How long will Mark Carney’s PM era last as Canada gears up for a federal...
We’re going to have a new Prime Minister this week, with no shortage of issues for Mark Carney to face. After Carney won a decisive victory in the Liberal Party leadership race on the weekend, it’s expected he will be...
‘We need to fight back’: Canada announces $29.8B in tariffs in response to Trump
Canada’s government announced $29.8 billion in retaliatory tariffs in response to the 25 per cent steel and aluminum tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump has leveled. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne...
Endangered salamander to get car-free spring migration routes in parts of GTA
Endangered salamanders threatened by sprawling suburbs will get car-free access to small stretches of the Greater Toronto Area this month as they emerge from their subterranean winter shelters and journey under the cover of night to their spring breeding ponds. ...
Two charged after $2M worth of illegal cannabis seized in Ontario: police
Provincial police say they’ve charged two people from Mississauga after seizing more than 4,000 illegal cannabis plants in the Niagara region. Police say officers responded to a location on Highway 3 in Wainfleet on Feb. 26, after a referral from...
‘Got a foot pursuit’: Helicopter footage captures arrests of 3 youths in North York carjacking
The Toronto Police Service (TPS) shared helicopter footage of the arrests of three youths charged in an alleged armed carjacking last weekend in North York. Officers were called to the Victoria Park Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East area at around 8:30...
Cycling advocates seek injunction to halt potential work to remove Toronto bike lanes
Cycling advocates are seeking an injunction to halt any potential work to remove bikes lanes on Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue ahead of their Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenge scheduled for April 16. Ontario can’t begin work...
Federal Liberals and Tories now in a dead heat, new poll indicates
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals and the Conservatives are running neck-and-neck in voter support, a new Leger online poll suggests. The poll of Canadians’ voting intentions has both parties sitting at 37 per cent. It shows a drop of six...
Tiger Woods says he ruptured his Achilles tendon, an injury that will keep him out...
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods had a less invasive surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon on Tuesday, which will keep him out of the Masters and leaves in question whether he can play in any other major...
US factories likely to feel the pain from Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is once again lashing out at three of his biggest irritants: foreign steel, foreign aluminum and Canada. Trump on Wednesday will effectively plaster 25% taxes – tariffs – on all steel and aluminum imports....
Carney transition team met with PMO staff Tuesday, hope for PM swearing in by Friday
OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney is hoping to be sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister by the end of the week but there are some logistical hurdles like security clearances for senior members of his transition team that...
