TORONTO — Mayor John Tory met with three prominent members of Toronto’s hip-hop community on Friday to discuss possible solutions for the recent spate of gun violence in the city. Filmmaker Director X posted a message on Instagram saying he joined rapper Kardinal Offishall and producer Taj Critchlow to startRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s new premier has appointed a former Progressive Conservative party president as a special adviser on health care. Premier Doug Ford has named Dr. Rueben Devlin as chair of a new council on improving health care and ending so-called “hallway medicine,” a position that comes with a $348,000Read More

TORONTO – The Canadian Transportation Agency is investigating a complaint from a Toronto lawyer who claims he was racially profiled by WestJet. Selwyn Pieters, who is black, says the incident happened when he was trying to check in for a WestJet flight to Toronto on July 2, at the conclusionRead More

in a highly unusual move, a Toronto police officer has issued a rebuke of Mayor John Tory, blaming him for the recent gun violence, in a letter obtained by CTV News Toronto. The letter was written by veteran police officer Mark Hayward and has been circulating within the police force.Read More

Toronto: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Mayor John Tory today amid a dispute over who should foot the bill for refugee claimants who have overwhelmed the city’s shelter system. Tory has previously said that 10 new refugee claimants are being added to Toronto’s shelter system every day and thatRead More

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Hours after he met with a premier who campaigned successfully on a populist platform, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told supporters he wouldn’t let a worldwide trend of populism get in the way of his 2019 campaign. At a rally in Brampton, Ont., Thursday evening, Trudeau was greetedRead More

OTTAWA — A healthy gain of 31,800 jobs last month wasn’t enough to keep the country’s unemployment rate from rising to six per cent as more people searched for work, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency’s latest labour force survey shows the jobless rate for June increased from 5.8 perRead More

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there is no need to conduct an investigation into an allegation that he inappropriately touched a female reporter in British Columbia 18 years ago. “We have, as we always do, taken these issues seriously,” Trudeau said in an exclusive interview with CP24, when asked ifRead More

OTTAWA — A cosier, more modest Fourth of July party than usual is scheduled for the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Ottawa tonight — and the decision by some to steer clear will make it even smaller than planned. In past years, the annual Independence Day bash has been the talkRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s newly elected Progressive Conservative government has halted changes to sports and concert ticket price legislation that would have capped resale values for events across the province. A spokesman for the Tories confirmed today that the law passed by the previous Liberal government to address escalating ticket pricesRead More