Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Blue Jays reliever Yimi Garcia is listed as day-to-day with a right elbow issue that forced him out of the series finale against Cleveland over the weekend. Toronto manager John Schneider says an MRI exam showed no structural issues but did reveal some ulnar nerve symptoms. He adds that the team is still […]

HAMILTON — Hamilton police say they have charged a 54-year-old man with a hate crime after he entered a mosque complex and allegedly made “hate-related comments” at a group of students ranging from eight to 10 years old. Police say the man entered the Downtown Hamilton Mosque at 12:40 p.m. on Friday through an insecure […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index dipped Monday while U.S. indexes for the day climbed to hover near record highs. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 51.22 points at 21,587.88. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 188.94 points at 38,778.10. The S&P 500 index was up 41.63 points at 5,473.23, while […]

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Andy Fillmore says he won’t return to the House of Commons in the fall. Fillmore was first elected as MP for Halifax in the 2015 election that brought Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to power. Fillmore, a former city planner, is expected to run for mayor of Halifax in this October’s municipal […]

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair says he was acting on advice from the military when he approved a plan to send a Canadian ship to Cuba, but he can’t disclose the classified advice he was given about why the navy wanted to take part in the mission. The trip, which is getting attention this […]

TORONTO — The federal industry minister says despite data showing that the cost of telecommunications services has declined in Canada, many Canadians still do not feel the effect. Speaking Monday at the 23rd annual Canadian Telecom Summit in downtown Toronto, Minister François-Philippe Champagne said he wants to make sure Canadians are aware of improved offers […]

OTTAWA — Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says MPs identified in a secret parliamentary report on foreign interference should have asked more questions when offered help in their nomination races from outsiders. May insists that none of the current MPs accused in the report of wittingly engaging in foreign interference did so with malice or […]

TORONTO — The federal industry minister says despite data showing that the cost of telecommunications services has declined in Canada, many Canadians still do not feel the effect. Speaking Monday at the 23rd annual Canadian Telecom Summit in downtown Toronto, Minister François-Philippe Champagne said he wants to make sure Canadians are aware of improved offers […]

TORONTO — Veteran Tyler Mislawchuk and rookies Emy Legault and Charles Paquet will represent Canada in triathlon in the Olympic Games in Paris. The 29-year-old Mislawchuk from Oak Bluff, Man. will compete in his third Olympic Games after finishing 15th in both 2016 in Rio and 2021 in Tokyo. Legault of L’Ile Perrot, Que., helped […]

HAMILTON — Bo Levi Mitchell is starting to look like his old self. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback has thrown for 300 or more yards in both of his 2024 starts. That’s definitely a positive after the 34-year-old battled injuries in 2023 that limited him to just six contests in his first year with the club. […]