Author: The Canadian Press

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — A 40-year-old woman is facing charges in the death of a toddler who was found without vital signs in a Niagara Falls, Ont., home last year. Niagara regional police say officers found the two-year-old child after they were called to a home on Nov. 21, 2023. They say an autopsy later […]

TORONTO — George Weston Ltd. reported a third-quarter profit attributable to common shareholders of $15 million compared with a profit of $610 million in the same quarter a year ago as it was hit by a large one-time charge. The company, which owns a majority stake in Loblaw Companies Ltd. and a large stake in […]

TORONTO — Ontario is proposing a pilot project to tweak long-term care priority rules in order to address a problem of declining and mismatched admissions to the province’s cultural homes. The issue was created by the Progressive Conservative government’s own 2022 law known as Bill 7, which has been criticized for allowing people to be […]

TORONTO — Toronto poet-novelist Anne Michaels appealed for “unity” in Canada’s arts community on Monday night as she accepted the Giller Prize, an award boycotted by several prominent Canadian authors over its sponsors’ ties to Israel. Michaels won the $100,000 fiction prize for her novel “Held,” a multigenerational look at war and trauma spanning more […]

TORONTO — Chants of “Jak! Jak! Jak!” could be heard coming through the doors of the Toronto Raptors’ locker room as Jakob Poeltl turned in another stellar performance in the best season of his career. Poeltl had 30 points and 15 rebounds in Toronto’s 130-119 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday to end the […]

TORONTO (AP) — RJ Barrett scored a season-high 39 points, Jakob Poeltl had 30 points and 15 rebounds for his third straight double-double and the Toronto Raptors snapped a seven-game losing streak by beating the Indiana Pacers 130-119 on Monday night. Toronto came in with the NBA’s worst record at 2-12 and won for the […]

TORONTO — Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Giller Prize gala chanting and waving signs that demanded organizers of the lucrative book prize cut ties with some sponsors associated with Israel. Demonstrators gathered in front of a downtown Toronto hotel late afternoon Monday as the ceremony was about to begin, shouting at cars as they […]

OTTAWA — K’ahsho Got’ine guardians Twyla Edgi-Masuzumi, John Tobac and Buddy Gully pulled more than 300 fish out of the waters last week, distributing them to community members in the Northwest Territories who often struggle with the high cost of food. “It’s very expensive to live here … There’s a lot of people struggling out […]

TORONTO — Controversy yet again cast a shadow over Giller Prize festivities as protesters promised to gather at Monday’s gala hours before it was set to hand out the $100,000 award. The group known as CanLit Responds — working as part of a campaign called No Arms in the Arts — says members including authors […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index climbed Monday as the price of oil and gold both strengthened and investors continued to digest the market implications of another Donald Trump presidency. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 86.26 points at 24,976.94. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 55.39 points at 43,389.60. The […]