TORONTO — The 1.3 million Ontario residents who live in condominiums will get a new, less expensive way to resolve disputes under proposed legislation to be introduced Wednesday. The province will create a Condominium Authority to provide a range of services including dispute resolution, so condo owners won’t have toRead More

Service improvements along 61 bus and streetcar routes are expected to be officially approved today as the TTC board meets at city hall. The service improvements, which were announced by Mayor John Tory during a Sunday afternoon news conference, mostly amount to a restoration of services that were cut inRead More

OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada is keeping its trendsetting interest rate locked at 0.75 per cent even as recent weakness in the United States raises questions about the Canadian economy’s underlying strength. The central bank says it’s standing pat because inflation has been in line with projections and consumptionRead More

OTTAWA: Canadian federal police on Tuesday raided homes in the Montreal area of would-be jihadists who had been detained for allegedly seeking to join a militant group. Searches linked to 10 suspects were conducted around the city, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Erique Gasse told AFP. He declined to offerRead More

OTTAWA – Conservative MP Michael Chong is expected to get a rough ride from some of his own caucus colleagues as he promotes his reform act at a Senate committee today. The act is billed as a way to rebalance power between members of Parliament and party leaders. But ConservativeRead More

Toronto, Rob Ford has been released from hospital and has arrived at city hall. Ford underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumour in his abdomen on May 11 at Mount Sinai Hospital and had been expected to remain in hospital for several weeks. According to Doug Ford, the Ward 2Read More

TORONTO — Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives say Hydro One may be in contempt of the legislature after the ombudsman said the utility misled the province about its billing problems. Ombudsman Andre Marin issued a special report Monday accusing Hydro One officials of lying to the Ministry of Energy about the scopeRead More

  TORONTO — A new survey suggests about a third of Canadians don’t have the money to take advantage of new rules under which Ottawa almost doubled the amount that can be contributed each year to tax-free savings accounts. The poll done for CIBC found that roughly 34 per centRead More

TORONTO — Hydro One treated customers “abominably” after a new computer system resulted in huge billing errors for about 100,000 homes, Ontario’s ombudsman reported Monday. In his investigation of the Hydro One billing practices, Andre Marin also accused the Crown corporation of lying to the government and his office aboutRead More

Toronto, Filming of the new movie “Suicide Squad” will require another downtown road closure this week. After shutting the intersection of Bay and Wellington streets Saturday to stage a helicopter crash, the movie shoot will now require the closure of Yonge Street between College and King streets from Monday nightRead More