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TORONTO — A mental health company being sued by the Ontario government over alleged fraudulent misrepresentation has filed a statement of defence and a counterclaim against the province, alleging it has damaged the company’s reputation. Get A-Head Inc. and its parent company Keel Digital Solutions deny the government’s allegations and are in turn seeking damages […]

TORONTO — Hydro One Ltd. reported its net income attributable to common shareholders was $233 million during the fourth quarter, rising from $200 million during the same period a year earlier. That amounted to earnings per share of 39 cents during the quarter, compared with 33 cents the prior year. Hydro One says some of […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Crown Royal will remain on liquor store shelves in the province after its parent company agreed to $23 million in spending in Ontario. Ford has been threatening for months to pull the product after Diageo announced it is closing a Windsor-area Crown Royal bottling plant. In recent weeks, […]

Niagara regional police say they are investigating a fatal tent fire in St. Catharines, Ont., earlier this week as a homicide. They say officers were patrolling when they saw a tent fire within a forested area of Mountain Locks Park early Tuesday morning. Police say firefighters extinguished the blaze and a dead man was found. […]

TORONTO — A defence lawyer representing businessman Frank Stronach in his Toronto sexual assault trial is suggesting a complainant’s narrative of what happened has evolved with time. Leora Shemesh is continuing to cross-examine the first of seven complainants expected to testify in the trial, which began Thursday after more than a week of delay. The […]

DUNEDIN — Joey Loperfido will never forget his time with the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Loperfido was traded back to the Houston Astros by the Blue Jays on Friday morning for fellow outfielder Jesus Sanchez. Toronto originally acquired Loperfido from Houston as part of a package for pitcher Yusei Kikuchi in July 2024. “I feel […]

TORONTO — The sexual assault trial of businessman Frank Stronach is expected to continue in Toronto today with the cross-examination of the first complainant testifying in the case. The complainant told the court Thursday she was “terrified” decades ago when she woke up in a bed in an unknown place and realized she was being […]

DUNEDIN — Jose Berrios is sorry he missed the Toronto Blue Jays’ World Series appearance last year. Berrios formally apologized to his Blue Jays teammates after arriving at spring training and was contrite Thursday in his first interview with media since last autumn. Berrios was excluded from Toronto’s playoff rosters with tendon inflammation in his […]

TORONTO — A woman testifying at Frank Stronach’s sexual assault trial described feeling “terrified” decades ago when she woke up in a bed in an unknown place and realized she was being raped. The woman — who cannot be identified under a standard publication ban — says she saw her face and someone’s back reflected […]

TORONTO — Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay says missing screws on a railway track just outside Toronto’s Union Station may have been the cause of a GO train derailment last week that caused commuter disruptions for days. Lindsay told a Metrolinx board meeting today that early findings in the investigation indicate screws at nine separate locations […]