Toronto, Olivia Chow says John Tory’s business interests could force him to declare a conflict of interest on a number of key issues facing the city, making him a “lame duck mayor.” Chow made the comment in the wake of a Toronto Star report that revealed that Tory’s son, JohnRead More

Toronto, Police Chief Bill Blair says he is concerned with a recent rash of violence in the Etobicoke area that’s claimed the life of three teenagers and left the community searching for answers. Zaid Youssef, 17, and Michael Menjivar, 15, were both gunned down behind The School of Experiential EducationRead More

Toronto, The lineup for a mayoral debate scheduled for Friday night finally appears to be set. As of 11 p.m., candidates Olivia Chow, Ari Goldkind and John Tory had all confirmed that they would be participating in tomorrow’s event organized by the Inner City Union. The lineup for the eventRead More

Toronto, Publication of an “unparalleled tell-all” book written by a former top aide fired by Mayor Rob Ford as his crack-scandal made headlines last year appears to have been quietly pushed back until next spring. The book by Mark Towhey had been due out just days before the Oct. 27 municipalRead More

Toronto, Canada will step up border screening to try to prevent an Ebola importation to this country, federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose said Wednesday. “Our government will be taking the additional step of taking targeted temperature screens,” she told the House of Commons, though she offered no detail about what thatRead More

Toronto, Olivia Chow challenged rival candidates John Tory and Doug Ford to explain their relative silence on the issue of childcare as she accepted endorsements from a number of female leaders Thursday morning. A total of 60 prominent woman, including writer and activist Judy Rebick, Equal Pay Coalition Chair Mary CornishRead More

Toronto, Education Minister Liz Sandals is expressing no concerns about plans by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario to hold a workshop on “white privilege.” The teacher’s union has a posting on its website looking for presenters for a workshop called “rethinking white privilege,” but without any definition for the term.Read More

Vancouver, A young Vancouver woman who killed her two infant sons was afflicted with a “disturbed mind” in the moments following childbirth, a judge concluded Tuesday as she imposed a five-year prison term for infanticide. But the judge could offer little else to explain why Sarah Leung killed the babies, givingRead More

Toronto, With talk turning to the idea that Ebola vaccines and drugs may be needed to quell the West African outbreak, the tiny U.S. company that holds the licence for a Canadian-made vaccine says it is working as fast as it can to get that option tested and ready for use.Read More

Toronto, Conrad Black will be allowed the right to speak in his own defence before Canada’s largest provincial securities commission the OSC cautions that it doesn’t want to revisit issues that have already been through the U.S. legal system. The Ontario Securities Commission panel said Wednesday it will also allow testimonyRead More