OTTAWA — The federal government still has not announced its clean electricity strategy, despite Prime Minister Mark Carney saying it would land weeks ago.

At a news conference in Halifax on March 26, Carney told reporters the government would be releasing “next week” a strategy to expand the electricity grid through hydro, nuclear and renewable energy.

In the spring economic update Tuesday, the government said it was planning to release a “discussion paper” to seek input from provinces and territories on how to modernize the grid.

The update

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Jamil Jivani is back in Washington today for a meeting with Canadian business interests and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

The Canadian Embassy confirms it will have a representative in attendance.

During a previous trip to the U.S. capital earlier in the year, Jivani met his longtime friend Vice-President JD Vance and stopped by the White House, where he said he met briefly with President Donald Trump.

After that trip, which also included a meeting with Greer, Jivani said he wanted to contribute

A GoFundMe campaign set up to benefit a mother of 10 who was severely injured is under investigation by Durham Regional Police because the woman says she has yet to receive a majority of the funds raised.

The page went up shortly after New Year’s Day when Maryanne Mullett was injured after she stopped to help a driver who had gone off the snow-filled Regional Road 23, near Beaverton, early that morning.

“I said, ‘This road is quite dangerous, so just please get in your vehicle

It’s the “F” word no one wants to hear in a weather forecast – but with temperatures plunging Wednesday night, frost might be making a comeback.

After some brief relief with daytime temperatures in the high teens over the past few days, the GTA is in for another below-seasonal stretch, with a cool start to the day and a high of 13 C that came early in the day.

Scattered showers are expected throughout the day, and temperatures plunge to single digits at night. The low

OTTAWA — The federal government is allocating up to $145 million for security during the upcoming World Cup.

Canada is co-hosting with the United States and Mexico, and thirteen matches are scheduled to take place in Toronto and Vancouver this June and July.

The government says in a press release the funding is in response to “specific operational needs identified by the host provinces and cities.”

It says the funding will reduce financial pressure on the cities and provinces and ensure public safety agencies have the necessary resources.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — made his first court appearance Wednesday in a criminal case against him that legal experts say presents significant hurdles for the prosecution and will likely be a challenge for the Justice Department to win.

Comey was on Tuesday on charges of making threats against President Donald Trump related to a photograph he posted on social media last year of seashells arranged in the numbers “86 47.” The Justice Department contends those numbers amounted to a threat against Trump, the 47th president. Comey

A Toronto police constable accused of leaking information to criminals in a wide-reaching corruption case will stay behind bars after a bail review in Ontario’s Superior Court.

Const. Timothy Barnhardt is one of eight active and retired Toronto police officers charged in Project South, an organized crime and corruption investigation led by York Regional Police.

Investigators have said the probe uncovered allegations of bribery, conspiracy to commit murder and drug trafficking, among other offences.

Barnhardt faces 17 charges, the most of any of the officers accused in

Fans at KeyBank Center carried “O Canada” after a microphone failed before the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins played Game 5 of their first-round playoff series Tuesday night.

Cami Clune’s microphone cut out early, and the crowd joined in to help finish the Canadian anthem before the singer returned with a new mic to perform “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

She later said on social media it was a “crazy but cool moment” and thanked fans for singing along.

WASHINGTON — Canadian Jeremy Hansen and the other astronauts from the historic Artemis II mission are set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House today.

The White House says Hansen, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch are to take part in a greeting in the Oval Office nearly three weeks after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean following a 10-day lunar fly-around.

The four-person crew travelled farther from the surface of the Earth than anyone before them.

Hansen became the