Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — A new report shows Canada’s downtown office vacancy rate marked its first, if slight, improvement since the start of the pandemic. The CBRE Group Inc. report shows the national downtown office vacancy rate dipped to 19.9 per cent in the first quarter after hitting a record high of 20 per cent in the […]

TORONTO — Strength in the energy and telecommunication sectors helped Canada’s main stock index rise in late-morning trading, while U.S. markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 72.79 points at 24,831.94. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 97.11 points at 41,681.01. The S&P 500 index was down 27.80 points […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s integrity commissioner has found that a lobbyist who used to work for Premier Doug Ford failed to comply with some rules while asking for a client’s land to be removed from the Greenbelt. The integrity commissioner has laid out several instances in which he says Nico Fidani-Diker broke lobbying rules, largely in […]

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised Monday to get the federal government back into the business of home building, while Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives pitched a national energy corridor to fast-track approval of key infrastructure. The two rival party leaders touted the plans as national projects to stand up to the United States as it […]

Hundreds of thousands of people across Ontario were still without power on the third day of a spring storm, after freezing rain coated swaths of the province with thick layers of ice. An outage map from provincial utility Hydro One showed more than 430,000 homes and businesses remained without power Monday morning. The map also […]

OTTAWA — The second week of the federal election campaign is underway, with a fresh round of U.S. tariffs expected to soon reverberate on the hustings. Eyes are turning to Wednesday when U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to slap “reciprocal tariffs” on countries including Canada over various alleged trade practices. Liberal Leader Mark Carney […]

Hundreds of thousands of people across Ontario are still without power on the third day of a spring storm after freezing rain-coated swaths of the province with thick layers of ice. An outage map from provincial utility Hydro One shows more than 390,000 homes and businesses are without power this morning, and nearly 360-thousand others […]

KINGSTON, Ont. — Gage Heyes scored at 2:50 of the second overtime period to lift the Kingston Frontenacs to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Sudbury Wolves in Ontario Hockey League playoff action on Sunday at Slush Puppie Place. Cedrick Guindon scored twice in regulation for the Frontenacs, who won Friday’s opener in the best-of-seven […]

TORONTO — After learning newcomer Max Scherzer had been placed on the 15-day disabled list, Toronto Blue Jays veteran righty Chris Bassitt knew the importance of his first start of the young season. The Blue Jays bullpen had been stretched thin in the first three games against the Baltimore Orioles, surrendering 23 runs and 30 […]

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre brushed off reports of campaign turmoil Sunday as he pitched his party as the best choice to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump. With the second week of the federal election campaign underway, another round of U.S. tariffs is expected to land on Wednesday — tariffs that threaten […]