TORONTO — Days after denouncing a Toronto judge who deemed a provincial law violated charter rights, the Ontario government said it would invoke the Constitution in its legal challenge against the federal government’s carbon pricing plan. In a court document filed Friday, the province outlined its arguments to contest theRead More

SASKATOON – Federal Liberal officials say the ruling party is in good shape as it approaches the one-year countdown to the next election – even if the Conservatives have raised more money and nominated more candidates. Azam Ishmael, the Liberals’ national director, and party president Suzanne Cowan gave a reportRead More

TORONTO — Uber Technologies Inc. is revving up its Canadian operations with a new engineering hub in Toronto and the expansion of its self-driving vehicle centre in the city. On Thursday, during his first visit to the city as Uber’s chief executive officer, Dara Khrosrowshahi announced the hub and expansionRead More

MONTREAL — Rona Inc. offered to acquire the Canadian operations of Lowe’s, years before it was gobbled up by the American giant, according to an autobiography by the home improvement retailer’s former CEO published Thursday. Robert Dutton said he first offered to buy Rona’s competitor during a meeting with Lowe’sRead More

TORONTO – A Canadian Cancer Society report says 65 university and college campuses across Canada are now fully smoke-free both indoors and out. The report says the number has more than doubled since last year, when 30 campuses were smoke-free. That’s a dramatic rise from a decade earlier, when onlyRead More

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau made it clear Tuesday that he would not interfere with the Ontario government’s use of the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to forge ahead with plans to cut the size of Toronto city council, even though he was disappointed in the decision. Trudeau said he and his governmentRead More

OTTAWA — Canada’s labour minister called on Canada Post and its biggest union Tuesday to continue bargaining with the help of a third party after postal workers across the country voted in favour of strike action that could see them off the job before month’s end. Members of the CanadianRead More

TORONTO — The Canadian government and several airlines have issued travel advisories because of hurricanes and tropical storms churning towards the U.S. east coast, Caribbean and Hawaii. Ottawa urged Canadians to avoid all travel from Edisto Beach in South Carolina to the North Carolina-Virginia border due to hurricane Florence. ItRead More

OTTAWA – The federal intergovernmental affairs minister says it is disappointing the Ontario government has resorted to the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to forge ahead with plans to cut the size of Toronto city council. Dominic LeBlanc warns that Ontarians will ultimately judge the provincial government’s actions. The notwithstanding clause givesRead More

TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says movements such as Me Too play a role in changing a workplace culture that often keeps women from top-level positions. Speaking at a women’s summit in Toronto, the prime minister said sexual harassment is one of the barriers that can prevent women fromRead More