Mississauga, The Canada Border Services Agency says close to five kilograms of suspected cocaine has been seized at Toronto Pearson International Airport following a flight from the Caribbean. The CBSA says officers who were monitoring the offload of baggage arriving on a flight from Saint Maarten on Feb. 8 identifiedRead More

Toronto. A recommendation to install suicide barriers along subway platforms is among the items being considered as city council continues its two-day meeting. The motion, which was tabled following a report from Toronto Public Health, asks council to direct the TTC to install platform edge doors “or other means forRead More

Toronto, Coun. Rob Ford and his brother, former councillor Doug Ford, say there’s no split between them politically, despite the fact the two are supporting separate candidates in the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership contest. The two sat down for their first in-studio interview together since the election with CP24’s TravisRead More

Brampton ,A 31-year-old Mississauga man has been charged with second-degree murder after his girlfriend was found dead inside a car on Melanie Drive in Brampton on Saturday. According to police, 29-year-old Shariyfa Birkett was located inside a car parked in an auto repair garage at around 4 p.m. Saturday. PoliceRead More

Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy is set to face a retrial on terrorism-related charges in Cairo this Thursday, a development his family called their “worst nightmare.” Fahmy — who has spent more than a year in an Egyptian prison — was expected to be set free after former Foreign Affairs MinisterRead More

Ottawa,The federal revenue agency can now hand the police possible evidence of serious crime — including terrorist activity — that it happens to come across while reviewing taxpayer files. The Canada Revenue Agency gained the little-noticed new authority, which does not require a judicial warrant, through an amendment tucked intoRead More

Quebec, Pierre Karl Peladeau has announced he will wait until the next Quebec provincial election in 2018 to decide whether a Parti Quebecois government will hold a referendum on sovereignty in its first term. The Quebec media mogul turned politician said Saturday his priority is to promote Quebec sovereignty betweenRead More

Toronto, A new Toronto-based app aims to make it easier to for parents to find quality babysitters in their neighbourhood. The app, called DateNight, acts somewhat like a directory, connecting parents with pre-screened babysitters in their area. In an interview with CP24’s Rena Heer, DateNight developer Elize Shirdel admitted thatRead More

Regina, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says he and his cabinet ministers are taking a wage freeze to help address revenue challenges brought about by slumping oil prices. Wall says the wage freeze also applies to senior government officials and other non-unionized executives, such as Crown corporation and health region employees. HeRead More

Toronto, Premier Kathleen Wynne is rejecting demands from the opposition parties that her deputy chief of staff step aside while police investigate allegations of corruption in Thursday’s northern Ontario byelection. Andrew Olivier, who ran for the Liberals in last year’s general election, said he was offered a government job or appointmentRead More