TORONTO — The Canadian dollar was up about half a U.S cent shortly after North American stock markets opened lower Tuesday. The loonie traded at 80.30 cents US, up 0.52 of a U.S. cent from Monday’s close. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 7.60 points at 15,066.53, after rising 60.04Read More

OTTAWA — Could the prime minister’s former chief staff and several senior Tory senators wind up testifying at Sen. Mike Duffy’s trial just as the federal election campaign gets underway? This scenario is becoming increasingly likely, as the pieces move into place for extra trial dates to be set asideRead More

Ottawa: A Canadian family is demanding action from the federal government after a 28-year-old man died under mysterious circumstances at an airport in Laos. Nara Pech ‘s family was told that he committed suicide on Jan. 22 while being detained in Laos’ Wattay International Airport. But a number of voicemails heRead More

Toronto, The Toronto Community Housing Corporation says it will conduct a review of its tenants rent after it was discovered that a small number of people were being over or undercharged. In a press release issued Monday morning, the TCHC said that it has discovered that “errors in the calculationRead More

VANCOUVER — A long-running lawsuit launched by veterans against the federal government is off the docket until after the federal election, if not for good. The two sides appeared in a Vancouver court today to agree to pause the case, in which veterans are arguing that modern-day soldiers are discriminatedRead More

TORONTO — An Ontario judge questioned Monday whether the court was the right avenue to resolve a dispute between the ride-hailing service Uber and the City of Toronto. The city is seeking a permanent injunction on the company’s operations, arguing Uber is a taxi company and must abide by theRead More

TORONTO — The Speaker of the Ontario legislature has ruled that there was no contempt of parliament in the Hydro One dealings with the provincial ombudsman and the government. The Progressive Conservatives complained after ombudsman Andre Marin accused officials at Hydro One of misleading, and even lying, to him andRead More

OTTAWA — At the Ottawa courthouse, a suspended senator’s criminal trial continues. Up the street, on Parliament Hill, a different system of justice is unfolding for senators apparently caught up in some of the same alleged misspending. That asymmetrical response by the upper chamber is expected to come under scrutinyRead More

TRENTON, Ont. — Members of Canada’s Disaster Assistance Response Team are returning home today after spending a month helping the people of earthquake-stricken Nepal. They’re due to arrive later today at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in eastern Ontario. The DART was sent into Nepal within days after a 7.8 magnitudeRead More

Vancouver, The commission that has spent five years examining one of the darkest chapters in Canada’s history is winding up its work with a key question left unanswered — exactly how many aboriginal children died in residential schools? Justice Murray Sinclair, who heads the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, says theRead More