Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Toronto’s public health agency says people who travelled through Pearson Airport earlier this month may have been exposed to measles. Toronto Public Health says a person with a case of measles took Emirates Airlines Flight EK241 from Dubai to Toronto on Sunday, Dec. 8. Those who were in Terminal 1 in the Toronto […]

TORONTO — A Jewish girls’ school in Toronto’s north end was the target of an overnight shooting for the third time in less than a year, police confirmed Friday, drawing widespread condemnation. Police said officers were called to Bais Chaya Mushka in North York at around 2:30 a.m., where they found “evidence of a firearm […]

TORONTO — A new report from RBC Economics says home affordability in Canada is improving, though strains remain. The report says home ownership costs have eased for three consecutive quarters in Canada. But RBC says home ownership costs as a percentage of median household income remain close to worst-ever levels, at 58.4 per cent in […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added eight fresh faces to his cabinet, though they may not have much time in those new roles after all. Just before Trudeau moved to shore up his front bench on Friday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh declared he is finally ready to vote down the government and will attempt […]

A preliminary inquiry has been scheduled in billionaire businessman Frank Stronach’s Toronto sexual assault case to determine whether two of the charges against him should proceed to trial. The inquiry has been set for five days next spring beginning April 11, ahead of a jury trial. The founder of auto parts giant Magna is facing […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is shuffling his cabinet today, filling vacancies left by Liberals who have left their posts or don’t plan to run in the next federal election. The shuffle comes after Chrystia Freeland’s resignation as finance minister and deputy prime minister sent shock waves in Canadian politics and intensified calls for […]

OTTAWA — The Finance Department says the federal deficit was $14.5 billion between April and October. That compares to a $15.1 billion deficit over the same period last year. According to the monthly fiscal monitor, revenues were up $26.5 billion, or 10.7 per cent, compared with the same stretch in the previous fiscal year as […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to add eight fresh faces to his cabinet in a shuffle today, sources with knowledge of with the moves tell The Canadian Press. Trudeau is moving to plug gaps in his front bench after several in cabinet have decided not to run again in the election next […]

TORONTO — A Toronto hospital network says its cancer care services have reached capacity and it is expanding to a 15-storey building to handle more patients. University Health Network (UHN) says it purchased the building at the southwest corner of University Avenue and Elm Street for just over $79 million to expand cancer care at […]

TORONTO — On occasion, fashion designer and clothier Katelyn Woodburn is accused of running a scam. When a customer makes a purchase without reading the “about” section on her website or following her on social media, they might send an email a week or two later saying something like: “Where’s my order? It hasn’t even […]