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Toronto City Council has voted to end the practice of raising other countries’ flags at City Hall and civic centres. The vote took place Thursday night on a motion originally put forward by Councillor John Burnside of Don Valley East, and seconded by Michael Thompson of Scarborough Centre. The motion passed by a vote of…

The Juno Awards’ new Latin music recording of the year category means to reflect the genre’s stratospheric popularity, musicians and industry insiders say.

A new national database of high-risk child sex offenders went live at the beginning of the year. The RCMP say it will continue to grow as provinces and territories recommend more names.

The owner of an Ontario trucking company has admitted he was the secret boss behind a hyperactive network of commercial truckers smuggling large loads of cocaine and meth from the United States into Canada. Guramrit Sidhu, 62, of Brampton, Ont., also known as “King,” pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to engaging in a continuing criminal…

The Alberta government and the father of a man who suffered cardiac arrest and permanent brain damage after he was allegedly given a “massive overdose” of a potent sedative at a Winnipeg hospital two years ago are suing the facility, three medical providers and two Manitoba health authorities for negligence.

As part of the wide-ranging Canada-Alberta memorandum of understanding on energy policy and a new oil pipeline, the two sides announced an agreement-in-principle on new methane rules and targets. It could speed up methane reductions, experts say, but some questions remain.

The Chatham-Kent Police Service has charged a 44-year-old man from Chatham in connection with an online child luring investigation.

Rising food prices and the soaring cost of filling up at the gas pump are hitting pocketbooks hard, and you can now add housing prices to the list of financial stressors, given they rose in many Canadian cities last month according to a report Thursday from Ratehub.ca. “Demand for Canadian real estate remains frosty compared…

Canada is imposing more sanctions against five individuals and four entities involved in the Iranian war effort. The measures are part of Canada’s ongoing actions to counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, the federal department of Global Affairs said in a statement issued on Thursday morning. The sanctions target Iranian businessmen and companies directly involved in procuring…

OTTAWA — A new poll shows that three-quarters of Canadians, and most retirees, support scaling back Old Age Security (OAS) for seniors making more than $100,000 per year. The poll, conducted by Research Co. for advocacy group Generation Squeeze, finds that 73 per cent of Canadians support targeting OAS to households with incomes below $100,000.…