan Am Games are here. Six years after Toronto made its winning bid to host the Games, the city is rolling out the welcomeRead More

  Toronto : coalition of advocacy groups says that the death of a 45-year-old black man suffering from mental illness at the hands of Toronto police on Sunday is proof that police practices when dealing with racialized people suffering from mental illnesses need a rethink. “There’s a dramatic overrepresentation ofRead More

OTTAWA – The International Monetary Fund is slashing its outlook for Canadian economic growth this year. The fund is calling for growth of 1.5 per cent this year, down from an April forecast for growth of 2.2 per cent. Growth for 2016 is now expected to clock in at 2.1Read More

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced she will travel to the United States and China to promote trade and investment opportunities for the province. Wynne will take part in the first-ever Summit of North American Governors and Premiers in Colorado Springs on Oct. 30-31. She says it willRead More

OTTAWA — The federal government clashed with a United Nations panel this week over whether a major international treaty applies to potential human rights violations by Canadian resources companies operating abroad. The sharp difference of opinion was one of several flashpoints between Canada and the UN Human Rights Committee, whichRead More

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne called Wednesday on all subnational states to work together to solve the climate change crisis, saying it’s a universal problem that cannot be solved individually. “We can’t any longer claim ignorance of the price of further delay,” Wynne told the crowd of hundreds ofRead More

TORONTO — The Ontario Chamber of Commerce is calling on the provincial government to take steps to curb rising electricity prices. The organization representing the province’s businesses is issuing a report saying hydro costs are one of the most pressing challenges for Ontario’s economy. The report says industrial electricity pricesRead More

VANCOUVER – Finance Minister Joe Oliver says it’s too early to tell if Canada’s economy has slumped into a recession. Oliver says the country is well positioned to weather an economic battering but it is in a fragile environment with external factors like the price of oil and economic troublesRead More