Author: The Canadian Press

HAMILTON — Bo Levi Mitchell expects to return to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats next season. Mitchell, 36, has been out since suffering a serious ankle injury July 5 in a game versus the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Mitchell was carted off the field during the Ticats’ 14-13 home loss and underwent surgery shortly afterwards. But the native […]

TORONTO — Kent Monkman’s first-ever public art installation is dam good. The celebrated Cree artist’s new permanent sculpture, dubbed “The Colony,” debuts Wednesday in Toronto’s east end. The 15-foot-high bronze structure features beavers dancing, feasting and celebrating, evoking Indigenous ceremonies. It highlights the vital role of beavers in the natural, Indigenous and colonial histories of […]

TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said “everything needs to be assessed” in the wake of the team’s performance this past season. Speaking at a season-ending media availability on Wednesday at Rogers Centre, he added that the club plans to “drill down in every area.” Team president Mark Shapiro was scheduled to […]

AJAX — Police say they have charged two people accused of defrauding the Ajax FC Soccer Club of more than $650,000. Police in Durham region say they began the fraud investigation in December 2024 after receiving reports about irregularities in the club’s banking transactions. After going through several years of financial statements, police say they […]

What’s expected to be the strongest El Nino on record may delay Ontario’s stunning fall foliage, but experts say there’s no reason to worry – the colour show will go on. Dubbed by scientists as the “Super El Nino,” the climate pattern is already disrupting global weather with drought striking some parts of the planet, […]

TORONTO — After Tareq Hadhad and his family moved to Antigonish, N.S., as Syrian refugees in 2016, they built a business on the premise that chocolate was so uniting it could create peace. So when U.S. President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America in late August, the chief executive of Peace by Chocolate […]

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he has no plans to apply new trade pressure on the U.S. as Americans prepare for crucial midterm elections that could end Republican control of Congress. Speaking with reporters at a news conference in Vancouver on Tuesday, Carney said Canada has no intention of escalating the trade […]

The latest round of layoffs in Ontario’s steel belt highlights the ripple effects of U.S. tariffs as their impact reverberates through Canada’s manufacturing supply chain, industry experts say. Stelco Holdings Inc. on Monday said it was laying off up to 500 workers at its Hamilton and Lake Erie facilities, with the company citing the ongoing […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his cross-border trade war Tuesday as his outright bans on imports of certain Canadian goods took effect, putting the brakes on new shipments of most Canadian-made booze, dairy byproducts and some motorcycles. The bans mark the latest escalation of the trade war as the Trump administration seeks to […]

Industry experts say the latest round of layoffs in Ontario’s steel belt highlights the ripple effects of U.S. tariffs as their impact reverberates through Canada’s manufacturing supply chain. Stelco Holdings Inc. on Monday said it was laying off up to 500 workers at its Hamilton and Lake Erie facilities, with the company citing the ongoing […]