Author: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says premiers had a “productive” meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney today, mainly to discuss the federal budget and progress on tariff talks with the United States. Noting the impact of tariffs on New Brunswick, Holt says the group spoke about softwood lumber and Carney indicated a “significant” […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government is looking at making some information on the sex offender registry public, in the wake of a controversial Supreme Court of Canada decision on child pornography sentences. Ford says parents want to know if a sex offender is living next door or down the street, and […]

OTTAWA — Green Party Leader Elizabeth May offered the Liberals a critical yes vote on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget Monday afternoon — just a few hours before members of Parliament decide whether to risk plunging the country into an early election. Following question period, May told reporters she will support Carney’s fiscal plan […]

HALIFAX — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says the Trump administration is to blame for strained relations between Canada and the United States. Holt met with the other Atlantic premiers in St. John’s, N.L., today, along with representatives from four New England states. She says the premiers and governors in the region acknowledge the Canada-U.S. […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defending his government’s skills development funding system that allows a minister to hand-pick recipients against the advice of bureaucrats, even after referring an audit of one company to the police. Labour Minister David Piccini has come under sustained fire from opposition parties calling for his resignation since an […]

Warren Abbey made his first million dollars selling chocolate bars and chips, and he wouldn’t have it any other way. After spending much of his teen years on the edges of gangs and gun violence, and more than a decade in prison, the million-dollar milestone is “surreal,” he says, because he never imagined he could […]

Two people have been charged in a spate of mausoleum and cemetery thefts in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and the Niagara region. Halton police say they investigated more than 300 thefts over the last two months in which thieves targeted jewelry, decorative cremation urns, keepsakes and other valuables. Police say eight mausoleums and […]

TORONTO — The Palestinian flag is flying over Toronto’s city hall this morning after similar moves by other Canadian cities. The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, which petitioned for the move, says it marks a “symbolic show of solidarity” on the 37th anniversary of the Palestinian Declaration of Independence. An Ontario court dismissed an […]

CALGARY — TransAlta Corp. has signed a deal to buy Far North Power Corp. and its four natural gas-fired power plants in Ontario for $95 million. The power utility is buying the assets from an affiliate of Hut 8 Corp. and Macquarie Equipment Finance Ltd. The plants are located in Iroquois Falls, Kingston, North Bay, […]

Durham Regional Police say they are investigating after a male died from gunshot wounds at a local hospital. Police say officers received a call at around 11 p.m. about a person who was dropped off at the hospital after being shot. They say officers located a “related scene” in the area of Mara Road and […]