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

Monteral,  Air Canada has joined rival WestJet Airlines in charging a $25 fee for first checked bags on domestic flights. The fee applies to passengers booking the lowest economy class Tango fares, as of Thursday for flights as of Nov. 2. The Montreal-based airline (TSX:AC.B) already charges first checked bagRead More

Toronto, Doug Ford’s election campaign appears to be slowly ramping up; one day after doctors announced that the mayor has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. The elder Ford has been relatively quiet ever since registering to run in his brother’s place last week, but on Thursday aRead More

A 52-year-old Vaughan piano teacher is facing multiple charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted a young female student, York Regional Police say. Police say the assaults date back to 2006 and occurred over a number of years. The victim, according to investigators, was eight years old when the assaults beganRead More

Toronto, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford soon will begin chemotherapy to treat a rare and aggressive cancer, a doctor at Mount Sinai Hospital in the city said Wednesday. Dr. Zane Cohen said Ford has a malignant liposarcoma, and a second biopsy on his tumor done Monday shows it is aggressive. “However,Read More

Ottawa, As Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrived Wednesday on Parliament Hill to address MPs and senators, another visiting European official lauded Ukraine’s recent move to pull away from Russian influence. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Poroshenko, the former candy billionaire, exchanged warm greetings and affirmed their mutual solidarity and support afterRead More

Toronto, The more schools that use software from an Ontario-based company, the more jobs will be created in the province, former premier Dalton McGuinty said Wednesday as he defended his new role as a registered lobbyist. McGuinty signed on to the Ontario lobbyist registry in August — 18 months after heRead More

Ottawa- New Democrats are refusing to back Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to send special forces commandos into northern Iraq. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says it’s the only responsible position to take, given the government’s refusal to provide details of the deployment or to allow parliamentarians to vote on theRead More