Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The CFL Players’ Association appointed Peter Dyakowski as its interim executive director Tuesday. Dyakowski will assume the role at the end of September when executive director Brian Ramsay leaves to become the executive director of the Professional Hockey Players’ Association. Dyakowski played 11 CFL seasons as an offensive lineman with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained almost one per cent on Tuesday, boosted by financial and technology stocks, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher, led by a 2.4-per-cent gain on the Nasdaq. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 219.25 points at 22,618.18. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 408.63 […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors will visit the Milwaukee Bucks on Nov. 12 in their opening game of the 2024 Emirates NBA Cup in-season tournament. The Raptors and Bucks have been drawn into the tournament’s East Group B alongside the Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, and Miami Heat for the second annual competition. The Raptors host […]

OTTAWA — A recently released international report says Canada’s temporary foreign worker program is a “breeding ground” for contemporary slavery. The final report by a United Nations special rapporteur who visited Canada last year says a power imbalance prevents workers from exercising their rights. Workers’ status is dependent on a closed work permit that is […]

The search for a Markham, Ont., woman who disappeared under “suspicious” circumstances last week continues in a rural area north of the city, police said Tuesday as they urged anyone with information to come forward. York Regional Police said the search is focusing on an area surrounding a property on Vandorf Side Road in Stouffville, […]

TORONTO — My Boy Prince has been installed as the 7-5 early favourite for the $1-million King’s Plate. The 2024 Plate Trial winner, trained by Mark Casse, will break from the No. 7 post in the 1 1/4-mile King’s Plate, which will be run Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack. Casse also had the 2-1 second favourite […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board says it earned a net return of 4.2 per cent for the first six months of this year. The result came as the pension fund says it earned net investment income of $10.8 billion for the period. Ontario Teachers’ says it had $255.8 billion in total net […]

A 17-year-old boy from Kitchener has been charged after a firearm was pulled out during an argument in Kitchener, Ont. Waterloo Regional Police say officers were called to the Sheldon Avenue and King Street East area on Sunday around 8:30 p.m. after reports of a disturbance. They say officers learned a group of youths were […]

Police are investigating after a person was shot in a home in Caledon on Sunday night. Ontario Provincial Police say they were called to a home on Castlederg Sideroad shortly before 12 a.m. for a shooting. They say one person was located at the scene suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Police say the injured […]

OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee will investigate how a man facing terror charges was admitted to Canada and obtained citizenship. Members of Parliament on the national security committee voted unanimously to launch a study on the terror suspects arrested in the Toronto area last month. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son […]