TORONTO – Former federal cabinet minister John Baird has been hired as a strategic adviser to Hatch, an engineering and consulting firm for resource companies. Hatch has its global head office in Mississauga, Ont., and operates in 150 countries around the world. The company says Baird’s experience in international affairsRead More

OTTAWA — The Conservative government alarmed privacy advocates by overhauling the law to give Canada’s spy agency easier access to federal data, even though the spies themselves said greater information-sharing could be done under existing laws, newly released documents show. In a presentation to federal deputy ministers last year, theRead More

Toronto : A man convicted of sexually assaulting a female student under the age of 14 and banned from ever teaching in a publicly-funded school is still leading a private tutoring program in Scarborough, according to a media report. A report in the Toronto Star says the principal of DhakaRead More

TORONTO — Premier Kathleen Wynne will head to Israel next year as part of a business delegation. The premier’s office says Wynne’s spring trip will create new partnerships and promote investment in Ontario. The office also says it is in the process of setting up a permanent representative in Israel.Read More

SASKATOON — A Vancouver-based chain of stores that sells the Confederate flag says that “after much consideration,” it is halting the sale of the controversial banners until further notice. The decision, posted by The Flag Shop on its Twitter account, follows a statement by the chain’s president saying she doesn’tRead More

OTTAWA — Three decades on, the RCMP says its investigation into the Air India bombing — the worst terrorist act in Canadian history — remains “active and ongoing.” On June 23, 1985, an explosion ripped apart Air India Flight 182 en route to New Delhi, killing all 329 people aboard,Read More

Councillor Rob Ford is helping his brother, Doug Ford pay off his 2014 campaign debt. The brothers are hosting a fundraiser on June 30 to recoup some of the funds spent on Doug Ford’s mayoral election campaign. Doug Ford says he spent $600,000 of his own money on the campaign.Read More

OTTAWA — The Canadian Cancer Society is calling on the next federal government to take immediate action to address the thorny issue of end-of-life care. The group is releasing an election-campaign platform today that calls on the winner of the federal election this October to promptly introduce legislation to establishRead More

OTTAWA — Conservatives have formed a political action committee to counter attacks against Prime Minister Stephen Harper from progressive groups and labour unions. A group of former ministerial aides have created HarperPAC, a vehicle that allows Conservatives to raise and spend money beyond the limits and disclosure rules imposed onRead More

TORONTO — A new study suggests about 15 per cent of children who have a severe allergic reaction that involves anaphylaxis can actually have a second reaction hours after the first. It warns that doctors and parents should be on the lookout for this type of two-stage or biphasic anaphylacticRead More