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TORONTO — When Raine Maida was trying to break into the music scene more than 30 years ago, he says he bought tickets to the Toronto Music Awards at Massey Hall, in hopes he could use the event to network with industry folks. But the night didn’t unfold as expected. Rather, the Our Lady Peace […]

TORONTO — The results of standardized testing released today show that Ontario students’ persistently low math scores have improved slightly since last year. Math scores on the Education Quality and Accountability Office tests for Grade 6 students in particular have been hovering around the 50 per cent mark for years, meaning only about half of […]

TORONTO — Tenant organizers say they have successfully beat back a landlord’s attempt to retroactively raise rents by over five per cent at a west-end Toronto apartment building. In March, tenants at 75 Spencer Avenue began withholding rent payments after their building’s property manager applied for an above guideline rent increase, or AGI. After six […]

TORONTO — When MapQuest’s general manager woke up in Toronto on Thursday morning, the Texan visiting for a conference knew he couldn’t leave without visiting one place. Doug Berger made a beeline south from his hotel, wandering past the dock where the ill-fated Captain John’s restaurant used to moor and heading deeper toward the city’s […]

FREDERICTON — An Oklahoma judge has removed the University of New Brunswick as a defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania state senator with ties to U.S. President Donald Trump. Sen. Doug Mastriano alleged defamation, racketeering, antitrust and other claims against UNB and almost two dozen academics in 2024 over criticism of his […]

SAINT THOMAS — The opening of a massive Volkswagen electric vehicle battery plant in southwestern Ontario has been pushed back two years until 2029. PowerCo Canada, a subsidiary of the German automaker, says it is delaying production at the $7-billion factory in St. Thomas, Ont., in order to align the project’s timeline and product strategy […]

TORONTO — It took longer than anticipated, but Bobby Webster always believed Kawhi Leonard would be reunited with the Toronto Raptors. Toronto acquired Leonard from the Los Angeles Clippers in June. But the deal wasn’t finalized until earlier this month after the NBA investigated Leonard and the Clippers for salary-cap circumvention. On Wednesday, Leonard signed […]

Family members who will never see Kenneth Law face trial in their own country for his role in the deaths of their loved ones shared their struggles with grief and emptiness in an Ontario court on Thursday as the man who sold potentially deadly substances online faced a sentencing hearing. Relatives of some of the […]

BELLEVILLE — The shooter who targeted a Belleville, Ont., synagogue shouted “you’re going to die for the Jews” before he opened fire on a police officer outside, the police chief said, describing Sunday’s attack as a thwarted mass killing of Jewish worshippers. Chief Murray Rodd said the shooter had multiple guns, significant amounts of ammunition […]

TORONTO — The Professional Women’s Hockey League will return to a city it knows well for another league first later this season. After holding the first-ever PWHL draft and first-ever PWHL game in Toronto, the league plans to host its first PWHL All-Star event in the Ontario capital on March 7. The four-team three-on-three tournament […]