OTTAWA – On a summer Friday in 2009, Mike Duffy climbed into former Tory MP Dean Del Mastro’s red muscle car and the two drove from Ottawa to Del Mastro’s home riding of Peterborough, Ont. An Ottawa court is hearing that Del Mastro took Duffy to appear at an hour-Read More

TORONTO — Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s friend Alexander (Sandro) Lisi has been found not guilty on drug-related charges. Lisi’s co-accused — Jamshid (Jay) Bahrami — was also found not guilty. Both men were charged with trafficking cannabis. Lisi, 36, was also charged with possession of a small quantity ofRead More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Walmart is buying 13 of the former Target Canada stores plus a distribution centre in Cornwall, Ont. Walmart Canada says it will spend about $165 million for the leases and properties and a further $185 million on renovations. The $350-million plan is subject to court approval, asRead More

Toronto — Progressive Conservatives across Ontario have a second and final chance today to vote for their new party leader, with the winner to be announced on Saturday. It’s a two-person battle between deputy PC leader Christine Elliott, the widow of former finance minister Jim Flaherty, and Barrie MP PatrickRead More

Toronto- Ontario’s elementary school teachers say they’re acting within the law by waiting until Friday to tell parents whether there will be a full strike next week — and the education minister wants to look at changing the rules. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario is planning a province-wide strikeRead More

Ottawa- There’s a two-step dance that parliamentarians learn so they can piggyback political events onto taxpayer-paid trips — were Sen. Mike Duffy’s waltzes across the country at the behest of his colleagues any different? That’s one of the questions crystallizing now that Duffy’s trial has begun to hear from hisRead More

Ottawa, The Conservative caucus room was described as a morgue Wednesday as federal MPs grappled with political mortality after the New Democrats effectively killed the conservative movement’s four-decade grip on Alberta politics. While they sought to downplay the notion that the NDP’s upset in Alberta is an omen for thisRead More

Ottawa, Sen. Mike Duffy’s defence lawyer is harkening back to a similar fraud and breach of trust case involving expenses and a public figure, the late privacy commissioner George Radwanski. Justice Charles Vaillancourt is listening to arguments over whether a particular Senate committee report should be regarded as factual evidenceRead More

Holten, Netherlands — Prime Minister Stephen Harper paid tribute to Canada’s war dead at a service in the Netherlands this morning. He was joined by a few dozen surviving veterans of the battles to liberate northwest Europe, which culminated with the surrender of Nazi German forces 70 years ago. HarperRead More

Ottawa, Justin Trudeau has unveiled the Liberal alternative to the Harper government’s economic plan: hike taxes for the wealthiest one per cent to pay for more generous child benefits and an across-the-board income tax cut for the middle class. Under the Liberal proposal announced Monday: — The 22-per-cent tax rateRead More