Author: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — More than 18.7 million Canadians will be getting a $250 cheque from the federal government this spring as part of a suite of measures the Liberals are proposing that will also temporarily cut the GST on items like toys, restaurant meals, and beer and wine. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Rock band Our Lady Peace, golf star Mike Weir and actress Tonya Williams are among those set to be inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame next year. They will join Juno-winning guitarist Liona Boyd, pioneering cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Tirone David and War Child Canada founder Dr. Samantha Nutt. The Walk of Fame, which […]

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are seeking to temporarily take the federal sales tax off a slew of items just in time for Christmas. A senior government official who was not authorized to speak publicly about the announcement says the move would affect a number of items including toys, diapers, restaurant meals and beer and […]

TORONTO — The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has signed a new joint venture deal with Pacific Asset Management Co. to develop data centres in South Korea. The investment manager says it is its second data centre joint venture with Pacific AMC. CPP Investments has committed $285 million to the $1-billion joint venture’s initial seed […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man is dead and his adult son has been arrested after an alleged stabbing. Officers were called around 11 p.m. to a stabbing at a home in the city’s east end, near Finch Avenue and McCowan Road. Police say officers found an injured man. They say he died at […]

TORONTO — Taylor Swift is throwing another party in Toronto as her celebrated Eras Tour heads into its final three nights in the city. The pop superstar will pack the Rogers Centre full of Swifties tonight, Friday and Saturday. She’ll head to Vancouver for the last three shows of her tour, performing at BC Place […]

NEW YORK (AP) — An inevitable fact of interviewing Ridley Scott is that, whatever movie he’s about to release, you’ll find him already knee-deep in his next project. Scott, Hollywood’s perpetual rolling stone even at age 86, may be preparing to unveil “Gladiator II,” one of his biggest epics yet, but during an interview earlier […]

TORONTO — Defying logic, the Maple Leafs have now won six of seven since Auston Matthews was sidelined by an upper-body injury. And despite others joining the captain on the sidelines, Toronto blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 Wednesday for the latest unlikely chapter. “I thought that guys, to a man, stepped up,” coach Craig […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce on Thursday a temporary GST break for certain essential items to help ease affordability pressures. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says in a statement that the announcement is in response to his party’s demands to permanently lift the goods and services tax on a range of […]

TORONTO (AP) — Fraser Minten scored his first NHL goal as the injury-ravaged Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Wednesday night. William Nylander scored his 13th of the season at 3:01 of the third on the power play. Pontus Holmberg added an empty-net goal. Joseph Woll stopped all 31 shots he […]