Author: The Canadian Press

LOYALIST TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO, CANADA — The plant was expected to produce batteries for a million electric vehicles a year. Once up and running, it was supposed to create hundreds of permanent jobs in a small southeastern Ontario municipality. It was, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at the time, “big news” that Belgium-based Umicore chose Loyalist […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to release its August consumer price index report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters are expecting the report to show prices rose 2.1 per cent from a year ago, down from a 2.5 per cent annual gain in July. Inflation has remained below three per cent throughout 2024, giving […]

KING CITY, Ont. — Captain Nicholas Kirton scored 73 runs not out and Dilon Heyliger took five wickets as Canada celebrated its first one-day international on home soil in 11 years with a commanding 103-run win over Nepal in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 play Monday. Kirton, batting fifth, hammered six sixes and three […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say an injured officer who they initially said had been “slashed” while responding to a call about a person in crisis was actually hurt while closing a broken glass door. Police initially said the officer had been “slashed in the arm,” but later clarified in a follow-up post on social media […]

OTTAWA — MPs will hold an emergency debate in the House of Commons tonight on the recent deaths of First Nations peoples during interactions with Canadian police forces. Six First Nations peoples have died in the last two weeks at the hands of police officers, which NDP MP Lori Idlout characterizes as a “disturbing pattern.” […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose Monday on broad-based strength, while U.S. markets were mixed as investors anticipated an interest rate cut later in the week, though the Dow set a new record. Markets continued their recent trend of broadening, rotating away from large tech companies and toward a wider range of other sectors, […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays claimed Tyler Heineman off waivers from the Boston Red Sox on Monday and designated fellow catcher Brian Serven for assignment. Heineman, who had two short stints with the Blue Jays over the last couple years, spent the majority of this season at Triple-A Worcester. The 33-year-old native of Pacific […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose Monday on broad-based strength, while U.S. markets were mixed as investors anticipated an interest rate cut later in the week. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 133.42 points at 23,702.07. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 228.30 points at 41,622.08. The S&P 500 index […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog says a 21-year-old man fell to his death from the balcony of a Toronto condo where officers were set to carry out an early-morning search warrant. The Special Investigations Unit says York regional police officers arrived at 5 a.m. to carry out the search at a condo on Sherway Gardens […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say an officer was rushed to hospital after they were slashed in the arm. Police say the officer responded just before 1:15 p.m. to, “a person in crisis.” In a brief update on social media, police say it happened in the area of Spadina Road and Dupont Street. Police say the […]