Havana,  A Canadian automobile executive has been sentenced to 15 years in Cuban prison on corruption-related charges that officials here call part of a broad campaign against graft, his company said Saturday. Ontario-based Tokmakjian Group said the charges against its president, Cy Tokmakjian, 74, were concocted as an excuse to seizeRead More

Richmond, Police in Richmond, B.C., are investigating after three flights arriving and departing from the Vancouver airport were hit by lasers this past week. Richmond RCMP said all three cases happened at the Vancouver International Airport on Monday. The light from the lasers is potentially blinding for pilots and itRead More

One of the busiest arteries in the city has been shut down for weekend maintenance, creating headaches for thousands of drivers. The Gardiner Expressway will be closed in both directions from Highway 427 to Carlaw Avenue until 5 a.m. Monday. The closure is required to “ensure the safety” of crewsRead More

Toronto, In his first public address since beginning chemotherapy, Mayor Rob Ford rallied a crowd of loyal supporters and vowed that he and his brother will be back on council next term. “This is amazing. I love you, Ford Nation, I love you,” Ford bellowed to a crowd of hundredsRead More

Brampton, Three people were injured when a car crashed into a tree overnight in Brampton. Police say two of those people suffered minor injuries but the driver of the vehicle, a male, suffered a broken leg. He is currently recovering at a Toronto hospital. The crash happened just after midnightRead More

Toronto, Olivia Chow used a noon-hour debate hosted by the Empire Club of Canada to press John Tory for answers on how he would pay for his SmartTrack proposal while Tory accused Chow of giving up too easily when it comes to building new rapid transit. Chow came out onRead More

Ottawa, Canada doesn’t sit on the sidelines while its allies shoulder the burden of tackling global threats, Stephen Harper said Friday as he insisted that it’s a U.S. request for help in Iraq that has him contemplating a bigger role. Whatever jobs Canada does end up doing in the current crisisRead More

Ottawa, European Union leaders said Friday their major trade agreement with Canada has the backing of all 28 EU countries as they firmly dismissed concerns that some European countries might scuttle the deal. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy gave those unequivocal assurancesRead More

Toronto, Mayoral candidate Doug Ford pulled out of a debate hosted by the Empire Club of Canada 90 minutes before it was scheduled to start. In a statement sent to the media at 11:15 a.m., Ford blamed the $80 ticket cost ($800 for a table) for his last-minute withdrawal fromRead More

Ottawa, Statistics Canada says police reported 9,084 incidents of cybercrime in 2012, more than half of which involved fraud. The agency says very few online fraudsters were identified by police. About 20 per cent of cybercrimes involved threats, with suspects identified in 55 per cent of the cases. About 16 per cent ofRead More