Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is limiting debate and skipping public hearings on an education bill that would make it easier for the minister to take control of school boards and a housing bill critics say will make life harder for renters. The legislature is in its third week of sitting since resuming […]

TORONTO — Right-hander Shane Bieber has elected to return to the Toronto Blue Jays next season rather than enter the open market as a free agent. He has exercised his player option for the 2026 season, the team said Wednesday. Bieber, 30, was 4-2 and posted a 3.57 earned-run average with Toronto after being acquired […]

The majority of Proline bettors didn’t see the Toronto Blue Jays’ gut-wrenching World Series loss coming. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Toronto 5-4 in 11 innings on Saturday at Rogers Centre to earn a second straight title in seven games. The National League champs rallied from a 3-2 series deficit to successfully defend their World […]

TORONTO — Prince Harry is set to begin a two-day visit to Toronto to attend events supporting veterans and the military community ahead of Remembrance Day. The office of the Duke of Sussex says he’s making the trip at the invitation of the True Patriot Love Foundation, which supports Canadian military members, veterans and their […]

TORONTO — The union representing more than 10,000 full-time college support staff at Ontario’s 24 public colleges says its members have ratified a new, three-year contract. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union says more than 75 per cent of the membership voted, with 89 per cent in favour of the new agreement. The union reached […]

Children’s author Robert Munsch is donating his stash of story drafts, publisher notes and fan letters to the Guelph Public Library. The southwestern Ontario library says the collection will offer a rare glimpse into Munsch’s decades-long career, during which he penned bedtime classics including “The Paperbag Princess,” “Love You Forever” and “Mortimer.” The Munsch family […]

ST. JOHN’S — A man convicted of raping two women and a 15-year-old girl in downtown St. John’s, N.L., died in federal custody on Saturday. Correctional Service Canada says Sofyan Boalag was 46 years old and serving an indeterminate sentence at the Bath Institution, about 20 kilometres west of Kingston, Ont. A spokesperson said privacy […]

TORONTO — Toronto police are investigating vandalism at a north end synagogue in what its rabbi says is the 10th such incident over the past year and a half. Police say officers responded to reports of smashed windows at the Kehillat Shaarei Torah temple on Bayview Avenue early this morning. Officers arrived to find four […]

Award-winning producer Boi-1da feels like a kid in a candy store. And why not when The Tragically Hip gives you access to their entire catalogue. The Hip, Alessia Cara, Charlotte Cardin, Loud Luxury, Nelly Furtado and Zeds Dead are the first wave of Canadian musicians joining forces with Boi-1da (pronounced Boy Wonder) on the so-called […]

Epic comebacks. Thrilling marathons. All-time performances from some of the game’s all-time greats. The Toronto Blue Jays’ heartbreaking, seven-game World Series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers had it all — from a Game 1 blowout to the final out in the 11th inning of Game 7 at Rogers Centre. Was it the best Fall […]