Toronto, The Toronto Police Services Board is asking Chief Bill Blair to undertake a “thorough review” of the paid duty program in light of new data that suggests that a number of officers are earning more than 50 per cent of their pay through overtime and outside work. Toronto policeRead More

Toronto,  RBC Economics has downgraded its latest forecast for the Canadian economy in 2015 after a sharp drop in energy prices. The bank projects Canada’s real GDP to grow by 2.4 per cent this year — a reduction of 0.3 percentage points from its forecast issued last December. RBC saysRead More

OTTAWA — Canada’s ambassador for religious freedoms says he thinks it’s important that Canadians are having a debate about the place of the niqab in society. Andrew Bennett says his office doesn’t get involved in domestic political issues; its mandate is to advocate for religious freedoms abroad. But Bennett saysRead More

TORONTO – Transport Canada is proposing a further upgrade to rail tanker cars that haul flammable materials across the country. In the past month, four trains carrying crude oil have derailed in Canada and the United States, sparking major fires, polluting waterways and forcing some evacuations. There have been threeRead More

OTTAWA — A leading civil liberties group says the federal government’s anti-terrorism legislation is fundamentally flawed and should be rejected. Carmen Cheung of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association objects to measures in the bill that would give Canada’s spy agency the ability to disrupt extremist plots — not justRead More

Two people suffered minor injuries after a single-vehicle rollover near St. Joseph’s Health Centre late Wednesday night. It happened in the intersection of Sunnyside Avenue and The Queensway at around 11:45 p.m. The cause of the accident has not yet been determined.

Toronto, Rob Ford’s executive assistant has filed a complaint with the city’s integrity commissioner over remarks made by Mayor John Tory during Wednesday’s budget debate. Ford was questioning Tory on why he needed to increase his office budget by about $300,000 when the mayor replied that the money was necessaryRead More

Toronto, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says she hasn’t made any final decisions yet on asset sales, but she did not dispute a report that she is planning to sell shares in Hydro One. The Globe and Mail cites industry sources as saying the province would put up 10 to 15 perRead More

Brampton, Three Brampton schools are under hold-and-secure orders after a group of students reported seeing a man with a firearm at a nearby park, police say. According to Peel police, the children were at the Heart Lake Conservation Area near Kennedy Road and Sandalwood Parkway when they spotted the manRead More

TORONTO — Rock-bottom interest rates, a scarcity of supply and growing demand from millennials and wealthy immigrants have fueled a strong start to the spring real estate season in Toronto and Vancouver. “Spring has come early for both Toronto and Vancouver,” said Sal Guatieri, a senior economist at BMO CapitalRead More