OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh declared Thursday that he accepts the findings of the Canadian inquiry into the Air India bombing and condemns all that were behind the horror that killed more than 300 people off the coast of Scotland in 1985. That includes Sikh extremist Talwinder Singh Parmar,Read More

TORONTO — Former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown will not be eligible to run in the riding he was nominated in for the province’s June 7 election, the party’s provincial nominations committee said late Thursday. The committee said in a statement that it reached a “unanimous decision” that BrownRead More

MONTREAL – A woman found guilty of murdering her three daughters in a so-called honour killing was stripped of her permanent residency Thursday and ordered deported from the country. But the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada’s expulsion order for Tooba Yahya will be executed only when she is releasedRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s premier says her Liberal government will deliver a throne speech on Monday to outline its priorities for the rest of its term. Kathleen Wynne says Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell will read the speech in the legislature. The move comes less than a week after the opposition ProgressiveRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s governing Liberals say the minimum wage increase they brought in will help low-income workers more than an income tax cut proposed by the new Progressive Conservative leader. Labour Minister Kevin Flynn took aim at Doug Ford’s plan in a news conference this morning, saying the newly chosenRead More

T. LOUIS — U.S. President Donald Trump boasted in a fundraising speech in Missouri on Wednesday that he made up facts about trade in a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to a recording of the comments obtained by The Washington Post. The newspaper said in a report postedRead More

Canadian home sales fell 16.9 per cent in February, while the national average sale price dropped five per cent, compared to a year earlier. New monthly numbers from the Canadian Real Estate Association also show that national home sales declined 6.5 per cent from January to February, the second consecutiveRead More

VANCOUVER — Jaspreet Bal was eating lunch with friends in rural Ontario when she says a “kind, well-intentioned” white man approached them to chat. He asked about her background, and she replied she was Sikh. “Oh yeah, Air India,” he said, recognition flashing in his eyes. Bal was born inRead More

OTTAWA – As the United States tries to light a fire under NAFTA negotiations, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada will not be bullied or pressured by the United States as part of those talks. Freeland is coming off a tense week which started with the seventh roundRead More

Doug Ford has been named the new leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives, winning a contest fraught with complications. Here are five things to know about the new Tory leader: Family Ties Ford entered the leadership race with a high degree of name recognition thanks mostly to his status as theRead More