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WINNIPEG — Gry Skjottelvik arrived in Canada last month with a mission. The mother traded in the comfort of her home in a small village in Norway for the expansive, sprawling and sometimes treacherous terrain of northern Canada to trace the final steps of her son, Steffen Skjottelvik. It’s the second time in a year […]

TORONTO — A wild sixth-inning play Friday night gave the Toronto Blue Jays a run but also forced slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to leave the game after taking a knee to the head. The Blue Jays scored twice in the frame and went on to beat the New York Yankees 3-1, but the status of […]

MARKHAM — The first day of practice and qualifying at the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham has been cancelled because the track was not completed. Organizers say they will try to squeeze all of today’s planned activities into tomorrow’s schedule. A spokesperson told media earlier in the day that the race promoter still has […]

TORONTO — Unifor says Stellantis is seriously considering the closure and sale of its Brampton, Ont., assembly plant, which has been idled since 2023. The union says it received notice of the potential move from the automaker on Wednesday. “To say that we are disappointed would be an understatement. This is a gut punch to […]

TORONTO — Two protests that led to the arrests of Toronto Metropolitan University students last year were “symptoms of a deteriorating campus climate” after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, an external review has found. The newly released report by former Ontario Court of Appeal judge Mary Lou Benotto and lawyer Margot Finley concluded incidents […]

TORONTO — The future of bike lanes on three major Toronto streets was thrown back into limbo on Friday as Ontario’s top court overturned a ruling that blocked the province’s bid to remove them. A lower court last year stopped the province from replacing protected bike lanes with car lanes along 19 kilometres of Bloor […]

TORONTO — An external review of two protests that led to the arrests of Toronto Metropolitan University students last year says the incidents were “symptoms of a deteriorating campus climate” after the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The newly released report by former Ontario Court of Appeal judge Mary Lou Benotto and lawyer Margot Finley […]

HAMILTON — Scott Milanovich isn’t the least bit surprised to see Trevor Harris still playing at a very high level. Harris, 40, is in his 14th CFL season but remains an elite quarterback. Last year’s Grey Cup MVP has completed 198-of-269 passes (73.6 per cent) for 2,655 yards with 19 TDs and seven interceptions. More […]

MARKHAM — Organizers of the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham have apologized to spectators after delays in preparing the new street circuit prevented cars from taking practice laps. No cars have taken to the 12-turn, 3.52-kilometre road course around downtown Markham, affecting today’s practice sessions for six races on the weekend schedule. Organizers say […]