Ottawa, An experienced Quebec trial lawyer has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the bench of the Supreme Court of Canada. Suzanne Côté, who has been a member of the Quebec bar since 1981, is the first woman from private practice to be directly appointed to the Supreme Court.Read More

Fired CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi is back in Thornhill, living with his mom after he was released from police custody on $100,000 bail Wednesday, hours after police charged him with four counts of sexual assault and one count of overcoming resistance, choking. Ghomeshi, 47, was mobbed by reporters asRead More

Ottawa- An NDP MP who levelled misconduct allegations against a Liberal colleague says she would be interested in participating in an independent House of Commons harassment probe, but doesn’t feel it’s been made clear how she should proceed. The woman, who spoke at length to The Canadian Press on Tuesday,Read More

Toronto – Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals appointed an outside expert Tuesday to conduct a review of the troubled Toronto District School Board, where she said “a culture of fear” exists among staff. Police were called to a recent meeting of Canada’s largest school board amid accusations one trustee heldRead More

Ottawa – Highlights from auditor general Michael Ferguson’s fall 2014 report, released Tuesday: — Veterans Affairs is not providing veterans with timely access to mental health services; the disability benefits program has a complex and time-consuming application process and some vets are forced to wait as long as eight monthsRead More

Toronto – Ontario must do a better job of providing services to people with mental health and addiction issues, Health Minister Eric Hoskins said Tuesday as he announced $65 million in new funding for this year. The funding, which will grow to $83 million next year, will help reduce waitRead More

Ottawa, It’s taken almost a decade of loud, often unwelcome advocacy, but the federal government appears to finally recognize that Canada’s international brand needs a little spit and polish. In back-to-back addresses this week to a Mining Association of Canada luncheon, two federal cabinet ministers repeatedly stressed the critical importanceRead More

Ottawa, Two more former NDP staffers who say they were unfairly dismissed have accused the party of trying to convince them not to file a complaint against the elected members who employed them. Bouchra Taibi, who was working for New Democrat MP Helene Leblanc, and Melanie Bellemare, who was workingRead More

Toronto, The mercury is rising on this unusually warm November day, but Toronto remains under a special weather statement warning of high winds and rapidly plunging temperatures. A high of 14 C with showers is in Environment Canada’s forecast for today, but the weather agency says a “sharp Arctic coldRead More

Ottawa – A former Bloc Quebecois MP is joining the federal New Democrats. Maria Mourani has been sitting as an Independent since she was expelled from the BQ caucus over her opposition to the Parti Quebecois government’s proposed charter of values. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair will welcome Mourani into hisRead More