Toronto : Toronto’s first mayoral debate of the election campaign got off to a bit of a rocky start when a controversial candidate who was not invited to participate showed up on stage demanding to be included. Ex-Rebel Media writer turned mayoral candidate Faith Goldy showed up to the event,Read More

TORONTO — Ontario’s finance minister said the province will have to make sacrifices as it grapples with a newly revised $15-billion deficit, a message critics predicted would pave the way for significant cuts to government services. In a speech to the Economic Club in Toronto on Friday, Vic Fedeli saidRead More

OTTAWA — MPs could soon delve into the question of whether it is appropriate for a politician to use the Constitution’s contentious notwithstanding clause to override a court’s decision. NDP justice critic Murray Rankin says he will formally ask the justice and human rights committee to explore the issue afterRead More

TORONTO — Shoppers Drug Mart has received Health Canada’s approval to be a licensed medical marijuana producer, opening the door for the pharmacy giant to dispense medical cannabis to patients. This comes after Shoppers in October 2016 applied to Health Canada to become a licensed medical marijuana producer. “As trustedRead More

OTTAWA — The country showed signs of growing price pressures last month with inflation staying strong and its underlying pace grinding higher — both of which propped up expectations that higher interest rates are on the way. The annual inflation rate for August receded somewhat to 2.8 per cent, easingRead More

WASHINGTON — Chrystia Freeland and her U.S. trade counterpart are back at the NAFTA negotiating table today as time marches on towards a congressional deadline for a three-way deal before the end of the month. But the foreign affairs minister insists she’s not watching the clock. Rather, she says Canada’sRead More

Homicide detectives are investigating a stabbing in the city’s Newtonbrook neighbourhood after the victim succumbed to his injuries in hospital overnight. The stabbing took place near Yonge Street and Wedgewood Drive at around 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Initial reports from the scene suggested that the victim was attacked by aRead More

Toronto : A 19-year-old man killed in a Scarborough shooting on Tuesday night has been identified by Toronto police. The fatal incident took place in the area of Brimley Road and Sheppard Avenue East at around 10 p.m. According to investigators, the male victim was found on the ground outsideRead More

Police say that an arrest has been made in connection with two high-profile murders in Hamilton and Woodbridge last year. Members of the Hamilton Police Service, York Regional Police and the RCMP’s Hamilton-Niagara Detachment have been conducting a joint forces investigation into the murders of veterinary technician Mila Barberi andRead More

TORONTO — The Ontario government will not pursue a new bill to cut Toronto city council nearly in half if the province’s highest court stays a ruling that quashed an earlier version of the legislation, lawyers said Tuesday. In a hearing before the Court of Appeal for Ontario, government lawyerRead More