Author: The Canadian Press

Peel Regional Police say six people have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into large-scale butter and ghee thefts in the area. Police say there has been a large increase in reported butter thefts at grocery stores in the region, with losses of more than $60,000. They say an investigation dubbed “Project Flaherty” […]

MARBELLA — Toronto FC gave up a late goal and had to settle for a 1-1 draw Thursday with Norway’s Fredrikstad FK in the MLS team’s first game of the pre-season. The contest was played in four 30-minute halves with TFC giving two different starting lineups 60 minutes each at La Quinta Football Center. Canadian […]

TORONTO — The chief executive of Rogers Communications Inc. says the company plans to “remain disciplined” this year amid a competitive telecom market, but could face challenges from Canada’s reduced immigration targets and the tariff threat from the U.S. Amid the current political environment, there “seems to be a sea of change here for the […]

The Grand Slam of Curling series is going international for the first time. The five-event circuit will make its first visit to the United States during the 2025-26 season, The Curling Group chief executive officer Nic Sulsky said. “We are going to do the first-ever U.S. Slam,” Sulsky told The Canadian Press. “That is going […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up more than 300 points in late-morning trading in a broad-based rally with strong gains in technology and base metal stocks. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 357.97 points at 25,831.27. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 48.84 points at 44,762.36. The S&P 500 […]

Police say a man wanted for murder in a 2018 Toronto shooting that killed an up-and-coming rapper and a 28-year-old man has been arrested in Alberta. RCMP in Airdrie, a city just north of Calgary, say the man tried and failed to flee on foot after the car he was travelling in was pulled over […]

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says if re-elected, he will honour the province’s commitment to the electric vehicle sector should U.S. President Donald Trump end a subsidy program. Trump has said the U.S. does not want or need Canada’s cars despite signing a free trade deal with Canada and Mexico in his first term. Ford’s […]

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he still plans to force a spring election when Parliament returns at end of March. He says that before that vote to topple the Liberal government happens, he could work with the governing party for about two months to rush through Parliament relief measures for workers who could […]

TORONTO — Walmart Canada says it will spend $6.5 billion over the next five years as it opens dozens of new stores. The retailer says the investment is the largest it has made since it entered Canada 30 years ago, but wouldn’t say exactly how many locations it will span. It says new stores in […]

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canada should bar American companies from all federal government procurement contracts if U.S. President Donald Trump hits the country with damaging tariffs. Singh is meeting with unionized steelworkers in Sault Ste. Marie today, where he’s laying out his “Buy Canadian” plan. He also says any funds Canada raises […]