OTTAWA — The Harper government’s recent move to raise the contribution ceiling on tax-free savings accounts offers little to benefit low- and middle-income Canadians, a new analysis of federal tax data has found. The study, released Monday by the left-leaning Broadbent Institute, comes after the government nearly doubled the maximumRead More

TORONTO – Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is appointing former TD Bank CEO Ed Clark, who recommended the partial sale of Hydro One and changes to beer distribution, as her business adviser. Clark, who headed an expert panel on government assets, is still looking at other aspects of alcohol sales, suchRead More

HALIFAX — A task force will release its report today on misogyny, sexism and homophobia at Dalhousie University’s school of dentistry. The investigation was announced earlier this year after 13 dentistry students were alleged to be members of a Facebook page that contained sexually violent content. The review was ledRead More

Toronto: Emails in the Prime Minister’s Office are at risk of disappearing forever, and need to be better monitored to prevent staff from improperly deleting them. That’s the conclusion of a 16-month probe by Canada’s information commissioner, triggered by the temporary disappearance of emails crucial to the RCMP’s criminal investigationRead More

SASKATOON — A WestJet flight bound for Edmonton from Halifax was diverted to Saskatoon on Saturday morning following a bomb threat. Police in Saskatoon said in a news release that the force’s bomb disposal unit responded to John Diefenbaker Airport after a threat was made about an explosive device onRead More

KYIV, Ukraine — Legal and diplomatic obstacles to deploying Canadian military trainers in Ukraine have largely been cleared away, Defence Minister Jason Kenney says. He was scheduled to tour the multi-national centre at Yavoriv, near the Polish border, on Saturday where the roughly 200 combat instructors will set up shopRead More

A judge has found 21-year-old Sabastian Prosa guilty on all 12 charges he faced in connection with a collision on Highway 427 in 2012 that killed a father and his teenaged daughter. The Caledon man was found guilty of two counts of impaired driving causing death, two counts of criminalRead More

STELLARTON, N.S. — The Sobeys grocery business expects to eliminate 1,300 jobs over the next year or two as it moves to open new distribution centres in Ontario and Alberta and continues to integrate Safeway Canada’s operations. The head of Sobeys parent company told analysts in a quarterly conference callRead More

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Former Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro has been ordered released on $5,000 bail one day after his conviction for “cheating” during his 2008 re-election campaign. Del Mastro had applied for bail while he appeals his convictions for three electoral offences: overspending, failing to report a contribution heRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s integrity commissioner says the New Democrats’ new deputy leader should not be penalized even though he was found to have breached parliamentary convention. Lynn Morrison says Jagmeet Singh, MPP for Bramalea-Gore-Malton, used constituency resources in connection with a political rally earlier this year and he tried toRead More