Toronto, About 100 Toronto police officers began wearing small cameras on their uniforms Monday, as part of a year-long pilot project meant to see whether the devices should someday be supplied to all officers. Officers from the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy “TRAVIS” team, along with select traffic officers and membersRead More

TORONTO — The widow of an American special forces soldier killed in Afghanistan and another soldier partially blinded by a hand grenade have moved to finalize a default civil-suit judgment against former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr. Court documents filed in Utah April 24, the day an Alberta court grantedRead More

QUEBEC – Media mogul Pierre Karl Peladeau strolled to the leadership of the Parti Quebecois on Friday and immediately reiterated that he will settle for nothing less in the future than an independent Quebec. “You have given me a strong and clear mandate — to make Quebec a country,” heRead More

TORONTO – The United Food and Commercial Workers union says its members working at Loblaw Companies Ltd. in Ontario have voted 97 per cent in favour of strike action. The strike votes at locals 175 and 633 took place after the union broke off talks on May 5. The twoRead More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont.-  The practice of starting Mississauga city council meetings with the Lord’s Prayer will end on Wednesday. Council recently passed a motion to stop opening meetings with the prayer and has decided to observe 30 seconds of silence instead. The motion passed unanimously. Mayor Bonnie Crombie says a silentRead More

TORONTO – Rob Ford called in from his hospital bed to thank people for their support after his recent cancer surgery. The former Toronto mayor also thanked those who attended a fundraiser Thursday night, as his brother Doug played the call from his cellphone. Doug Ford ran unsuccessfully for mayorRead More

OTTAWA — Buyers in Toronto and Montreal pushed home sales higher last month as Canadians continued to take advantage of low interest rates. The Canadian Real Estate Association said Friday home sales in April through its MLS system were up 2.3 per cent compared with the previous month. The increaseRead More

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected the federal government’s bid to have former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr declared an adult offender. It was the third time Khadr’s case has been before the high court, and the third time the justices have ruled in his favour. TheRead More

Windsor, Ont. – Manufacturers will be able to write off equipment more quickly under proposed tax rule changes.The idea is to provide a faster capital cost allowance.The rate climbs to 50 per cent for machinery and equipment, up from 30 per cent.The plan is to have it in effect forRead More

TORONTO – Ontario patients and family caregivers will get more control over the types of home and community care services they can access under a new program being unveiled today. The Canadian Press has learned Health Minister Eric Hoskins will announce details of a self-directed funding program for patients needingRead More