MONTREAL — National Chief Perry Bellegarde is urging First Nations and other Canadians to push for reconciliation at the polls this fall. In the first keynote address to the Assembly of First Nations annual meeting, Bellegarde said First Nations voters need to make themselves heard on Oct.19. The advocacy groupRead More

TORONTO — Ontario must ramp up its efforts to curb greenhouse gases now if it hopes to hit its own ambitious 2020 targets, the province’s acting environmental commissioner said Tuesday. In her progress report, Ellen Schwartzel said car and truck emissions and energy-hogging buildings present the single biggest problem andRead More

OTTAWA — Canada’s trade deficit grew to $3.34 billion in May from $3.0 billion in April, increasing chances the Bank of Canada will cut its key interest rate next week, economists said Tuesday. BMO senior economist Benjamin Reitzes said Canada’s trade balance is on pace for a record deficit inRead More

Toronto: Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Toronto and the GTA ahead of a heavy downpour that could see upwards of 50 millimeters of rain fall on some localized areas. According to the weather agency, a cold front moving through Southern Ontario will result in showers andRead More

HALIFAX — A preliminary inquiry began Tuesday for two people accused of plotting to open fire at a Halifax shopping mall. Twenty-three-year-old Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath of Geneva, Ill., and 20-year-old Randall Steven Shepherd of Halifax are each charged with conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit arson, illegal possession ofRead More

Winnipeg: Winnipeg police have charged a man with sending explosive devices to law firms and other businesses in the city, and they caution that more packages may be discovered in the coming days. Guido Amsel, 49, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, one count of aggravated assault andRead More

Ontario: All occupants managed to escape safely after a small plane crashed and landed on its roof in a field north of Barrie Sunday afternoon. The plane landed in a field near Highway 12 and Line 13 in Oro-Medonte Township, about 10 kilometres northwest of Orillia around 4:00 p.m, OntarioRead More

TORONTO – Pan Am Games organizers say new tickets for some “high-demand” events — such as the opening ceremony — will go on sale on Monday. TO2015 says small blocks of tickets will be available for some previously sold out events — including the opening ceremony, equestrian, basketball, football, divingRead More

Occupants of a home on Bunting Drive in Vaughan suffered only minor injuries after a fire broke out overnight Sunday. A duty inspector from York Regional Police said they received a call at 1:40 a.m. Sunday for a fire on the residential street, near Major Mackenzie Drive West and WestonRead More

Toronto : One man is in police custody after another man was stabbed in the neck in Toronto’s Weston neighbourhood early Sunday morning. A staff sergeant from Toronto police’s 12 Division said what started as a bar fight on Weston Road near Lawrence Avenue West escalated when a suspect stabbed aRead More