Toronto, A second consecutive poll has affirmed John Tory’s position in Toronto’s mayoral race as he opens up an 11-point lead ahead of incumbent mayor Rob Ford, while Olivia Chow’s support continues to drop. The telephone survey by Forum Research shows that Tory came in at 41 per cent, Ford atRead More

Calgary,As most Canadians ease into autumn, residents of southern Alberta are contending with massive power outages and slippery roads after yet another early blast of winter snow. A snowfall warning remained in effect for Calgary and nearby regions Wednesday morning, as more snow continued to fall, just days after aRead More

Ottawa, One of the Conservative government’s key programs on missing and murdered aboriginal women includes a focus on “addressing the root causes,” despite the prime minister’s suggestion that sociology isn’t the right lens to use. The $5.7-million Aboriginal Community Safety Development Contribution Program was created in 2010 as part ofRead More

Ontario, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says she’ll fight against the privatization of electricity agencies and the “fire sale” of public assets in Ontario. Earlier this year the Liberal government set up an advisory council, chaired by TD Bank Group CEO Ed Clark, to find ways to “optimize” the value of OntarioRead More

Toronto,Candidate David Soknacki is pulling out of the Toronto mayoral race, according to a statement issued Tuesday night. “While my support is growing, it simply is not growing quickly enough to make any positive difference to the outcome on election day,” the statement reads. “Tomorrow afternoon, I have arranged forRead More

Toronto,A new “tell-all” book documenting Mayor Rob Ford’s scandals and struggles with substance abuse could be released by his former chief of staff Mark Towhey days before the upcoming election. The book, titled Mayor Rob Ford: Uncontrollable,’ is co-authored by freelance journalist Johanna Schneller and Towhey. Towhey was fired asRead More

Washington,US President Barack Obama has appointed another Indian-American to a key administration post as member of prestigious J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Obama announced Maneesh K Goyal’s appointment and other key administration posts yesterday, the White House said in a statement. “These men and women have demonstrated knowledge andRead More

Baghdad, Bomb attacks killed at least 12 people in Baghdad on Wednesday as US secretary of state John Kerry visited the Iraqi capital for talks on combating jihadists, officials said. They said a suicide car bombing followed by a car bomb struck near a police checkpoint in a crowded areaRead More

Lahore, The death toll from a Mosque collapse in a densely-populated area of this Pakistani city has risen to 24 as 12 more bodies were pulled out from the rubble of the two-storey shrine. Jamia Masjid Hanfia in Daroghawala — a low-income, congested neighbourhood on the outskirts of Lahore closeRead More

Washington, US President Obama is prepared to authorize air strikes in Syria, a senior administration official said on Tuesday, taking the military campaign against the Sunni militant group, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, into new and unpredictable terrain. But Obama is still wrestling with a series of challenges, includingRead More