Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Metro is heading into 2025 with renewed capacity to grow its business after reaching the final milestone in its seven-year, almost billion-dollar supply chain transformation, which added new automation technology across its warehouses in Quebec and Ontario. In an increasingly competitive industry, Metro needed to scale up its supply chain in a way […]

TORONTO — A recreational soccer team in Toronto says controversy surrounding its league’s gender policy, which temporarily excluded non-binary players from women’s teams, has sparked a bigger conversation about accessibility and support for LGBTQ+ athletes. Evergreen FC co-captain Riley Yesno says her team, composed of female, LGBTQ+ and gender diverse members, has been playing in […]

TORONTO — Ingrid Menezes gestures toward herself as she takes in the sight of an African wilderness. “Come on zebra, come,” she says as she starts to pet the air above her lap. “What else do you see Ingrid?” asks Dorothy Laugo, a recreation assistant running the virtual reality session on a tablet as the […]

OTTAWA — The Liberal government was thrown into disarray this week when Chrystia Freeland stepped down from cabinet as finance minister, reviving calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down or call an election. Way down in the polls with 2025 set as an election year and no signs of a Liberal recovery on […]

Police say they have made two more arrests in the case of a Toronto-area woman whose burned remains were found in August. York Regional Police say the two suspects face a slew of charges and one of them also stands accused of manslaughter. Yuk-Ying Anita Mui, a 56-year-old from Markham, was reported missing by her […]

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz will undergo knee surgery and miss four to six weeks, general manager Brad Treliving said Tuesday. Stolarz left the Maple Leafs’ 3-2 win over visiting Anaheim on Thursday with a lower-body injury. He could be seen flexing his right leg after allowing the Ducks’ first goal […]

TORONTO — An expert in gaming law expects former Toronto Raptors centre Jontay Porter will be sentenced to at least a prison term and face other punishments. Porter’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for Wednesday at a federal courthouse in Brooklyn, N.Y. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud on July 10 after admitting […]

OTTAWA — The RCMP will create a new aerial intelligence task force to provide round-the-clock surveillance of Canada’s border using helicopters, drones and surveillance towers. The move is part of the federal government’s $1.3-billion upgrade to border security and monitoring to appease concerns of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump about the flow of migrants and illegal […]

TORONTO — The loonie fell below 70 cents US on Tuesday after the latest reading on inflation dropped below two per cent. The Canadian dollar traded for 69.91 cents US compared with 70.23 cents US on Monday after Statistics Canada said the annual inflation rate in November was 1.9 per cent, down from 2.0 per […]

OTTAWA — The Conservatives are calling for Parliament to hold hearings in January on Canada-U.S. trade ahead of president-elect Donald Trump’s entry to the White House, as businesses and experts seek a coherent response to the threat of tariffs. “We have a U.S. president(-elect) with a strong mandate, who is a powerful negotiator who can […]