Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith resigned his seat and from cabinet Friday to accept a job in the private sector less than three months after being given the education portfolio. Smith has served in cabinet since Premier Doug Ford’s government was first elected in 2018, but spent the longest amount of time in […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in base metal, energy and industrial stocks, while U.S. stock markets also moved lower. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 20.07 points at 23,012.65. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 19.80 points at 40,543.26. The S&P […]

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. says chief executive David Klein is retiring next year. The cannabis company says Klein will call it quits at the end of the company’s current financial year on March 31, 2025. Until then or once a successor is named, he is expected to continue in his role as […]

TORONTO — Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith has announced he is resigning his seat and from cabinet effective immediately to accept a job in the private sector. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man who fled to El Salvador roughly two decades ago has been returned to Canada to face a second-degree murder charge in the death of his wife. Police say they found 26-year-old Rosaura Tolentino Ramos dead inside a home in the city’s northwest on Aug. 31, 2004. They say […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 2.1 per cent to $69.6 billion in June, as sales for the transportation equipment, chemical product and primary metal subsectors moved lower. Overall, the agency says sales were down in 17 of the 21 subsectors. Sales in the transportation equipment subsector dropped 2.9 per cent to $11.0 […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 2.1 per cent to $69.6 billion in June, as sales for the transportation equipment, chemical product and primary metal subsectors moved lower. Overall, the agency says sales were down in 17 of the 21 subsectors. Sales in the transportation equipment subsector dropped 2.9 per cent to $11.0 […]

TORONTO — If you’ve noticed kids’ conversations sound a little different this back-to-school season, you’re not alone. Words like “skibidi,” “sigma” and “gyatt” now pepper tweens’ sentences, and “Ohio” is more than just a U.S. state: it’s a state of being. The issue came up at 11-year-old Dashiell Chinn’s summer camp, where he said his […]

TORONTO — If you’ve noticed kids’ conversations sound a little different this back-to-school season, you’re not alone. Words like “skibidi,” “sigma” and “gyatt” now pepper tweens’ sentences, and “Ohio” is more than just a U.S. state: it’s a state of being. The issue came up at 11-year-old Dashiell Chinn’s summer camp, where he said his […]

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in July climbed 16 per cent compared with June. The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in Canada for July was 279,509 units, up from 241,643 in June. The increase came as the annual pace […]