Canada’s NDP denounces China signals support for Obama’s “Asia Pivot”

Canada's Official Opposition, the trade union-backed New Democratic Party (NDP), brought forward a motion last month to scuttle the recently negotiated Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA).Though their motion was doomed to be overwhelmingly defeated and quickly forgotten, the social democrats used the occasion to repeatedly denounce the ...

Blue Jays Buehrle loses to Yankees again 5-0

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Mark Buehrle delivers the ball to the New York Yankees during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 17, 2013, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill ...

Toronto mayor faces political test over crack allegations

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is facing his greatest political test following two reports that he is seen in a video apparently using crack cocaine. He called the accusations ...

Kuroda dominant in Yanks win over Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays were expected to be a serious contender in the AL East, and now they're finally playing like one. The next 10 games could actually make them one. As they open a potentially vital stretch, the Blue Jays look to extend their longest winning streak of the season and end a seven-game skid to ...

Ontario cottage country cleans up after severe flooding

Instead of kicking back on the dock this weekend, Stan Tick and his family are going to try to fix theirs. And pick up the flotsam and jetsam, including massive logs, that have been deposited on the lawn of their Lake Vernon property."It was very - I'm not going to say scary, because you're used to the conditions - this was really quite out of the ordinary," said Mr. Tick, ...