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HAMILTON — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he sees an east-west clean electricity corridor as his first priority for expanding the Canadian energy market — not new pipelines. While Singh isn’t shutting the door entirely to pipelines, he says pipeline projects must be accepted by the communities through which they’re routed, must not hurt the […]

OTTAWA — Economists are more confident the Bank of Canada might pause its interest rate cuts next month — tariffs notwithstanding — as Canada’s annual inflation rate ticked back up in January. Statistics Canada’s consumer price index on Tuesday reported the annual inflation rate rose to 1.9 per cent last month, up from 1.8 per […]

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Author: Mark Winfield, Professor, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada Ontario Premier Doug Ford has justified his early election call on the need to […]

OTTAWA — The Green Party’s leaders say they will have a full slate of candidates for the next election, which could be called as soon as Mar. 10. Party co-leader Elizabeth May says the party is still vetting potential candidates but it expects to run someone in every federal riding. Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney […]

TORONTO — One of the two girls on trial for second-degree murder in the death of a homeless Toronto man has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. The girl, who was 16 at the time of the incident, entered her plea through her counsel this morning as lawyers in the case were expected […]

TORONTO — An Ontario court has granted Comark Holdings Inc. approval to sell its Ricki’s and Cleo banners to the owner of Toys “R” Us Canada, HMV and Northern Reflections. Court filings show judge Peter Cavanagh allowed the sale of the ailing apparel retailers to Ancaster, Ont.-based Putman Investments Inc. earlier this month. The filings […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up in late-morning trading, helped by strength in the energy sector as the price for oil and natural gas climbed, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 12.96 points at 25,496.19. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 108.12 points […]

TORONTO — Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie is pushing forward with a new election campaign strategy of trying to appeal to NDP voters, suggesting they should unite behind her as the way to topple the Progressive Conservatives. Crombie is pitching herself as the strongest alternative to PC Leader Doug Ford, though polls suggest the Tories […]

TORONTO — Delta Air Lines says all but two passengers injured Monday when a plane crashed and flipped on the tarmac at Toronto’s Pearson airport have been released from hospitals as of this morning. Delta says in a social media post that 19 out of 21 passengers initially taken to Toronto-area hospitals have since been […]

TORONTO — When Kevin Drew was invited to guest star in “Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent,” his initial response was a hard pass. “I didn’t want to do it because I find acting very painful,” says the Broken Social Scene frontman, recalling how his late mother, Maggie, used to drive him to acting classes […]