Author: The Canadian Press

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Kayla Skrlik defeated Selena Sturmay 6-5 in a key matchup of Alberta-based rinks on Monday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Down 4-3 entering the ninth end, Skrlik (3-1) scored three points to take the largest lead of what was a tightly contested matchup. Sturmay only mustered up one point in […]

Ontario’s snap election is set for Feb. 27. Here’s what you need to know about casting a ballot. WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE? Residents of Ontario who are Canadian citizens and 18 or older can vote. WHAT DO I NEED TO VOTE? Those who are not already registered must add or update their information at […]

TORONTO — AFC Toronto has added former Canadian youth international forward Mya Jones on a season-long loan from the NWSL’s San Diego Wave. The 23-year-old from Calgary scored two goals for San Diego in 19 appearances, including 12 starts, last season after being drafted in the third round (42nd overall) of the 2024 NWSL draft. […]

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in January rose three per cent compared with December, helped by strength in multi-unit starts in Quebec and B.C. The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 239,739 units in January, up from 232,492 in […]

TORONTO — Colliers International Group Inc. says it has agreed to purchase a controlling interest in Australian urban planning and design advisory firm Ethos Urban Pty Limited. The deal is expected to close in the first half of this year. Colliers says Ethos Urban’s senior leadership team will remain “significant shareholders” in the business under […]

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland’s plan to fix the housing shortage would tie the number of new immigrants to housing availability. The former finance minister makes the promise in a 10-point policy document her campaign sent out this morning, saying the move would slow down population growth until the housing affordability crisis stabilizes. […]

Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Monday, Feb. 17: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Toronto: Ford will be in Toronto for the leader’s debate. — NDP Leader Marit Stiles Toronto: Stiles will be in Toronto for the leader’s debate. — Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie Toronto: Crombie will be in Toronto […]

The leaders of Ontario’s main political parties will reconvene this evening for a live studio debate ahead of the last 10 days of the election campaign. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie and Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner will be in Toronto for the debate hosted by CBC […]

OTTAWA — It’s deadline day for candidates to pay up so they can stay in the running to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader — and the field appears to be set. The final $125,000 instalment of a total $350,000 entrance fee is due by the end of the day — a high bar of […]

TORONTO — Avan Jogia wants to show you his guts. The actor-filmmaker’s second poetry collection, “Autopsy (of an ex-teen heartthrob)”, is a retrospective of the years he starred on the Nickelodeon show “Victorious” and the particular brand of fame it earned him in the early 2010s. Compiling the book, Jogia said, sent him through the […]