Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The CFL suspended defensive lineman Sione Teuhema of the B.C. Lions for two games Tuesday after he tested positive for a banned substance. In a statement, the CFL said Teuhema tested positive for amphetamine, a stimulant. This marks Teuhema’s first violation of the league’s drug policy, thus resulting in a two-game suspension. Under […]

Police say a yearlong investigation into an alleged Greater Toronto Area criminal network has ended with charges against 17 people. York Regional Police say an investigation that began with an armed home invasion last Christmas Eve eventually unravelled a ring of alleged criminals planning home invasions and trafficking drugs. Police say officers were called on […]

TORONTO — Swimmer Summer McIntosh has won the Northern Star Award as Canada’s athlete of the year after a dominant performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 18-year-old from Toronto won three gold medals in Paris, becoming the first Canadian athlete to accomplish that feat at an Olympic Games, summer or winter. She set Olympic […]

TORONTO — As artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton strode across a Stockholm stage to receive his Nobel Prize for physics, the pride back home was palpable. A hearty crowd of about 100 students and colleagues at the University of Toronto, where Hinton is a professor emeritus, gathered Tuesday at the downtown campus to watch the […]

TORONTO — A new report says the Taylor Swift concerts in Toronto boosted spending in the recreation and entertainment sector but the overall impact on the Ontario economy remained modest. A TD Economics spending analysis shows one category in the province in particular — recreation and entertainment — saw a “remarkable” 15 per cent surge […]

A man whose alleged violent carjackings last month spanned the Greater Toronto Area and included firing shots at passing cars on Highway 401 has been charged by Ontario Provincial Police. OPP say a 29-year-old man who was previously charged by Toronto police is facing additional charges of attempted murder, armed robbery and possession of prohibited […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the country’s premiers are meeting virtually Wednesday with the prime minister to discuss the threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports. It comes two weeks after the premiers’ last meeting with Justin Trudeau, where they discussed how to respond to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s warning that he will […]

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. is launching what it calls Canada’s first home internet backup solution, saying it will allow customers to stay connected when there is a power or network outage. The company says the new product relies on a rechargeable battery that carries up to four hours of power. Once installed, a home […]

TORONTO — The 2026 FIFA World Cup will contribute up to $3.8 billion in “positive economic output” for Canada as a host nation, according to a FIFA economic impact assessment. That amount is split between Canadian gross domestic product, labour income and government revenue with GDP ($2 billion) and labour income ($1.3 billion) getting the […]

OTTAWA — Federal officials say copper wire theft is on the rise in Canada, but it’s difficult to combat because the infrastructure usually lacks basic security and its identifiers can be easily erased. Witnesses from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, the RCMP, Public Safety Canada and the Department of Justice testified Tuesday at the […]