Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower Monday, weighed down by energy stocks as the price of oil fell, while U.S. stock markets rose. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 33.93 points at 25,410.35. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 440.06 points at 44,736.57. The S&P 500 index was up […]

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair said Monday that he’s ready to work with the incoming Donald Trump administration to speed up Canada’s timeline to meet its NATO alliance spending targets. Canada committed last year to meet the NATO members’ pledge to spend at least two per cent of GDP on national defence and in […]

TORONTO — Utah’s NHL team says players were forced to walk to their game against the Maple Leafs after their bus got stuck in Toronto traffic Sunday night. The Utah Hockey Club posted an Instagram video of team members marching to Scotiabank Arena, with player Maveric Lamoureux saying the bus was “not moving at all.” […]

TORONTO — Ontario has passed a divisive piece of legislation that will prevent municipalities from adding certain new bike lanes and remove bike lanes on three main Toronto roads. The fast-tracked bill requires municipalities to ask the province for permission to install bike lanes when they would remove a lane of vehicle traffic. It goes […]

TORONTO — Drake is taking his musical stylings Down Under with a short Australian tour set to kick off on the same date as rival Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance. The Toronto rapper announced the Anita Max Wynn Tour during a livestream Sunday night with Félix Lengyel, a Quebecois streamer known as xQc who […]

OTTAWA — About 600,000 small businesses will start receiving their long-awaited federal carbon rebates today. The federal government has promised to return about $2.5 billion collected from small and medium-sized businesses in carbon pricing since 2019. Initial plans were to return the money annually through various programs to encourage energy-efficiency investments but those mostly failed […]

Media personality Ben Mulroney has launched a new radio talk show with Corus Entertainment. A release states “The Ben Mulroney Show,” which debuted Monday on 640 Toronto, airs weekdays featuring commentary, interviews and discussions on current events. The first hour focuses on issues impacting the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, while the remaining two hours, […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has directed a top adviser to deliver a renewed national security strategy setting out a framework for Canada’s security, defence and diplomatic posture. In a mandate letter to national security and intelligence adviser Nathalie Drouin, Trudeau says he expects her to consult Canadians and work through the national security […]

Provincial police say two people are facing charges after “irreplaceable” war memorabilia and other items were stolen last week from a Royal Canadian Legion in Gravenhurst, Ont. Police say they are still trying to recover many of the stolen items, which include First World War and Second World War memorabilia, a wheelchair and clothing. They […]

TORONTO — Court documents are offering a window into what sparked the Competition Bureau’s investigation into two of Canada’s most prominent furniture retailers. The watchdog obtained a court order last week forcing Leon’s Furniture Limited and its subsidiary The Brick Warehouse LP to hand over documents that will help determine whether the companies engaged in […]