Author: The Canadian Press

The beloved Theodore Tugboat replica that partially sank in St. Catharines, Ont., has been refloated. The boat’s owner says the life-size version of the TV character was safely righted on Thursday afternoon, but there is still more work to do. The boat called Theodore Too began taking on water earlier this week while docked in […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index slumped again on Thursday, dragged lower by losses in sectors like industrials and real estate, while U.S. markets rose a day after one of their worst declines of the year. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 143.06 points at 24,413.94. In New York, stocks recovered a portion of their […]

LONDON — Canadian Matt (Ginja Ninja) Campbell never trailed but still had to hold off Serbian-Austrian Mensur (The Gentle) Suljovic to win his first-round match Thursday at the Paddy Power World Darts Championship. The tournament has a purse of 2.5 million pounds ($4,495,510) with 500,000 pounds ($899,100) going to the winner. Campbell took the opening […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index slumped again on Thursday, dragged lower by losses in sectors like industrials and real estate. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 143.06 points at 24,413.94. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 15.37 points at 42,342.24. The S&P 500 index was down 5.08 points at 5,867.08, […]

TORONTO — Canada’s best men’s basketball players were left wanting more in 2024. Hamilton’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished second in NBA MVP voting for the 2023-24 season, the best performance among a record-high 27 Canadians in the league. His Oklahoma City Thunder had a disappointing second-round exit in the NBA’s Western Conference playoffs, and Canada’s men’s […]

TORONTO — Ontario has appointed a reviewer to look into expenses at the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board after four trustees spent $45,000 on a trip to Italy to buy $100,000 worth of art in July. Education Minister Jill Dunlop calls the board’s use of public money “appalling.” Aaron Shull, who is currently […]

OTTAWA — A new report by Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters says the tariffs threatened by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump could be potentially devastating for Canadian businesses and workers. The report based on a poll of more than 300 manufacturers says nearly nine in 10 Canadian manufacturers would face significant or very severe impacts if the […]

OTTAWA — Canada Post has started accepting commercial volumes of letters and parcels as it works to get back to normal operations following a month-long strike. However, the postal service has warned that Canadians should expect delays into the new year as it deals with the backlog of mail. “With a large, integrated network of […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet on Friday morning. A government source confirms a swearing-in ceremony will take place at Rideau Hall. This comes at the end of a tumultuous week that saw Trudeau lose his finance minister and face a new swell of pressure within his caucus for him to […]

OTTAWA — The federal justice minister says a new commission that will review potential wrongful convictions will help racialized and Indigenous Peoples seek justice who are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. The law, named after David Milgaard and his mother, Joyce, will move the review process of cases away from the ministers, and will […]