Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the U.S.-based owner of Stelco must uphold job commitments it made when it purchased the Ontario-based steelmaker or risk being forced to sell its Canadian assets. In a speech at the Canadian Club in Toronto on Friday, she also raised the possibility of the federal government taking equity […]

GUELPH — A new report shows as many as 15,000 people gathered on a Guelph, Ont., street during an unsanctioned homecoming party last month, prompting a police response that cost more than $90,000. A report presented to the Guelph Police Service Board Thursday details the scale of the Sept. 26 gathering on Chancellor’s Way near […]

TORONTO — When Diana Swain stepped away from her journalism career after more than 35 years, she thought she was ready to slow down. That was until the veteran reporter learned about the opportunity with “Dateline Canada,” a spinoff of the long-running American investigative newsmagazine TV show. “I’m not sure there is anything else that […]

VAUGHAN — Police in Vaughan, Ont., say they have identified a vehicle believed to have fatally struck a woman whose body was found by a passerby two days later. York regional police say the woman, a live-in caregiver, was walking on Pine Valley Drive on her way to work around 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 […]

Self-driving taxi operator Waymo is poised to launch a test phase in Toronto, with the goal of carrying its first passengers in 2028 as part of a push to breach the broader Canadian market. The California-based ride-hailing company says the Ontario government has given it the green light to take part in a provincial pilot […]

LONDON — Hitachi Energy, along with the federal and Ontario governments, have announced a $479-million plan to build a new transformer insulation factory as electricity demand is expected to skyrocket. The 21,000-square-metre facility in London, Ont., is expected to be completed by the end of 2028. It would be the first in Canada to produce […]

Self-driving taxi operator Waymo says it will launch a test phase in Toronto in the coming days, with the goal of carrying its first passengers in 2028. The California-based company says the Ontario government has given it the green light to take part in a provincial pilot program that regulates testing of autonomous cars. Waymo, […]

TORONTO — Even on one of the most memorable nights of his NHL career, Kirill Marchenko was his own harshest critic. Marchenko had a hat trick in his 300th NHL game, including a spectacular highlight-reel goal, but he blamed himself for the Buffalo Sabres rallying past his Toronto Maple Leafs for a 5-4 overtime win […]

TORONTO — A recent pause on financial assistance payments to private post-secondary institutions in Ontario is affecting divinity schools, Canada’s National Ballet School and many others, with students feeling unfairly swept up in what they describe as a trawling net-like policy. Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn announced last week that the province had tasked […]

TORONTO — Stellantis workers in Canada are set to vote this weekend on whether to authorize a strike as their union says contract negotiations with the automaker remain at a standstill. Unifor is holding the votes on Saturday and Sunday and plans to announce results at the start of next week. However, the union representing […]