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TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general says the province isn’t on track to meet its targets on child-care fees, number of spaces created or percentage of qualified staff within the $10-a-day system. Auditor general Shelley Spence’s office is releasing four special reports today, including one looking at Ontario’s progress in implementing the national child-care program. While […]

Ottawa has denied a request from Marineland to send its remaining beluga whales to China. Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson says the federal government will not grant an export permit to ship the 30 whales to the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom aquarium. More coming. Liam Casey, The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The Stratford Festival has named Jonathan Church as its next artistic director. The festival says he will succeed Antoni Cimolino, who recently announced that 2026 will be his final season in the role. Church has been signed for an initial term of five years and officially assumes the role of artistic director on […]

TORONTO — A new climate conference is kicking off in Toronto that’s aiming to highlighting Canada’s clean tech and climate innovation sectors. Toronto Climate Week comes on the heels of Climate Week NYC, which bills itself as the largest climate gathering outside of the United Nations climate conference. Becky Park-Romanovsky, founder and executive director of […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general is set to release four special reports today, looking into major government programs on child care, skills development and pollution reduction. Auditor general Shelley Spence’s office is set to report on the implementation of the national $10-a-day child-care program in Ontario, where fees are capped at $22 a day. Creating […]

Ontario’s minimum wage is now set at $17.60 per hour, an increase of 40 cents. The annualized wage increase of 2.4 per cent is based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index and will boost the paycheques of approximately 800,000 workers. The province says the latest increase brings Ontario’s minimum wage to the second highest provincial […]

TORONTO — Just a few days ago, Blue Jays reliever Justin Bruihl was among a group of players at the team’s Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo who continued training in case they were needed at the big-league level. Bruihl got the call-up on Friday and provided a clean inning of relief Saturday in his first game […]

Ottawa says it will keep working to help save a northern Ontario paper mill that cited a lack of immediate federal support as it announced this week it was forced to idle operations. Industry Minister Melanie Joly’s office says it had “come to the table” with federal supports for Kap Paper in Kapuskasing, Ont., which […]

TORONTO — Darko Rajakovic’s mission has changed heading into his third season as head coach of the Toronto Raptors. Expectations had been low for him and the Raptors his first two years patrolling the sideline, as then-president Masai Ujiri had signalled the franchise was in rebuild mode. But now, barring any midseason moves to gear […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is weakening recycling rules that are set to kick in next year, though not by quite as much as it initially proposed. It’s part of a transition the province is making toward having producers pay for the blue box system, meant to lessen costs for municipalities and encourage […]