Toronto : Doug Ford, the outspoken former city councilor and older brother of late former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, has officially been named the new leader of the Ontario PC party but his rival, Christine Elliott says there were “serious irregularities” with the voting process that she will insist beRead More

VANCOUVER — Indigenous leaders are calling on people to raise their voices Saturday to stop a $5.7 billion pipeline ($7.4 billion Canadian) expansion project that pumps oil from Canada’s tar sands to the Pacific Coast. The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion by the Canadian division of Texas-based Kinder Morgan would nearlyRead More

TORONTO – A timeline of the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race: Jan. 24: Patrick Brown, then the leader of the party, calls a last-minute press conference to deny a pending news report about sexual misconduct allegations. He decries them as “categorically untrue.” Minutes later, CTV News airs a story inRead More

Toronto : Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders says he is committed to changing police practices, including looking at “systemic bias” in the service, in wake of continued criticism over police handling of the Bruce McArthur serial homicide case. In a statement released Friday afternoon, Saunders said he supports an externalRead More

Ontario: The tumultuous Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race will end as planned Saturday after the party scored an important court victory, convincing a judge to reject a request to extend the contest by a week. The latest battle in the chaotic campaign took place in a Toronto courtroom Friday withRead More

Ottawa, March 10 For the first time in its storied history, a woman has been appointed to lead the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on a permanent basis. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at the federal police force’s training academy in Regina, Saskatchewan on Friday that Assistant Commissioner Brenda LuckiRead More

OTTAWA — Canada is expected to announce Friday the start of formal free trade negotiations with the four-country South American trade bloc known as Mercosur. A spokesman for International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the negotiations could begin in earnest in the next 10 days. That announcement will come afterRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal government is breaking its promise to maintain a balanced budget this year, saying its upcoming fiscal plan will run a deficit in order to fund programs for seniors, women and students ahead of a spring election. Finance Minister Charles Sousa said Wednesday that the budget willRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives have extended a registration deadline by one day for those wanting to vote for a new leader, but some candidates in the race want party members to be given even more time. Registration was to end Wednesday night, but the chairman of the leadership organizingRead More

HALIFAX — Viola Desmond’s trailblazing act of defiance — overlooked for decades by most Canadians — will be honoured in a Halifax ceremony this afternoon that cements her new status as a civil rights icon. At about 12:30 p.m. AT today, a new $10 bill featuring Desmond will be unveiledRead More