A customer filling up at a gas station in Toronto. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Ontario motorists react to pain at the pump: 'Dear price of gas ... I hate you'
Southern Ontario drivers hit particularly hard as prices rise Wednesday in communities across country
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Even Grandma Duck of Donald Duck comic books fame favoured the reliable Detroit Electric, now seeking a spot at Victoria’s sesquicentennial party
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Officer tells Tori Stafford trial of extensive search to locate missing girl
The odds of find missing eight-year-old Tori Stafford were close to zero, trial hears
Quebec bases hit as National Defence sheds more than 1,000 jobs
‘They’re front-line workers that provide direct support to our troops and it makes no sense,’ union says
Allegations of sexism, racism outrage Pickton inquiry head
Wally Oppal says he was unaware of accusations of behaviour within inquiry office
Rae’s verdict on F-35 fiasco: ‘Harper should resign’
PM can’t pretend to be ‘piano player in the brothel who didn't have a clue’ about skyrocketing cost of fighter jet, Liberal chief says
U.S. still our trading giant, but exporters going global
In the past decade, Canada shipped more goods to the rest of the world
Mexico’s Calderon comments on touchy issue for Canada
Arrest of Canadian accused in smuggling of Gadhafi son lauded by Mexican President
Accused 9/11 mastermind to face military trial
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four suspected co-conspirators were directed on Wednesday to stand trial before a Guantanamo war crimes tribunal
Texans pick up the pieces after tornadoes: 'It sounded like a bomb hit'
The National Weather Service said as many as a dozen twisters touched down in Dallas and Fort Worth
International Criminal Court tells Libya to hand over Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam
Libyan authorities say they plan to put Seif on trial and have so far taken no action to hand him over
Man who punched bus driver spared jail time due to his native ancestry
Conditional sentence a blow for public transit drivers who suffer scores of assaults every year with few culprits winding up in prison
Premier opposes TransLink bonuses, but has no power to stop them
Transportation minister stresses company is a ‘standalone organization’
Province, judiciary put justice system squabble aside for a day
Launch off training program for court staff gave both parties a chance to show their sunnier sides
Mayor Ford keeps mum on outrage over playing fields fees
The Toronto mayor says he hasn’t yet made up his mind on supporting a one-year delay on the fees
Part-time recreation workers’ union signs new deal with Toronto
New contract guarantees 6-per-cent pay increase over four years, increases management control of scheduling
Passenger dies after Range Rover hits pole; man, 19, charged
Oliver Karafa faces four charges including criminal negligence causing death and driving with a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit
Toronto wins appeal on billboard tax
Council has discussed directing the proceeds of the city's billboard tax to arts initiatives
The civil servant and the sea
Nova Scotia’s longest-serving deputy minister worked under Liberal, Tory and NDP governments
Nova Scotia promises modest tax cuts, though Premier rules out election call
Opposition says NDP’s plans don’t go far enough in reducing impact of increased cost of living
The seal hunt is dead, thank God
Ironically, the demise of the sealing industry hasn’t stopped the activists, who still need the innocent seals as poster animals
Sister of farmer held in Lebanese jail says feds did not do enough to secure his release
Hermien Dionne says she never felt that the federal government was doing anything to have Henk Tepper come back to Canada
Montreal police arrest 60 student protesters after group storms hotel, mall
Police say they were called to the hotel after demonstrators started flipping tables and smashing dishes inside the building
Quebec says an unco-operative Ottawa drove conflict to courts
Ottawa and Quebec are set to clash again before the courts. This time the conflict involves the gun registry and Air Canada’s aircraft maintenance operations
Quebec seeks injunction against destruction of gun-registry data
Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier argued the provinces helped set up the registry and should be given the right to use the information as it sees fit
Amid wave of student strikes, Quebec student wins legal bid to reopen class
Laurent Proulx convinced a Quebec Superior court judge that student strikes should not be able to keep him from going to class
Life on Alberta's campaign trail: a death sentence for the waistline
Regular meals are little more than a faint hope, but would-be premiers need to fuel their long days without piling on weight
Canada’s political reversal is complete
Alberta is in charge and Quebec is officially in opposition, marking the shift in the country’s fundamental dynamics
Ms. Premier in Alberta? No surprise
The province will wake up on April 24 with a woman in charge. The appropriate question is which one, not how this race happened
Wildrose poised for majority in Alberta: poll
A new poll has put Alberta's Wildrose Party firmly on track for a majority government, holding a 13-point lead over the incumbent Progressive Conservatives who just months ago were a shoo-in for victory.
NDP conditions on Ontario budget include tax hike for highest earners
Conditions are just the first in a series of budget proposals aimed at saving Ontario’s Liberal government
How Hungarian criminals built a slave trade in Ontario
Eastern European crime kingpin waits to learn his fate in scheme that brought immigrants hoping for a new life into Canada as unpaid, captive workers
York abandons plans to accept $30-million from Balsillie’s think tank
University gives up after law professors reject proposal for a second time
Sorbara meets NDP’s Marchese for coffee and Ontario budget talks
Ontario's Liberals and New Democrats are setting the stage for a game of political chicken over the McGuinty governmenrt's budget
