Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have to go another game without their projected starting lineup when they host the Orlando Magic tonight. Canadian swingman RJ Barrett was ruled out hours before tipoff at Scotiabank Arena. Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., missed Toronto’s last two games with an undisclosed illness. The return of point guard Immanuel Quickley […]

The union representing Ontario’s college faculties says it could begin some form of labour action next Thursday. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union will be in a legal strike position as of Saturday but has to give five days’ notice before embarking on a strike. OPSEU says it gave the necessary notice today. The union […]

TORONTO — Environment Canada says two massive summer storms helped catapult Toronto’s Pearson International Airport to its wettest year on record. Meteorologist Steven Flisfeder says the airport weather station recorded 1,145 millimetres of precipitation in 2024. That beats out the previous annual record set in 2008 by almost 100 millimetres, and surpasses the 30-year norm […]

The mayor for a southern Ontario city says a councillor is facing a second consecutive 90-day pay suspension and allegations against her have been referred to police, after he announced the municipal council would move its meetings online over alleged threats from her supporters. The conflict in Pickering began more than a year ago over […]

OTTAWA — Canada will host five major international women’s hockey tournaments between 2026 and 2030, Hockey Canada and the International Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday. Canada will host the world women’s hockey championship in 2027 and 2023, and the world under-18 women’s championship in 2026, 2028 and 2030. It will be the first time a […]

TORONTO — As some people try to cut down their drinking and embrace Dry January, they may look to Canada’s health agencies for guidance — and find some conflicting advice. This week, the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research launched a website where users can calculate their health risks — including cancer, heart disease and […]

TORONTO — The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it is selling its stake in a logistics investment partnership it established with Australia’s Goodman Group. CPP Investments says it will realize about US$2.2 billion in net proceeds from its investment in Goodman North American Partnership. The partnership was established in 2012 with a mandate to […]

HALIFAX — Halifax police say the 39-year-old man who allegedly killed a woman and her father on New Year’s Eve was a fugitive wanted in a 2019 Toronto nightclub shooting. Investigators say Matthew Costain died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound a few hours after he shot and killed 40-year-old Cora-Lee Smith and her 73-year-old father, […]

Sarah Bauer woke up to a shaking house. She thought maybe an earthquake had struck near her home in Torrance, a village in Ontario’s cottage country. But when she looked outside, she saw a massive tree had collapsed onto her driveway under the weight of rapidly accumulating snowfall, taking down a power line with it. […]