TORONTO – The federal government says it will spend $100 million to enhance Ontario’s green home-retrofit rebate program. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal funding will help create jobs and fight climate change. Premier Kathleen Wynne touted the announcement, held in a Toronto home under renovation, as an exampleRead More

TORONTO — Canada’s largest real estate board said Greater Toronto Area home sales in March were down 39.5 per cent from a frenzied pace last year, as the market continued to feel the effects of cooling measures introduced at both the provincial and federal levels. Both sales and price figuresRead More

WINDSOR, Ont. — A tentative contract agreement was reached late Tuesday to avert a strike at Caesars Windsor. About 2,300 casino workers at the hotel-casino — including dealers, cooks, housekeepers and janitors — were poised to hit the picket line at midnight had a deal not been reached. No specificsRead More

A homeowner is threatening to chop down a centuries-old Red Oak, believed to be Toronto’s oldest, unless the city steps in to buy the North York property that it stands on. The 24-metre tall tree with a circumference of about five metres has stood on a plot of land onRead More

TORONTO – The Ontario government is pushing back against New York State’s Buy American law by limiting public sector procurement with suppliers in that state. A new regulation that took effect Sunday restricts government contracts with New York State suppliers, specifically when it comes to the use of structural iron.Read More

NEW YORK — Stella Artois says it’s recalling beer packaged in 330 millilitre glass bottles as a safety precaution. The company says some bottles have a flaw that may cause a small piece of glass to break off and possibly fall into the beer. Stella Artois said the bottles wereRead More

WINNIPEG — Canada’s Indigenous services minister says Ottawa has fully complied with the orders of a 2016 ruling from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal which said the federal government discriminates against Indigenous children. “We have turned a corner,” Jane Philpott told The Canadian Press. “We will reach a day soonRead More

TORONTO – Torstar Corp. says it is hiring 20 new reporters in Western Canada and will rebrand and upgrade the digital offerings of its five free daily Metro urban newspapers across Canada. It says that as of April 10, the Metros will be called StarMetro Vancouver, StarMetro Calgary, StarMetro Edmonton,Read More

Ontario: The Liberals appear to have narrowed the gap on the Tories following the release of a budget packed with new investments but only one in four voters actually say that they approve of a spending plan that will plunge the province back into deficit territory for the next sixRead More

Ontario: Accessibility advocates are expressing cautious optimism about measures in the latest Ontario budget that fund programs for developmentally disabled people, enhance social assistance and boost mental health support. But some say they still question whether the province’s Liberal government places a high enough priority on the estimated 1.9 millionRead More