TORONTO – The president of the union representing workers locked out of Toronto’s Exhibition Place says talks with the venue’s board of governors resumed on Saturday — the last weekend the Canadian National Exhibition is running. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 58 says negotiations will continue afterRead More

A 51-year-old man has broken bones in at least one limb after he fell at least 12m while climbing the escarpment at Burlington’s Mount Nemo Conservation Area on Friday evening. Halton Regional Police say the man was climbing the rock face with a friend when his safety harness came looseRead More

The Labour Day long weekend is here and there are plenty of events for Torontonians to enjoy throughout the city. Four events happening this long weekend will results in a number of road closures, the city of Toronto said. As a result, residents are being urged to utilize public transitRead More

WASHINGTON – The Toronto Star reports that President Donald Trump has said privately that he won’t make compromises with Canada in high-stakes talks to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement. The report appeared to raise doubt about whether the two countries can reach a deal soon to keep CanadaRead More

TORONTO — The Ontario government is moving ahead with a plan to take over Toronto’s subway system, appointing a special adviser to help develop the best approach for the move. Michael Lindsay, who has worked on several public infrastructure projects, will work with an advisory panel of up to threeRead More

OTTAWA — Canadian and U.S. officials are up against time in their rocky attempts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. To get to the finish line, there are a number of obstacles to move out of the way. Dispute settlement: NAFTA contains three mechanisms for settling disputes. OneRead More

Back-to-school shoppers returned to Yorkdale Shopping Centre on Friday morning, one day after the sound of gunshots sent customers scrambling for safety. Customers and employees who arrived at the popular mall were corralled through security checkpoints before being allowed to enter the building. It was just before 3 p.m. onRead More

OTTAWA — Maxime Bernier’s closest caucus ally says he has no plans to join the renegade Quebec MP’s new party. Conservative MP Alex Nuttall played a key role in Bernier’s unsuccessful Conservative leadership campaign last year that saw him lose by the narrowest of margins to Andrew Scheer. And he’sRead More

WASHINGTON – Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is starting a new day of meetings with her U.S. counterpart after a late night of talks to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement. This week’s new round of U.S.-Canada negotiations has generated hopeful signals from both camps that a deal couldRead More

OTTAWA — A surge in exports of energy, aircraft and pharmaceutical products helped propel Canada’s economy higher in the second quarter of this year, Statistics Canada said Thursday. The economy rocketed to an annualized pace of 2.9 per cent in the period from April 1 through June 30, compared withRead More