Toronto, There is one winning ticket for the $50-million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The ticket was purchased somewhere in Ontario. No winning tickets were sold for the two MaxMillions prizes of $1-million each that were also up for grabs. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw onRead More

Ottawa, Jason Kenney is vowing that by this summer, he’ll eliminate the massive caseload backlog that’s left thousands of ailing or injured Canadians waiting years for appeals after being denied Canada Pension Plan disability benefits. In a letter obtained by The Canadian Press, the employment and social development minister describes aRead More

Toronto,  Canada’s big city mayors met on Thursday hoping to leverage a looming federal election into billions of dollars worth of commitments from Ottawa for transit, affordable housing and other big-money projects. The 18 mayors made no bones about their awareness that voters are set to go the polls sometime beforeRead More

Ontarion, Police are searching for suspects after several shots were fired at a vehicle in Oakville early Thursday morning. According to police, two residents of an address on Redstone Crescent returned home in their vehicle at around 1:35 a.m. and pulled into their driveway. As the driver exited the vehicleRead More

Toronto, A Toronto woman is facing a combined 39 charges in connection with her involvement in a recruiting agency that allegedly bilked prospective immigrant workers out of more than $1.5 million. Police began an investigation into GoWest Jobs International on Finch Avenue near Keele Street in October. According to police,Read More

Sudbury, Voters in Sudbury, Ont., head to the polls today in a hotly contested byelection. The race has been overshadowed by criminal allegations against the Liberals and turncoat accusations aimed at their candidate. Glenn Thibeault left the federal NDP to run for the provincial Liberals in the byelection, prompting federalRead More

Oakville, A 60-year-old man died Wednesday night after crashing his minivan into a utility pole in Oakville, Ont. Halton Region police say the man left the road at Lakeshore Rd. and Fourth Line at about 9:25 p.m., struck the pole, and the vehicle came to rest in a snowbank. PoliceRead More

Ottawa, John Baird made it official this morning, telling a hushed House of Commons that he is stepping down as Stephen Harper’s foreign affairs minister and leaving federal politics. Baird, grinning broadly to a standing ovation from around the Commons, said he is optimistic about the future of the country andRead More

Toronto, A winter storm warning has now ended for Toronto and the GTHA, leaving about 30 centimetres of snow and more than 100 accidents in its wake. The storm arrived in Toronto late Sunday night and by 9 a.m., 22 centimetres of snow had accumulated in midtown Toronto while 18Read More

Edmonton, Centre MLA Laurie Blakeman says the Liberal Party should take steps to cooperate and eventually join with the fledgling Alberta Party in an effort to unite progressive voters. “I believe that voters are ready for a progressive alternative to the governing PCs,” Blakeman wrote in a proposal shared onlineRead More