HALIFAX — A report into sexist online posts by dentistry students at Dalhousie University has found that a Facebook page at the centre of the scandal began as a bonding exercise, but turned offensive. The report released Friday says the restorative justice process revealed a culture of unprofessionalism and competitivenessRead More

Toronto,  Admitting that policing is at a “crossroads” and is under “more scrutiny than ever before,” Mark Saunders took his oath of office on Wednesday with a promise to take “bold steps” and never accept good enough. Standing before hundreds of uniformed officers and a number of dignitaries at policeRead More

OTTAWA — Canadians are carrying record amounts of debt, but they are managing their finances prudently, according to a report by the Fraser Institute. The report by Philip Cross, former chief economic analyst at Statistics Canada, says the growth of household debt has slowed since 2009 and the cost ofRead More

Ottawa, A Canadian man accused in the drowning of a four-year-old boy in St. Lucia is hoping his name will soon be cleared as he makes one last bid to have the charge dismissed. Sahab Jamshidi is charged with causing death by gross negligence or recklessness in the drowning ofRead More

WASHINGTON – Ontario’s premier has defended the partial sale of Hydro One, insisting there will be oversight of the electricity utility after the government sells off up to 60 per cent of the operation. Kathleen Wynne was responding to criticism from several provincial oversight agencies that the public would continueRead More

OTTAWA – The Senate is using the closed-door hearings involving a disgraced former Liberal senator as a precedent for keeping internal audit information out of the Mike Duffy trial. Then-senator Raymond Lavigne was convicted in 2011 of fraud and breach of trust for using Senate funds for work on hisRead More

OTTAWA — Canada will likely be able to impose retaliatory tariffs against the United States by late summer or early fall, if Washington doesn’t repeal its country of origin labelling rules. The World Trade Organization ruled Monday that the American label requirements, known as COOL, violate America’s trade obligations. “InRead More

GATINEAU, Que. — The woman who was allegedly assaulted by Patrick Brazeau in 2013 apologized to him and hugged him a year earlier after a dispute between the two, the suspended senator’s executive assistant testified Tuesday. Lorraine Rochon said Brazeau called her at about 11 p.m. one night in FebruaryRead More

Toronto, Mark Saunders will officially become Toronto’s 20th chief of police Wednesday morning when he is sworn in to the position during a formal ceremony. The Toronto Police Services Board will host the ceremony in the foyer of the Toronto Police headquarters building on College Street at 11 a.m. SaundersRead More

Mississauga, With the federal election a little over five months away, a new poll shows the Harper Conservatives are in a very tight race. Nearly 33 percent of respondents to the Nanos Research survey say they support the Tories — sitting right behind them is the Liberal party with aRead More