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TORONTO — A Canadian expert on match fixing says the NBA’s investigation of Toronto Raptors backup centre Jontay Porter is a dire warning to professional sports leagues in North America. Declan Hill, associate professor of investigations in the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Science at the University of New Haven, has […]

TORONTO — Hot Docs’ president Marie Nelson says a “perfect storm” led to Canada’s largest documentary film festival’s artistic director and 10 of its programmers quitting just before it was set to announce its 2024 lineup. Nelson cited multiple hurdles that strained creative, financial and staffing efforts to pull together a 31st edition, while filmmakers […]

TORONTO — Ontario drivers could soon cut their insurance costs by opting for less coverage, under reforms proposed in the provincial budget tabled Tuesday. Medical, rehab and attendant care coverage would still be mandatory, the budget says, but all other benefits would become optional. If drivers have access to certain benefits through workplace plans, for […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors were still largely in the dark a day after it was confirmed that the NBA was investigating backup centre Jontay Porter for gambling irregularities. “I was just praying for him,” said small forward Bruce Brown on Tuesday after Raptors practice. “Obviously, you don’t want to see somebody go through something […]

Toronto police and Canada’s sport watchdog say they are not investigating Raptors backup centre Jontay Porter, who is the subject of an NBA gambling probe. The league is looking into whether Porter purposely left two games early to impact bets involving his performance. Both games where Porter allegedly fixed the bets took place in Toronto. […]

Toronto police and Canada’s sport watchdog say they are not investigating Raptors backup centre Jontay Porter, who is the subject of an NBA gambling probe. The league is looking into whether Porter purposely left two games early to impact bets involving his performance. Both games where Porter allegedly fixed the bets took place in Toronto. […]

TORONTO — The pace of new home construction is picking up in Ontario, though it is still far off the levels needed for the government to achieve its pledge to build 1.5 million homes by 2031, the budget released Tuesday shows. In last year’s budget, projections for housing starts had Ontario building fewer than 80,000 […]

TORONTO — Sport Tourism Canada has presented the 110th Grey Cup and 2023 Grey Cup Festival with its Prestige Award as Canada’s event of the year with a budget over $1 million. A recent Sport Tourism Canada survey found the ’23 Grey Cup game and festival generated $73.5 million in economic impact in Canada.  The […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down almost 30 points Tuesday, led by weakness in energy and base metals, while U.S. markets also moved into the red after drifting higher for most of the day.  The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 29.76 points at 21,912.52. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was […]

TORONTO — Ontario is set to inject billions of new dollars into health care, the budget for the upcoming fiscal year shows. The province said it is investing $2 billion over three years in home care services, nearly $1-billion more for hospitals and hundreds of millions to expand primary care coverage. “Ontarians are also counting […]