Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says home sales in June declined 16.4 per cent from last year, with many potential buyers staying on the sidelines despite the highly anticipated Bank of Canada interest rate cut. The board said 6,213 homes changed hands in the month compared with 7,429 in June of last […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock market was up in late-morning trading, helped higher by strength in the telecom, utility and energy sectors. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 25.96 points at 22,249.63. The increase came asU.S. stock markets closed for the July 4 holiday. The Canadian dollar traded for 73.46 cents US compared with 73.33 […]

TORONTO — Canada has been allocated a second spot in the women’s individual 10-metre diving event at the Paris Olympics. Diving Canada announced Thursday that Kate Miller will dive in the event, along with Caeli McKay. Miller, from Ottawa, earned the spot by finishing second behind McKay in the 10m event at the Canadian Diving […]

OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer estimates that staffing up the new regulators in the Liberals’ Online Harms Act will cost around $200 million over five years. The federal government wants to establish a Digital Safety Commission to regulate social-media companies and force them to limit harmful content online. If the government legislation passes in […]

TORONTO — The union representing workers at Ontario’s main liquor retailer says the two sides remain far apart ahead of a strike deadline. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union has set a strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. Friday for its approximately 10,000 workers at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. A spokesperson says they are […]

OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer estimates that staffing up the new regulators in the Liberals’ Online Harms Act will cost around $200 million over five years. The federal government wants to establish a Digital Safety Commission to regulate social-media companies and force them to limit harmful content online. The online harms bill also proposes […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says home sales in June declined 16.4 per cent from last year, with many potential buyers staying on the sidelines despite the highly anticipated Bank of Canada interest rate cut. The board says 6,213 homes changed hands in the month compared with 7,429 in June of last […]

TORONTO — From DNA extraction to space shuttle simulations to a field trip to a nuclear reactor, former students of the school operated out of the Ontario Science Centre are reminiscing about their formative experience, following word of the centre’s abrupt closure. The science centre did not respond to questions about whether its science school […]

OTTAWA — The criminal trial of “Freedom Convoy” organizer Pat King is set to resume today as the defence begins its case. King was a prominent figure in the convoy that gridlocked downtown Ottawa for more than three weeks in 2022 in a massive protest against COVID-19 public health restrictions, vaccine mandates, and Prime Minister […]

OTTAWA — The first of four payments from the GST/HST credit is set to hit Canadians’ bank accounts on July 5. The non-taxable credit, which is paid in four parts, is for individuals and families with low and modest incomes to help offset sales taxes they pay. The Canada Revenue Agency says single Canadians could […]