Author: The Canadian Press

MILTON, Ont. — Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles cast her ballot in the advance polls that opened Thursday, as her party lost a second election candidate, while the other party leaders talked mental health, interprovincial trade and rental housing policies. The Progressive Conservative, Liberal and NDP leaders have all said their full platforms will come […]

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. says it has laid off employees from its customer service department amid a shift in customer habits. The Toronto-based company says the cuts affect “a small percentage of roles in our customer service team,” however it declined to clarify how many employees were let go. It says the majority of […]

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Unifor says it’s gravely concerned by Stellantis’ unexpected announcement that it’s halting work at the Brampton Assembly Plant in Ontario. The company has been retooling the plant for both electric and gas Jeep Compass vehicles and was set for production to start later this year. Unifor says Stellantis has reassured it that […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index lost more than 100 points Thursday, weighed down by losses in technology and industrials, while U.S. stock markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 112.08 points at 25,514.08. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 450.94 points at 44,176.65. The S&P 500 index was down […]

TORONTO — Becoming a WNBA general manager has been a long time coming for Monica Wright Rogers. Wright Rogers was officially unveiled Thursday as the GM of the expansion Toronto Tempo. It comes roughly a month after the 36-year-old San Antonio native was hired by the league’s first-ever Canadian franchise. Wright Rogers joins the Tempo […]

Lorenzo Insigne’s future with Toronto FC remains murky with news that the high-priced Italian designated player is not with the team, two days before the MLS season opener at D.C. United. “He is in Toronto at the moment,” coach Robin Fraser said Thursday from Palm Beach, Fla., where TFC is wrapping up its pre-season training […]

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would incentivize First Nations to support natural-resource projects through industry taxes and revisiting how much sway Indigenous Peoples and environmental considerations have over approving projects. The proposals drew some swift criticism from experts and researchers. Speaking at a rally in Ottawa on Saturday, Poilievre said he would […]

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership hopeful Frank Baylis says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers have been dealing with President Donald Trump’s trade threats all wrong. He says they have made “mistake after mistake,” starting with Trudeau rushing to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida resort in November soon after he threatened Canada with tariffs. Baylis says the […]

OTTAWA — Seven transnational criminal organizations are being listed as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code to fight fentanyl trafficking, the federal government announced Thursday. The move is the Liberal government’s latest measure to bolster security and policing in response to American criticism. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose widespread tariffs on Canadian […]

Provincial police say they are searching for two inmates with “violent criminal history” after they escaped from a prison in the Muskoka Region on Wednesday. Police say two men, aged 68 and 70, fled in a grey or silver sedan from the federal Beaver Creek Institution in Gravenhurst, Ont. Correctional Service of Canada says staff […]