Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Toronto FC has declined the 2026 contract option on veteran goalkeeper Sean Johnson and seven others, clearing the deck for an off-season rebuild. The MLS club also declined the options on defenders Kevin Long, Raoul Petretta and Sigurd Rosted, midfielder Nathaniel Edwards, and forwards Derrick Etienne Jr., Hugo Mbongue and Charlie Sharp. Toronto […]

U.S. President Donald Trump is doubling down on his criticism of an Ontario ad campaign on social media this morning, hours after he announced he was ending trade talks with Canada. Trump is accusing Canada of trying to influence an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on his global tariff regime with the ads, which feature […]

TORONTO — As the Blue Jays gear up to host the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series Friday night, fans across Canada are buzzing with excitement in the hopes of seeing Toronto take home the championship title for the first time in more than 30 years. Monday night saw Toronto clinch […]

NORTH BAY — Parker Vaughan scored his second goal of the night in overtime and the North Bay Battalion edged the Peterborough Petes 5-4 in Ontario Hockey League play on Thursday. Ihnat Pazii, Kent Greer and Bronson Ride also found the back of the net for the Battalion (7-5-0). The Petes (5-6-1) got goals from […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says he is terminating trade negotiations with Canada because of television advertisements protesting tariffs. In a post on social media tonight, Trump called the advertisements “egregious.” The Government of Ontario paid for the ad campaign to air across multiple American television stations using audio and video of former president […]

Prime Minister Mark Carney says U.S. President Donald Trump seems to be afraid to make a World Series bet with him as the Toronto Blue Jays take on the Los Angeles Dodgers. “I think he’s afraid to make a bet. He doesn’t like to lose,” Carney joked Thursday when reporters asked him about a possible […]

TORONTO — Canadian Josh Liendo set a short-course world record in the men’s 100-metre butterfly Thursday in the third and final leg of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup. The 23-year-old from Toronto was clocked in 47.68 seconds, erasing the previous mark of 47.71 set by Switzerland’s Noe Ponti. “I wasn’t expecting that at all,” […]

TORONTO — John Schneider joked that Shohei Ohtani owes the Blue Jays a hat. Toronto courted the dual-threat superstar during free agency in December 2023, including a secret meeting at the club’s spring training facility where he grabbed some memorabilia on his way out the door, before ultimately signing a 10-year, US$700-million contract with the […]

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are both predicting the Toronto Blue Jays will win the World Series in six games, though so far neither has plans to attend in person. Ford said at the end of a press conference Thursday at a nuclear plant with Carney that he would be watching […]

TORONTO — Ontario appears to be backing away from its goal of building 1.5 million homes over 10 years. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack introduced legislation Thursday that he said would streamline approvals and let developers build homes more quickly. “Simply put, it takes too long and it costs too much to build […]