Ontario cancelling cap and trade akin to pulling out of climate framework: feds

OTTAWA — The federal government is interpreting Ontario’s cancellation of its cap-and-trade program as equivalent to withdrawing from Ottawa’s national climate change framework — and is...

Benefits like employer tips and RRSP contributions to be part of B.C. health tax

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has released the fine print on its new employer health tax as it diverts the cost of medical services plan...

Mayor John Tory speaks with public safety minister over Toronto gun violence

Toronto’s mayor has spoken with Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale about the need to address a string of shootings that has left three dead and others...

Police search for B.C. driver who struck Mountie, breaking his arm

BURNABY, B.C. —  RCMP say a Mountie suffered a broken arm while attempting to stop a driver who was allegedly using an electronic device behind the...

Ford government pauses Liberal laws including vaping laws and ticket resale price caps

TORONTO —  A number of laws passed by Ontario’s previous Liberal government have been put on hold by the newly elected Progressive Conservative regime, including measures...

Conservatives vanquished governing Liberals in 2017 fundraising race

BC Premier John Horgan says ‘gouging’ to blame for higher gas prices, not taxes

VICTORIA —  Premier John Horgan says price gouging, not higher taxes, is responsible for skyrocketing gasoline prices in British Columbia. Horgan says the price per litre...

Police find ‘items of interest’ at home linked to accused killer Bruce McArthur

Toronto police say “items of interest” yet to be identified have been found at a property where accused serial killer Bruce McArthur worked as a landscaper....

Safety board chair says more needs to be done five years after Lac Megantic

OTTAWA — The head of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says much has been accomplished five years after the Lac-Megantic train derailment in which 47...

Former Olympic rower, investment dealer gets 13 month jail sentence for fraud

VICTORIA — Former Olympic rower Harold Backer received a 13-month jail sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty to fraud, but no answers were provided about his mysterious...