TORONTO — Ted Arnott, a veteran Progressive Conservative legislator, has been elected Speaker of the House for the Ontario legislature. Arnott won on the first ballot against fellow Tory legislators Randy Hillier, Jane McKenna and Rick Nicholls. Arnott was selected by a secret ballot of legislators and will serve inRead More

TORONTO — Ontario schools will go back to teaching the same sex-ed curriculum they did in the late 1990s this fall after the province’s new government announced Wednesday it was revoking an updated version brought in by the previous regime. Just over a week into the summer break, Education MinisterRead More

OTTAWA – After waiting for half a year, Stephen Poloz appears ready to get back on his rate-hiking path this week. Recent signals from the Bank of Canada governor, combined with strong economic data, have experts widely predicting Poloz will raise his trend-setting rate Wednesday from its current level ofRead More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is en route to Latvia today to visit Canadian troops and highlight Canada’s military commitments to NATO just ahead of the treaty organization summit later this week in Brussels. It will mark the first ever bilateral visit by a Canadian prime minister to LatviaRead More

Toronto: The majority of Toronto residents don’t believe the city’s streets are safe for cyclists, according to a new poll released Monday. The Forum Research poll, which randomly sampled 2521 Toronto voters, found that about 60 per cent of respondents said they do not believe roads are safe for thoseRead More

Toronto: Toronto public health officials say the federal government should decriminalize all drugs for personal use in an effort to fight the opioid epidemic that has claimed hundreds of lives in recent years. A new report by Toronto Public Health also recommends the city’s board of health urge Ottawa toRead More

TORONTO — Lawyers for CTV News say the network did nothing wrong in reporting allegations of sexual misconduct against the former leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party. In a statement of defence served to Patrick Brown, CTV denies allegations laid out in a defamation lawsuit the former Tory leader launchedRead More

OTTAWA — The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police says it is unlikely it will reach its goal of having 2,000 officers trained to detect drug-impaired drivers when marijuana becomes legal later this year. Last fall, the agency representing about 90 per cent of police agencies in Canada warned theRead More

TORONTO — Beverly Smith has only hazy memories of the van attack that killed 10 people and left her broken and bleeding on a north Toronto sidewalk months ago. But the 81-year-old Toronto woman grapples with the legacy of the April attack every day, as she adapts to life inRead More

TORONTO — A comedian and actor said a racist incident he saw on the streets of Toronto on Saturday was not representative of the Canada he wants to live in. Andrew Phung had dropped his family off at Rogers Centre for a Blue Jays game, parked his car nearby andRead More