Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (22,011.62, up 42.38 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Up 19 cents, or 0.39 per cent, to $49.15 on 12.5 million shares. Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Finance. Up 20 cents, or 0.62 per cent, to $32.27 on 8.9 […]

TORONTO — Bob Geldof wasn’t sold on the idea of a Live Aid stage musical, at least not at first. To paraphrase his colourful words, he thought it was a crappy idea.  Producers had approached him with an early draft of “Just For One Day,” their pop-infused stage show about the making of the legendary […]

TORONTO — Strength in base metals helped Canada’s main stock index post a small gain Monday, while U.S. markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 42.38 points at 22,011.62. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 146.43 points at 38,386.09. The S&P 500 index was up 16.21 points at 5,116.17,while […]

TORONTO — Auston Matthews will be alongside his teammates in Boston.  Whether the Maple Leafs sniper is on the ice with Toronto facing elimination is another massive question mark in a series that’s already featured plenty of lineup secrecy and intrigue.  Matthews didn’t practise as the Leafs prepared for Tuesday’s must-win Game 5 down 3-1 […]

Two Ontario universities are warning anyone planning to follow the lead of pro-Palestinian student activists in the U.S. and elsewhere in Canada that setting up encampments on campus will not be tolerated.  The University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa say they understand tensions are high, many people are feeling anxious due to the […]

TORONTO — The Live Aid musical is coming to Canada. Producers behind “Just For One Day” say their pop-infused stage show about the making of the legendary 1985 benefit concert lands in Toronto next January, ahead of the event’s 40th anniversary. The musical recounts the ambitious making-of story behind Live Aid, drawing on interviews with […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Nikita Grebyonkin to a three-year, entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Monday. The contract, which comes into effect immediately, carries an average annual value of US$875,000. The 21-year-old recently helped Metallurg Magnitogorsk win the Kontinental Hockey League’s Gagarin Cup. He had 41 points (19 goals, 22 […]

TORONTO — Auston Matthews will be alongside his teammates in Boston.  Whether the Maple Leafs sniper is on the ice with Toronto facing elimination is a massive question mark.  Matthews didn’t practise today as the Leafs prepared for tomorrow’s must-win Game 5 down 3-1 in their first-round playoffs series against the Bruins.  Head coach Sheldon […]

TORONTO — The majority of Canadians aspiring to buy a home say they will push their plans to next year or later to wait for interest rates to drop, a new survey shows.  Bank of Montreal says 72 per cent of respondents hoping to buy a home will wait until borrowing costs fall — an […]

BRANTFORD, Ont. — Ontario says it will give wildland firefighters the same cancer, heart and post-traumatic stress disorder coverage as municipal firefighters. Labour Minister David Piccini says the province will also expand presumptive coverage to firefighters for skin cancer.  That means certain cancers, heart injuries and PTSD diagnoses are considered to be work-related, which helps […]