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

Winnipeg, When Canada’s newest national museum opens next weekend, it will mark the end of a 14-year journey sparked by one family’s desire to have Canadians learn about the struggle for — and the fragility of — freedom. The road to create the Canadian Museum For Human Rights has not alwaysRead More

Toronto, The Teranet-National Bank house price index was up almost 0.8 per cent in August, with the strongest gains in Winnipeg, the Ottawa-Gatineau region and Toronto. It was the second consecutive month in which prices were up in 10 of the 11 Canadian metropolitan markets surveyed. Montreal was the only cityRead More