Toronto,Mayoral candidate Doug Ford is accusing John Tory of covering up his tenure on the board of a major American telecommunications company that filed for bankruptcy under his watch. Tory served on the board of directors for Charter Communications between 2001 and 2009 when the firm sought Chapter 11 bankruptcyRead More

Washington, The United States has welcomed a decision from Canada’s parliament to authorize airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq. The measure approved Tuesday backs the airstrikes for up to six months. It also prohibits the use of ground forces in any combat operations. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper saidRead More

  Toronto, Ontario has launched a three-year, $25-million initiative to support business, employment and training opportunities in aboriginal communities. The Aboriginal Economic Development Fund was first announced by the Liberal government in the 2014 budget, but details of the program were not revealed until Tuesday. Aboriginal Affairs Minister David ZimmerRead More

  Toronto, A new poll from Forum Research is painting a much different picture of the Toronto mayoral race than several recent surveys which gave John Tory a double-digit lead over Doug Ford. The telephone poll of 1,208 residents, which was conducted on Monday, has found that Tory has theRead More

  Toronto, Mayor Rob Ford is considering apologizing for making a racist statement that his brother is now taking heat for. Mayoral candidate Doug Ford got into hot water Sunday during a debate hosted by Toronto’s Jewish community when his rival Ari Goldkind said he would begin tackling anti-Semitism byRead More

  Ottawa,  Canada is all but certain to miss its Copenhagen Accord target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, the country’s environmental watchdog warned Tuesday. And not only has the Harper government failed to introduce regulations to limit the amount of carbon dioxide produced by the oil and gasRead More

  Toronto, Students and staff at two Toronto high schools are grieving today after two students were shot to death in Etobicoke on Monday afternoon. The shooting occurred in a park behind The School of Experiential Education, an alternative high school in the area of Islington Avenue and Dixon Road,Read More

Toronto, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says her government shares the labour movement’s goal of creating good jobs, while cautioning the two sides may have some differences of opinion about how to get there. Wynne told the crowd at a Toronto jobs summit organized by mega-union Unifor that organized labour has improvedRead More

Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper finally made his long-awaited pitch Friday for sending Canadian fighter jets — but not ground combat troops — overseas to go to war in the latest global fight against extremists in the Middle East. But both the Opposition New Democrats and the Liberals balked, citing theRead More

Toronto, Mayoral candidate Olivia Chow has released a full platform that she says will help build a “stronger” and “more caring” city. The 49-page platform includes 58 promises, many of which Chow has previously discussed during the course of the campaign. Some of the highlights include a commitment to createRead More