Author: The Canadian Press

Most of Ontario’s main party leaders will be courting voters in northern parts of the province today, as Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford returns to Toronto. NDP Leader Marit Stiles is set to make an announcement this morning in Sault Ste. Marie, before attending a local winter festival. Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie will be campaigning […]

Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Friday, Feb. 7: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Toronto: Ford is set to make an announcement in Scarborough at 11 a.m. He will also visit workers’ unions in Etobicoke and North York. — NDP Leader Marit Stiles Sault Ste. Marie: Stiles is set to […]

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Marco Mignosa’s hat trick fuelled the visiting Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds to a 7-4 win over the North Bay Battalion in the Ontario Hockey League on Thursday. Brady Martin had two goals and Travis Hayes and Brady T Smith each contributed a goal for Sault Ste. Marie (20-27-1-1). Greyhounds goalie Landon […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have traded guard Davion Mitchell to the Miami Heat for veteran forward PJ Tucker, a 2026 second-round pick and cash. The deal was reported hours before the NBA’s trade deadline Thursday, but confirmed hours afterwards. The Raptors acquired Mitchell in an off-season trade with Sacramento. The second-round draft pick is […]

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. has filed a response to the Competition Bureau’s allegations against the company of false advertising related to unlimited data plans. The bureau alleged in December that Rogers’ ads create the false or misleading impression that the plans provide consumers with limitless data, when in reality data service is severely limited […]

TORONTO (AP) — Brooklyn Nets coach Jordi Fernandez is stepping down as coach of Canada’s senior men’s national basketball team, Canada Basketball announced Thursday. Hired in 2023 to replace Nick Nurse, Fernandez led the program to its first Olympic qualification in 24 years and a bronze medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, its first […]

OTTAWA — A human rights lawyer whose tenure as head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission ended before it really began is suing a Conservative politician, a media personality and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs for defamation. At a press conference Thursday, Birju Dattani spoke about lawsuits he has filed against Conservative deputy […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moves lower Thursday, weighed down by losses in energy, telecom and technology stocks, while U.S. markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 35.35 points at 25,534.49. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 125.65 points at 44,747.63. The S&P 500 index was up 22.09 […]

Police say a 15-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a woman north of Toronto. Officers were called this morning to a residence in Vaughan, Ont., where they found a woman with critical injuries. She was pronounced dead on scene. York Regional Police say they arrested the teenage suspect and charged […]

TORONTO — A shelter worker who pushed a group of girls off a homeless man in a downtown Toronto parkette two years ago told court the man had blood pouring down his face but didn’t appear to be in a life-or-death situation. Melissa Alexander testified today at the trial of two teen girls charged in […]