Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Ontario will do away with sick note requirements for short absences as part of a larger effort to ease the administrative burden on doctors. The province will soon introduce legislation that if passed will no longer allow employers to require a sick note from a doctor for the provincially protected three days of […]

TORONTO — The CFL has suspended veteran defensive lineman Shawn Lemon indefinitely for betting on league games. Lemon, a three-time Grey Cup champion, retired April 10. More coming. The Canadian Press

Toronto FC added to its attack Wednesday by acquiring Haiti international winger Derrick Etienne Jr. from Atlanta United FC in exchange for up to US$375,000 in general allocation money. Some US$175,000 of the allocation money is conditional on certain performance-based metrics. The eight-year MLS veteran has 17 goals and 19 assists over 171 regular-season appearances, […]

TORONTO — First Quantum chief executive Tristan Pascall says the company is focused on listening, while also moving forward with arbitration, as election day approaches in Panama. He declined on an earnings call to speculate on the outcome of the May 5 vote, saying the company is prepared to work with whichever party is elected […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s health minister says the province is taking steps to ease the administrative burden on doctors. Sylvia Jones says Ontario is expanding a program that uses artificial intelligence to summarize or transcribe conversations with patients to more than 150 primary care providers. Jones says the patient must give their consent to doctors to […]

TORONTO — William Nylander appears to be nearing a return to the Maple Leafs’ lineup. The star winger’s status for Game 3 of Toronto’s first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins is also up in the air. Nylander took part in line rushes alongside Calle Jarnkrok and Pontus Holmberg at today’s morning skate, but stayed […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down nearly 150 points in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in the industrial and telecommunication stocks. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 146.74 points at 21,864.98. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 153.96 points at 38,349.73. The S&P 500 index was down 12.16 […]

TORONTO — Treasury Board President Anita Anand says Canada has to take a “nuanced” approach to shrinking its public service in order to protect some of its tech worker ranks. Anand says she does not want to see the number of cyber or procurement experts decrease in an era when their skills are crucial. The […]

HAMILTON — Ontario is permanently raising the speed limit on 10 sections of highways across the province.  Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria says several sections of Highways 401, 403, 406, 416 and Highway 69 will have a speed limit of 110 kilometres per hour. The stretches of highways affected are in eastern Ontario, southwestern Ontario and […]

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. reported a first-quarter profit $256 million, down from $511 million a year ago, as it faced higher depreciation and amortization costs related to its acquisition of Shaw Communications and higher finance costs. The company says the profit amounted to 46 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, […]