NEW YORK — The Securities and Exchange Commission late last year dropped its inquiry into a financial company that a month earlier had given White House adviser Jared Kushner’s family real estate firm a $180 million loan. While there’s no evidence that Kushner or any other Trump administration official had …

KINGSTON, Ont.—A freight train derailment east of Kingston, Ont., has caused hours of delays for rail passengers in the province and led to cancellations of several Via routes out of Toronto. Trains travelling between Toronto and Montreal or Ottawa have been delayed by at least six hours, Via Rail said. …

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party is giving members more time to cast their votes for a new leader. A senior party source says the deadline to vote for Patrick Brown’s replacement has been pushed back to noon on Friday, March 9, a half day later than the original deadline. The party …