Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Ontario grocery stores — particularly smaller, independent shops — say new bottle return requirements that were sprung on them a week before they’re set to take effect may make it impossible to participate in Premier Doug Ford’s expansion of alcohol sales. Grocery stores that aren’t already selling alcohol can start stocking their shelves […]

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada strongly condemns a new surge in gang violence in Haiti. In recent weeks, gang violence has increased in the Caribbean nation and the UN says gangs now control 85 per cent of the capital city of Port-au-Prince. Kenya is leading a multinational security mission to restore […]

TORONTO — Toronto police are appealing to the public for information on the five-year anniversary of an alleged hit-and-run that killed a 16-year-old boy. Det. Sgt. Brandon Price says Matthew Dreaver was out at night with his 14-year-old friend when they had “an interaction” with two men in the city’s east end in October 2019. […]

KITCHENER, Ont. — A defence lawyer for a man who stabbed three people in a University of Waterloo gender studies class last year is arguing that the Crown has not proven the crimes were motivated by bias, prejudice or hate. Cooper Lord is arguing at Geovanny Villalba-Aleman’s sentencing hearing that even though his client gave […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index edged lower in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in the telecommunication and financial sectors, while U.S. stock markets moved higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 8.26 points at 24,543.29. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 0.48 of a point at 42,374.84. The S&P […]

TORONTO — Corus Entertainment Inc. has gained some breathing room. The company says it has agreed to a deal with its lenders that will buy it some time as it works to slash costs and reduce its debt. The agreement amends and restates its existing syndicated, senior secured credit facilities with its bank group, led […]

OTTAWA — The federal government’s deficit was $9.8 billion for the April-to-August period. The Finance Department’s latest fiscal monitor says the result compared with a deficit of $4.3 billion during the same period a year earlier. Revenue for the period rose by $16.7 billion or 9.3 per cent compared with a year earlier due to […]

OSHAWA, Ont. — Ontario says it will not allow international students in medical schools beginning in the fall of 2026. The province says at least 95 per cent of medical school spots are to be reserved for Ontario residents and the remainder will be for students from other parts of Canada. The province is also […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.4 per cent to $66.6 billion in August, helped by higher new car sales. The agency says sales were up in four of nine subsectors as sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers rose 3.5 per cent, boosted by a 4.3 per cent increase at new car […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a baby is dead and a woman was left with serious injuries after an overnight house fire in the city’s west end. Police reported the house on fire just after 1 a.m. near Trethewey Drive and Eglinton Avenue. Toronto Paramedic Services say they took two people to hospital, one in […]