Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The Stratford Festival will remount “Something Rotten!” in 2026, which will be the last season with artistic director Antoni Cimolino at the helm. The southern Ontario theatre festival says the smash 2024 production, which tells the tale of two of Shakespeare’s contemporaries, will return by popular demand. The season, which runs from April […]

ST. JOHN’S — About 20,000 people living on the outskirts of St. John’s, N.L., were preparing to evacuate their homes and businesses Tuesday as a new wildfire burned near the province’s largest city. Premier John Hogan issued a precautionary evacuation alert late Monday for parts of two towns southwest of St. John’s — Paradise and […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s climate plan is set to be put to the constitutional test again in December. A lawyer for a group of young climate activists says their historic constitutional challenge is set to be heard for a second time in Ontario Superior Court on Dec. 1 and 2. The new hearing comes after Canada’s […]

ST. JOHN’S — More than 13,000 people living on the outskirts of St. John’s, N.L., have been told to prepare to evacuate their homes and businesses as a new wildfire burns near the province’s largest city. Premier John Hogan issued a precautionary evacuation alert late Monday for parts of two towns southwest of St. John’s […]

Ontario Provincial Police say an 18-year-old man from Oshawa, Ont., who was recently charged in a collision that killed a father of three is the same person facing a dangerous driving charge in a crash involving Premier Doug Ford. A GoFundMe page by Christina Cristillo identifies her husband Andrew Cristillo as the victim of the […]

More help from the Canadian Armed Forces is expected today in Newfoundland and Labrador to help fight wildfires. Premier John Hogan says the number of firefighters from the military will double to 80. As well, two water bombers from Ontario were scheduled to arrive on Monday to help with his province’s battle against a string […]

ST. JOHN’S — Newfoundland and Labrador Premier John Hogan says two water bombers from Ontario are expected to help with his province’s battle against a string of stubborn wildfires. As of Monday, there were four wildfires burning out of control in the province – two in eastern Newfoundland and two in Labrador. The fire that […]

Love is apparently in the air for Hank, a miniature donkey from Erin, Ont., whose dating profile has gained considerable traction online. The seven-year-old jack resides at Erin Hill Acres, a family-owned and operated tourism farm located an hour west of Toronto. Per his profile, Hank is looking for a soulmate to live out his […]

TORONTO — It was feast or famine for the Toronto Blue Jays on their recent road trip that included a record-breaking beatdown of the Colorado Rockies and a series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The first-place team is back home for a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs starting Tuesday night at Rogers Centre […]

TORONTO — Barrick Mining Corp. took a US$1.04-billion charge in its second quarter related to its loss of control of a gold mine in Mali, but still reported a rise in profit thanks to higher gold prices and an asset sale. The Toronto-based mining company said Monday it earned US$811 million or 47 cents US […]