Author: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says he won’t join the race to become the next leader of the Liberal party. MacKinnon says he feels the competition to become the next leader needs diverse, experienced and pragmatic voices in both English and French. While he feels he could be that voice, the Gatineau MP says […]

OTTAWA — “Sunny ways, my friends. Sunny ways.” With those words, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began his time in office, having brought the Liberals out of the political wilderness and into a majority government in October 2015. Those sunny ways followed him into an unseasonably warm November day weeks later, when he attended his official […]

OTTAWA — In late 2023, Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said it was time for the federal government to redefine what the CBC does and how it does it. A year later — and with a federal election expected sometime this spring — her office is promising the minister will unveil the planned changes to the […]

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Peter Vaughan scored at 4:48 of overtime as the Brampton Steelheads edged the visiting North Bay Battalion 6-5 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday at the CAA Centre. Ethan Procyszyn scored three goals for the Steelheads (19-15-5-0), while Jacob LeBlanc and Andrew LeBlanc also netted singles. Angus MacDonell scored twice for […]

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 […]