Author: The Canadian Press
TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada has hired Caroline Mulroney as vice chair and she is to report to Derek Neldner, the head of capital markets, starting Sept. 14. Mulroney is a former Ontario cabinet minister who stepped down in June and is the daughter of former prime minister Brian Mulroney. Neldner says in an […]
HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats released receiver Shemar Bridges and defensive lineman TyJuan Garbutt on Wednesday. Both players are Americans. The six-foot-four, 208-pound Bridges was in his third season with Hamilton but hadn’t played in any games in 2025. He resumed practising with the CFL club after being listed on the injury report with a […]
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has ended a defamation lawsuit against Google after claiming the search engine falsely identified him as a sex offender in an AI-generated summary. In a statement of claim filed in February with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, MacIsaac said the description wrongly stated he had been listed […]
The president of the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham says he’s sorry most fans went home disappointed after the event’s opening day. Friday’s full day of on-track activities at the IndyCar Series race was cancelled because the street course around Markham, Ont., wasn’t yet completed or approved by safety inspectors. Jeff Atkinson, the race’s […]
TORONTO — Kraft Dinner smoothies, nitrogen-infused Oreo treats and pickle-flavoured coffee are among the wild food offerings at the Canadian National Exhibition this year. Media got a preview of the culinary standouts ahead of the annual end-of-summer Toronto fair’s official opening on Friday. Mark Holland, CEO of the fair, says Toronto’s food scene is legendary […]
Ontario Provincial Police say a 73-year-old pilot who failed to return to Oshawa, Ont., from a flight in a home-built plane last week was found dead. Police say the pilot’s remains were found after extensive search efforts in the city of Kawartha Lakes. A large search operation was launched on Friday after the plane departed […]
TORONTO — Toronto police say they charged a resident of a home who allegedly opened fire as suspects attempted to steal a vehicle from the driveway. Police say they responded to an attempted car theft early Wednesday morning in a residential neighbourhood in Toronto’s east end. Police say the resident of the Scarborough home fired […]
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia musician has ended a civil lawsuit against Google he filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice earlier this year. Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac claimed the online giant defamed him by falsely identifying him as a sex offender in an AI-generated summary. In a statement of claim, he said […]
The mayor of Markham, Ont., is proud of how the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy went last weekend, even if there were major problems at the start. Friday’s full day of on-track activities at the IndyCar Series race was cancelled because the course around the Toronto suburb’s downtown core wasn’t yet completed or approved by […]
TORONTO — A former Liberal MP and federal housing minister is putting his hat in the ring for a Toronto city council seat. Nate Erskine-Smith says he’s running to represent the east-end ward of Beaches—East York after “countless people,” including Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, asked him to continue working in politics. Erskine-Smith resigned his federal […]