OTTAWA — A federal plan to take a bite out of corporate crime by allowing prosecutors to suspend criminal charges against companies has potential downsides, an internal analysis says — including the risk it could fail to discourage misdeeds and erode public confidence in the legal system. The Trudeau governmentRead More

WINNIPEG — A Toronto-based pot producer is taking over the former Maple Leaf Foods meat plant in Winnipeg. GrowForce Holdings has announced it will open its flagship cannabis cultivation facility in the city’s St. Boniface Industrial Park. It says the 11,000-square-metre facility will employ 150 to 200 people once it’sRead More

TORONTO – At campaign events on Sunday, both Ontario’s Liberal premier and the leader of the New Democratic Party refused to commit to the possibility of joining forces to form a coalition government should the Progressive Conservatives win a minority in the upcoming election. Premier Kathleen Wynne told supporters inRead More

  OTTAWA – New Democrat MP Christine Moore says she’s taking legal action to fight a former soldier’s allegations of sexual misconduct, which she describes as a “total lie” aimed at attacking her credibility. In an exclusive interview, Moore told The Canadian Press she intends to bring a defamation lawsuitRead More

TORONTO — All three main political party leaders will hit the road again today as they enter the second week of the Ontario election campaign. Liberal Party Leader Kathleen Wynne will start the day with an announcement in Toronto at the Finishing Trades Institute of Ontario before she heads toRead More

TORONTO – The president of Toronto’s real estate board warned leaders of the Ontario Real Estate Association, headed by a former Progressive Conservative leader, to “stay in their lane” in an emphatic letter that relays his concerns that the provincial group is stoking fears about the housing market and becomingRead More

Ontario: The Progressive Conservative party continues to enjoy a commanding lead ahead of the June 7 provincial election while Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals have dropped to third place behind the NDP, a new poll has found. The Mainstreet Research poll of 2,534 Ontario voters found that 42.3 per centRead More

Ont,With the northern debate behind them, the main party leaders are back on the hustings for Day 4 of the June 7 election campaign. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford has three campaign events today in Toronto, including an announcement at a retirement residence, before heading to Caledon, Ont., for anRead More

SASKATOON — A federal judge has approved a multimillion-dollar settlement for Indigenous people who were taken from their families and placed in non-Indigenous foster homes in the so-called ’60s Scoop. Justice Michel Shore made the ruling in Saskatoon after two days of hearings in which survivors spoke for and againstRead More

HAMILTON — Police in Hamilton, Ont., are investigating after a daylight bank robbery in the city this week. It happened Thursday afternoon at a Scotiabank branch on the city’s southeast side. Police say a man in his 40s or 50s entered the bank and “produced a note asking for money,”Read More