BANFF, Alta. — The president of France expressed his sorrow for Canada’s recent losses to terrorism on the first leg of his state visit to Canada on Sunday. Francois Hollande was given a tour of Banff National Park by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and made note of the deaths ofRead More

Toronto, Three women have now filed abuse complaints against fired CBC star Jian Ghomeshi and investigators are looking into reports of a “graphic” video in the network’s possession, police said Saturday. “These people have come forward. They’ve seen that other people are talking about it and it’s brought it back upRead More

VANCOUVER, In 2005, Dianne Watts became the first woman to be elected mayor of Surrey. Nine years later, Barinder Rasode is hoping to make some history of her own. Ms. Rasode, a two-term councillor and former member of Ms. Watts’s Surrey First party, is trying to become the multicultural city’sRead More

Ottawa, Justin Trudeau isn’t the only federal political leader with a bone to pick with Sun media. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is upset over an editorial cartoon that ran in the Toronto Sun newspaper just prior to Monday’s municipal election, featuring mayoral candidate Olivia Chow. Mulcair says the Andy Donato cartoonRead More

Toronto – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says a cancerous tumour in his abdomen is not shrinking after two rounds of chemotherapy, and he will need another round. Ford tells the Toronto Sun he will start the new treatments on Monday. On top of that, the mayor says he has pneumoniaRead More

Edmonton, Alberta Premier Jim Prentice has rebooted talks with a northern aboriginal band that has been seeking a land claim for almost 80 years. “I felt it was an important place to start,” Prentice said Thursday after meeting with the chief and council of the Lubicon Lake Cree in LittleRead More

Toronto, John Tory will be the next mayor of Canada’s largest city after winning the Toronto municipal election. Tory, a former telecommunications executive, CFL chairman, provincial politician, and radio broadcaster, bested controversial city councillor Doug Ford and former NDP MP Olivia Chow, the one-time frontrunner. In the end, Tory finishedRead More

Brampton, Linda Jeffrey has handed Susan Fennell, the scandal-plagued mayor of Brampton, an embarrassing defeat. She said Fennell’s loss was a signal that Brampton taxpayers “sent a clear message that they want a better Brampton … We needed real leadership.” “Certainly, people were very angry,” Jeffrey said of Fennell, moments afterRead More

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Mississauga has a new mayor for the first time in nearly four decades, with Bonnie Crombie taking over from the city’s beloved matriarch, Hazel McCallion. Crombie, a city councillor and former Liberal MP, beat out Steve Mahoney after she was endorsed by McCallion herself. Mahoney was alsoRead More

It was an easy win for Josh Colle, who conquered Ward 15 for a second time Monday night, capturing 75 per cent of the vote. His win in Eglinton-Lawrence — a central Toronto neighbourhood populated by many residents of Italian origin and constituents living in single-detached homes and apartment buildingsRead More