Ottawa,  A former combat commander who has led operations at home and overseas has been appointed to the country’s top military job. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Defence Minister Jason Kenney say Lt.-Gen. Jonathan Vance will be the next chief of defence staff, replacing the soon-to-retire Gen. Tom Lawson. HarperRead More

Ottawa,  New documents reveal the Conservative government has booked $13.5 million for an all-out blitz in April and May to advertise its 2015 pre-election budget. The Canada Revenue Agency is spending $6 million on a concentrated TV bulk buy this month that includes pricey NHL playoff spots in what internalRead More

Torronto, A Montreal woman stranded in Nepal by Saturday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake says there’s chaos at the airport as foreigners try to leave the stricken country. Emilie-Anne Leroux says she was in a taxi on the way to the airport to return to Canada to be with her father who isRead More

Toronto, Former police chief Bill Blair has announced that he will seek the Liberal nomination in Scarborough Southwest, bringing an end to months of speculation over his political future. Blair confirmed his intentions in an interview with CP24 on Sunday morning, just hours after his 10-year reign as Toronto’s topRead More

Ottawa, Mike Duffy’s defence began what’s likely to be a lengthy — and testy — cross-examination Friday of the Senate official overseeing the upper chambers’ expense regime during the allegedly free-spending days of the senator from P.E.I. At the close of the third week of Duffy’s trial on fraud, breachRead More

Kashechewan/ Ont. — The chief of a remote northern Ontario First Nation says he is relieved that almost everyone in the community threatened by the rapidly rising Albany River has been evacuated. Kashechewan Chief Derek Stephen says 388 more people are being evacuated Saturday of the 1,900 total residents inRead More

Toronto, Mayor John Tory is praising the recently released 2015 provincial budget and says the document proves the province is committed to helping Toronto build SmartTrack. Speaking at city hall shortly after this year’s budget was tabled Thursday, Tory told reporters that province’s commitment to funding the electrification of theRead More

Toronto, Ontario put forward a budget today that held few funding surprises, provided some good news for drivers and maintained a tough line for public sector workers. Here is a breakdown of the budget highlights and how it will affect the average person living in Toronto and the GTHA. Winners:Read More

Toronto, A published report says Jim Doak, a well-known Bay Street personality who appeared as a commentator on business channel BNN, has died while on business in Mongolia. The Globe and Mail, citing sources, said Doak, 59, was found dead Thursday morning in a hotel room. Doak was chairman ofRead More

Ottawa, The Speaker of Canada’s Senate, Pierre Claude Nolin, has died, leaving the much-maligned institution without a leader in the midst of its greatest crisis. A spokeswoman for the Senate says Nolin died just after 7 p.m. Thursday. The 64-year-old, appointed to the Senate in 1993 by Brian Mulroney, hadRead More