Edmonton, Alberta is to officially get a new premier today. Jim Prentice is to be sworn in as the 16th leader of the province this afternoon by Alberta’s lieutenant governor during a ceremony at Government House in Edmonton. His cabinet members, whose names have yet to be revealed, will also beRead More

Toronto, Tickets for next year’s Pan Am Games — including the opening ceremony, a one-night-only show by Cirque du Soleil — go on sale this morning. Sports fans can request tickets to watch 41 countries from the Americas and the Caribbean fight for the gold in Toronto and other OntarioRead More

Toronto, Coun. Jaye Robinson threw her support behind mayoral candidate John Tory Monday, saying she believes that his transit plan is the best for the city and that he will be able to work with others. “John’s got a plan. He knows that transit is one of our number oneRead More

Ottawa – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says the beheading of British aid worker David Haines, likely by a fellow countryman-turned-terrorist, is a horrific atrocity by Islamic State militants. Baird offers that assessment after attending an international conference in Paris, where diplomats around the world gathered to plot strategy againstRead More

Toronto, A spokesman for Ward 12 candidate Lekan Olawoye says the campaign has been the target of vandalism for the second time in recent months after the door to Olawoye’s Eglinton Avenue office was smashed in over the weekend. Matt McNama, Olawoye’s deputy campaign manager, said police have been notifiedRead More

Tornoto, Doug Ford is sitting out another day of campaigning as his family awaits further information on Mayor Rob Ford’s condition. An upset-looking Ford visited his brother in hospital Sunday and told reporters that the family should know more about his condition within the next few days. “He’s in aRead More

North York, One person has been pronounced dead and another person has been arrested following a stabbing at a home in North York Sunday night. It happened in the Don Mills Road and Van Horne Avenue area, south of Finch Avenue around 8:45 p.m. last night, police said. A femaleRead More

Sydney/Australia – Two Canadian-Vietnamese dual citizens have been charged with smuggling heroin and methamphetamine worth 75 million Australian dollars ($68 million) hidden in a consignment of frozen fish fillets shipped from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney. A law enforcement statement said on Monday the men, aged 57 and 55, appeared inRead More

Vancouver,  The New Democrats are promising to bring back the minimum wage for employees who work in federally regulated sectors. NDP leader Tom Mulcair announced on Saturday that if the NDP forms the next government it would set a minimum wage of $15 an hour for those who work in companiesRead More

Toronto, Last-minute Toronto mayoral candidate Doug Ford won’t hit the campaign trail until Monday, but his political rivals were already on the offensive this weekend. Mayoral candidates Olivia Chow and John Tory slammed Doug Ford’s track record as a city councillor on Saturday, while offering their best wishes to hisRead More