Canadian and American fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Russian war planes over the Arctic in two separate incidents this week. Norad, the North American Aerospace Defence Command, says the Russian planes did not violate Canadian or U.S. airspace in either case. Norad spokesman Lt. Col. Michael Jazdyk says theRead More

Ottawa- Former prime minister Jean Chretien says the federal government’s decision to send special forces to northern Iraq to help fight an extremist group could pull Canada into further commitments in the region. In an interview with CBC radio, Chretien says Canada is now fully a part of the actionRead More

Toronto, Doug Ford won’t hit the campaign trail today as promised but it appears that his entrance into the race isn’t far away. Organizers of a debate scheduled for Tuesday night at York Memorial Collegiate Institute on Eglinton Avenue have told CP24 that Ford’s campaign has confirmed his attendance forRead More

Hamilton, Prime Minister Stephen Harper ramped up his criticism of Justin Trudeau, delivering a stinging attack on the Liberal leader during a pep talk to Ontario Conservatives. In a speech at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton on Thursday night, Harper took aim at several of Trudeau’s past statements, fromRead More

Thousands of people lined up at Apple stores across Canada to get their hands on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus on the first day they became available at retail stores, but not every tech fan left happy. The Apple store at the Toronto Eaton Centre sold out of goldRead More

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is thanking residents of Toronto for their support during his hospitalization over the last week. In an audio recording sent out by his communications director, Ford said he’s been humbled by the “overwhelming kindness and support” he’s received from the public. The message was recorded hoursRead More

Vancouver, It’s back to the books next week for a half-million British Columbia students. They will begin their school year now that B-C’s strike-weary public school teachers have ratified a new six-year contract by a margin of 86 per cent. The agreement, forged early Tuesday after six days of bargaining, wasRead More

Ottawa, City buses in the nation’s capital halted Thursday morning in sombre tribute to six people killed when an OC Transpo bus collided with a Via Rail passenger train a year ago. Bus drivers who could safely do so pulled over and turned off their engines for a moment ofRead More

Calgary, The man accused of killing a five-year-old Calgary boy and the child’s grandparents will have a preliminary hearing next May. Douglas Garland, 54, made a brief court appearance in Calgary Wednesday. Clad in a blue prison jumpsuit, Garland kept his head down and said nothing as the court setRead More

Vancouver, More than half a million public-school students in British Columbia should know by the end of the day whether they’ll be heading back to class as early as next week. The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is asking its more than 40,000 members to ratify a new collective agreement with the provincialRead More