Author: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark, who is considering a run for federal Liberal leader, has backtracked on her claim this week that she’d never been a member of the Conservative party. Clark told CBC Radio’s The House that she is “very seriously” considering a leadership bid, but expressed disappointment with the short […]

An Ontario public health official says they’ve detected norovirus among a group of 190 people reporting symptoms of gastroenteritis at the University of Guelph over the last week. Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health spokesperson Danny Williamson says the positive norovirus sample arrived Friday, days after a wave of students started reporting gastroenteritis symptoms to the southwestern Ontario […]

TORONTO — Toronto FC players reported for pre-season medicals Saturday ahead of training camp stints in Spain and Florida. The group included Italian star Lorenzo Insigne, who signalled his return with a social media post showing a photo of the Toronto night skyline with the world “Back” accompanied by a Canadian flag. There had been […]

OTTAWA — Andrew Gibson’s goal at 19:12 of the third period snapped a 2-2 deadlock and lifted the visiting Oshawa Generals to a 3-2 Ontario Hockey League victory over the Ottawa 67’s on Friday at TD Place. Beckett Sennecke scored twice for the East Division-leading Generals (24-13-2-1), who outshot the hosts 32-26. Luca Pinelli and […]

TORONTO — Federal funding for COVID-19 vaccines will stop this year and the provinces and territories will be responsible for buying them, as well as determining the timing of the vaccinations, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. The agency published the information online on Friday, along with the National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s COVID-19 […]

TORONTO (AP) — All-Star reliever Jeff Hoffman and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $33 million, three-year contract. The team announced the deal Friday night, two days after his 32nd birthday. Hoffman went 3-3 with a 2.17 ERA and 10 saves last season for the NL East champion Philadelphia Phillies, earning his first […]

TORONTO — Who says you can’t home? Right-handed pitcher Jeff Hoffman, selected ninth overall by the Blue Jays in 2014 and dealt to the Colorado Rockies the following summer, has returned to Toronto. The Blue Jays agreed to terms Friday with the 32-year-old Hoffman on a three-year contract worth $33 million. Hoffman posted a 2.17 […]

OTTAWA — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney signalled through his campaign team Friday that he will launch his bid to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal party late next week, after garnering support from more than two dozen Liberal MPs in the past few days. And in an interview […]

OTTAWA — Canada is joining its closest allies in denouncing Venezuela’s crackdown on democracy — the first G7 foreign policy statement since Canada began chairing the group this year. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was inaugurated Friday for a third six-year term, after a July election widely seen as illegitimate. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado appeared […]

OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed Rebel News Network’s latest bid to quash $3,000 in fines levied against the right-wing media outlet by the commissioner of elections. The fines were imposed in 2021 after an investigation by the commissioner’s office into lawn signs erected by Rebel News during the 2019 federal election […]