Ontario: There is concern that a change in the weather today could stoke the dozens of wildfires raging across northeastern Ontario. The province’s Ministry of Natural Resources says high humidity on Friday helped crews hold the line on 45 active fires in the region, 21 of which were still outRead More

Brampton: Three teens are facing charges after they collided with two police cruisers while operating a stolen vehicle in Brampton. Police say that uniformed officers responded to a park in the vicinity of Creditview Road on Friday after receiving a report about a stolen vehicle in the area. It isRead More

TORONTO — Canadian researchers say cooking oil may be the key to helping prevent the spread of foodborne bacteria such as salmonella, listeria and E. coli. They say many foods produced on an industrial scale include raw ingredients that are mixed together in large stainless steel machines that can beRead More

TORONTO — Aimia Inc. says it has a new deal for Toronto-based Porter Airlines to become a preferred Canadian airline for the Aeroplan loyalty points program as of July 2020, when the current arrangement with Air Canada ends. The announcement follows Aimia’s rejection of a bid for Aeroplan from anRead More

Ontario: Millions of dollars in federal funding to help with the cost of housing asylum seekers has been given directly to the City of Toronto after the province pulled out of an immigration agreement with Ottawa earlier this month and blamed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for ‘the mess’ caused byRead More

TORONTO — Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area climbed significantly in July in a divergence from the latest numbers in Vancouver. Residential home sales were up 18.6 per cent in the GTA for the month compared with last July, the Toronto Real Estate Board said Friday. The average sellingRead More

OTTAWA — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is formally asking the prime minister to immediately give cities the leeway to ban handguns. In a lengthy letter to Justin Trudeau outlining a long-term approach to tackling crime, Singh says more policing is not a solution to gun violence in cities becauseRead More

TORONTO — The Ontario government says it will be moving forward with a constitutional challenge to a federal plan to impose a carbon tax on provinces that don’t have their own carbon pricing system. Environment Minister Rod Phillips and Attorney General Caroline Mulroney made the announcement in Toronto this morning.Read More

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Maxime Bernier says he’s the only politician in Ottawa who supports truly free trade with the U.S., and while it’s not his role to negotiate NAFTA with U.S. President Donald Trump, he thinks it’s “sad” he’s the only one who wants to put supply management onRead More

  TORONTO — The owner of a now defunct Toronto-area restaurant chain has been jailed for 90 days for failing to comply with a government order to pay former employees wages and other money they were owed. In addition, Ontario court justice of the peace Karen Walker fined Yuk YeeRead More