Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Lawyers are set to begin legal arguments today for four girls scheduled to face trial this year over their alleged role in a deadly group attack on a homeless man in Toronto. The teens are part of a group police allege swarmed and stabbed Kenneth Lee, a 59-year-old man who was living in […]

OSHAWA, Ont. — Colby Barlow scored twice and added an assist as the Oshawa Generals marched past the visiting Ottawa 67’s 6-2 in Ontario Hockey League action on Sunday at Tribute Communities Centre. Luca D’Amato, Ethan Martin, Calum Ritchie and Lauri Sinivuori also scored for the Generals, who led 3-1 after the first period and […]

OTTAWA — Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and British Columbia will help fight wildfires in California, and the federal government is co-ordinating efforts with the provinces to deploy resources. Sajjan says in a social media post that 60 firefighters from the two provinces will be deployed as soon as […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says talk of Canada becoming the 51st state is a distraction from more pressing threats of U.S tariffs on Canada and their likely impact. In an interview that aired on MSNBC today, he says Canada is ready to respond with retaliatory tariffs should president-elect Donald Trump follow through with […]

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Joly headed to Washington Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will head to Washington this week to press the incoming U.S. administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose 25 per cent […]

OTTAWA — Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says he won’t join the race to become the next leader of the Liberal party. MacKinnon says he feels the competition to become the next leader needs diverse, experienced and pragmatic voices in both English and French. While he feels he could be that voice, the Gatineau MP says […]

OTTAWA — “Sunny ways, my friends. Sunny ways.” With those words, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began his time in office, having brought the Liberals out of the political wilderness and into a majority government in October 2015. Those sunny ways followed him into an unseasonably warm November day weeks later, when he attended his official […]

OTTAWA — In late 2023, Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said it was time for the federal government to redefine what the CBC does and how it does it. A year later — and with a federal election expected sometime this spring — her office is promising the minister will unveil the planned changes to the […]

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Peter Vaughan scored at 4:48 of overtime as the Brampton Steelheads edged the visiting North Bay Battalion 6-5 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday at the CAA Centre. Ethan Procyszyn scored three goals for the Steelheads (19-15-5-0), while Jacob LeBlanc and Andrew LeBlanc also netted singles. Angus MacDonell scored twice for […]

OTTAWA — Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark, who is considering a run for federal Liberal leader, has backtracked on her claim this week that she’d never been a member of the Conservative party. Clark told CBC Radio’s The House that she is “very seriously” considering a leadership bid, but expressed disappointment with the short […]