Ottawa, Mike Duffy had the Senate pay to frame pictures of his family members and for photos to be sent to former American first lady Barbara Bush, an Ottawa courtroom heard Monday in the suspended senator’s fraud and bribery trial. The Crown also suggested Duffy carefully juggled and squeezed hisRead More

Chatham, Ont. — A bail hearing is scheduled today for a southwestern Ontario man accused of threatening to blow up the Parliament buildings in Ottawa. Chatham-Kent police say David Osterbrook, 49, was arrested Friday and charged with one count of hoax — terrorist activity, and one count of uttering threats.Read More

Ottawa, Canada’s largest companies want employers to put more emphasis on training and making sure their employees’ skills are up to date. The Canadian Council of Chief Executives is using a conference in Ottawa on Monday to kick off what it hopes will be a national discussion on the importanceRead More

Vancouver, Anticipation of an Indian prime minister’s first visit to Canada in 42 years is building as fans and foes of Narendra Modi see him as either a rock star of economic development that could benefit both countries or a suppressor of minority rights. Modi’s three-day trip starting Tuesday isRead More

Panama City, Prime Minister Stephen Harper held a one-on-one discussion on Saturday with U.S President Barack Obama as part of a busy day at the Summit of the Americas in Panama. Obama and Harper had a brief conversation while they went for a walk together inside the convention centre whereRead More

Toronto, The chief executive of McEwen Mining is beefing up security at the Canadian company’s mine refinery in Mexico to make it as “impenetrable” as Fort Knox after a band of masked gunmen made off with $8.5 million in gold. “Everybody’s a bit rattled by this,” said Rob McEwen, recallingRead More

Ottawa, As much as Mike Duffy’s personal journal depicts a social butterfly who relished rubbing shoulders with politicians and power brokers, it also shines a spotlight on the gossip-fuelled, glad-handing circles in which he moved. The journal — entered as evidence this week as part of Duffy’s criminal trial onRead More

Toronto — The last two candidates for leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives, and the province’s Official Opposition, square off today in their first head-to-head debate. Barrie MP Patrick Brown and Deputy PC leader Christine Elliott are holding their first debate since the field was narrowed to just the two ofRead More

Toronto — Cabinet ministers would see their pay docked five per cent if the federal government fails to balance its books under proposed legislation critics denounced Wednesday as symbolic at best, hypocrisy at worst. In a politely received pre-election speech, Finance Minister Joe Oliver announced plans for a balanced-budget law promisedRead More

Toronto — Strikes could begin at some Ontario high schools later this month as frustrations mount in bargaining, the teachers’ union warned Wednesday. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation is threatening to withdraw services at seven school boards: Peel, Durham, Halton, Ottawa-Carleton, Waterloo, Rainbow in Sudbury and Lakehead in ThunderRead More