Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner says he’s only focused on the upcoming season — and not his future. The winger’s status, however, cast a long shadow as the club reconvened for training camp Wednesday. Marner opened his media availability with a statement to reporters saying he wouldn’t be taking questions about his contract. […]

TORONTO — Sleep Country Holdings Inc. shareholders have voted in favour of selling the business to Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. for $1.7 billion. The mattress retailer says a majority of shareholders supported the deal which will see the financial holding company acquire all issued and outstanding common shares of Sleep Country for $35 per share. […]

TORONTO — Toronto police are investigating a shooting that left two men dead as a double homicide. Police say officers responded to a report of gunshots in the north Toronto neighbourhood of North York at around 2:20 p.m. on Tuesday. Officers say one man was pronounced dead at the scene and another was taken to […]

TORONTO — One person has died following an apartment fire in Scarborough. Toronto police say officers responded to reports of a fire inside an apartment building at Warden and Finch Avenue just after 8:30 p.m. last night. Police reported apartment windows breaking and debris falling from the building. They say a deceased person was located […]

TORONTO — The Michelin Guide’s famous inspectors have ventured outside Toronto’s city limits. The tiremaker-turned-tastemaker has expanded the bounds of the guide to cover “Toronto and Region” two years after its first foray into the city in 2022. Destination Toronto made the announcement this morning, hours before Michelin is set to release its third annual […]

LONDON, Ont. — General Motors Canada and Unifor have reached a tentative agreement at the company’s CAMI assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont. Details of the new contract, which is subject to ratification, were not immediately available. The union had said the contract talks would focus on wages, job security and better pension plans. Unifor represents […]

TORONTO — As Wealthsimple marks a decade in operation, the financial platform is disclosing for the first time that it’s profitable as its revenue and assets jump. The company that started as a robo-advisor has been steadily adding investment capabilities over the years as well as more bank-like features as it tries to lure customers […]

OTTAWA — A federal inquiry into foreign interference is slated to hear today from current and former politicians who have been singled out by meddlers. Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole, Conservative MP Michael Chong and New Democrat MP Jenny Kwan have all been identified publicly as targets of interference by China. The inquiry’s latest hearings […]

TORONTO — Voters in an eastern Ontario riding head to the polls Thursday in a provincial byelection that may end up being a tighter race than its recent electoral history would suggest. The Bay of Quinte riding has only been vacant for a month, since cabinet minister Todd Smith resigned, but Premier Doug Ford called […]

TORONTO — Filmmaker Chase Joynt’s medium-bending memoir is among the five books in the running for Canada’s top non-fiction prize. Officials announced Wednesday that “Vantage Points: On Media as Trans Memoir,” which ties his history to that of Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan, made the short list for the $75,000 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for […]