Author: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Ontario’s housing minister is announcing a new set of planning rules, which he says will help more homes get built in communities across the province. Paul Calandra announced the new Provincial Planning Statement today at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference, telling the municipal leaders in attendance that it will give them […]

OTTAWA — Senior public servants have been called to a House of Commons committee to explain the government’s decision to buy a $9-million condo for the consul general in New York. Conservative MP Michael Barrett called the residence “excessive” and “opulent,” and questioned why the procurement minister was not made aware of the purchase. “Was […]

OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs in Manitoba are calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to rescind the appointment of veteran broadcaster Charles Adler to the Senate. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says Adler’s past comments toward Indigenous Peoples are “grossly offensive” and perpetuate stereotypes. In 1999, while working on a radio show in Winnipeg, Adler […]

TORONTO — About 800 Canadian employees are being laid off by SkipTheDishes and its parent company. Roughly 100 Canada-based workers will depart SkipTheDishes, the food delivery service’s chief executive Paul Burns revealed on LinkedIn on Tuesday. Meanwhile, some 700 staff members who work for its owner Just Eat Takeaway.com will also lose their jobs, he […]

TORONTO — Argonauts coach Ryan Dinwiddie says recently reinstated quarterback Chad Kelly will start Thursday when Toronto hosts the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The league announced Sunday that Kelly is cleared to return to the league, with conditions, after serving a suspension for violating its gender-based violence policy. The CFL suspended Kelly in May for its two […]

TORONTO — Scattered throughout Kenzie Allen’s debut poetry collection are familiar names: Indiana Jones, Pocahontas, Yoko Ono. “The pop culture figures are not just fun, weird foils for me, which they are, but they’re also a shared reference point,” she said. For a long time, she said, she felt like she had to include those […]

OTTAWA — The Canada Border Services Agency says a partial systems outage is impacting airports and that it is working to fix the issue. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The Canadian men’s soccer team will play a friendly match against Panama at Toronto’s BMO Field during the upcoming FIFA window. Canada Soccer announced the Oct. 15 match in a release on Tuesday. The Canadians are coming off an impressive fourth-place finish at the 2024 Copa America in which they were narrowly defeated […]

TORONTO — A new study finds most Canadians have spotted deepfakes online and almost a quarter encounter them weekly. The research from Toronto Metropolitan University public policy organization The Dais reveals 60 per cent of people in the country have seen deepfakes. Deepfakes are digitally-manipulated images or videos depicting scenes that have not happened. The […]

OTTAWA — Senior public servants have been called to a House of Commons committee to explain the government’s decision to buy a $9-million condo for the consul general in New York. Conservative MP Michael Barrett called the residence “excessive” and “opulent,” and questioned why the foreign affairs minister was not made aware of the purchase. […]