The Montreal Canadiens continue a long road trip with a matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night, looking to win consecutive games for the first time in over two weeks. Montreal snapped a five-game losing streak with a 6-2 victory over Ottawa on Tuesday night, giving Cunneyworth his first win as coach after [...]

CBC Toronto viewers have chosen the death of Jack Layton and the subsequent outpouring of grief across the city and country as the top Toronto news story of 2011. Given a choice of five big stories that had Toronto talking over the past 12 months, CBC viewers voted for the death of the late Opposition [...]

Porter Airlines has cancelled all remaining flights Friday departing from the Billy Bishop airport in Toronto’s downtown as the city is blanketed with fog and hit with a freezing rain warning. Porter spokesman Brad Cicero said the problem is poor visibility and that more flights will be added Saturday. Pearson International Airport also has dozens [...]

A newspaper report published Friday says a 911 call was made from the home of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on Christmas Day. The Toronto Star says police were called to Ford’s Etobicoke home on Christmas morning between 4 and 5 a.m. The report says the mayor’s mother-in-law placed the call, claiming that the mayor had [...]

Former prime minister Paul Martin, retired general Rick Hillier, hockey great Scotty Bowman and former eBay executive Jeffrey Skoll are among 66 prominent Canadians receiving Order of Canada appointments, the governor general’s office announced Friday. Martin, 73, who was finance minister from 1997 to 2002, is being appointed a companion of the Order of Canada, [...]