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TORONTO — The CFL has hired Stewart Johnston as its new commissioner. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. and the National Hockey League have announced a 12-year agreement valued at $11 billion for the national media rights to NHL games on all platforms in Canada through the 2037-38 season. More coming. Companies in this story: (TSX:RCI) The Canadian Press

Ontario is in the path of another spring storm, complete with snow and ice. Environment Canada has issued snowfall and winter storm warnings for areas between the Manitoba border and Thunder Bay. Further eastward, conditions remain cold but become wet. Freezing rain warnings stretch all the way from north of Sault Ste. Marie to the […]

OTTAWA — All eyes are on U.S. President Donald Trump as he prepares to hit multiple countries with “reciprocal” tariffs. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is pausing his campaign to take part in meetings in Ottawa ahead of the expected tariffs. On top of the expected “reciprocal” tariffs, it’s not clear whether a temporary pause on […]

A coroner’s inquest into a 2019 Ottawa bus crash that killed three people is set to begin today. The inquest will examine the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Judy Booth, Bruce Thomlinson and Anthonia Van Beek. All three died after a double-decker bus operated by OC Transpo hopped a curb and struck a shelter at […]

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Marek Vanacker’s second goal of the game, scored at 5:29 of overtime, lifted the visiting Brantford Bulldogs to a 4-3 victory over the North Bay Battalion in Ontario Hockey League playoff action on Tuesday at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens. Luca Testa and Noah Nelson also scored for the Bulldogs, who grabbed […]

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney is pausing his federal election campaign and returning to Ottawa for meetings as prime minister ahead of Wednesday’s announcement on U.S. tariffs. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to hit multiple countries with “reciprocal” tariffs. The Carney campaign said no details about the meetings are available yet. Carney has […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Rasmus Dahlin and Alex Tuch each had a goal and an assist, and the Buffalo Sabres swept their season series against the Ottawa Senators with a 5-2 win on Tuesday night. Buffalo outscored the Senators 17-5 in their four meetings this season. The Senators were without captain Brady Tkachuk, who is […]

TORONTO (AP) — Bo Bichette hit a tiebreaking two-run single with two out in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays won their third straight game by beating the Washington Nationals 5-3 on Tuesday night. The Blue Jays finished with 12 hits, all singles. Bichette bounced an 0-2 pitch from Washington left-hander Jose A. […]

OTTAWA — Controversial statements from the past came back to haunt two major parties on the federal election trail this week with the Liberals losing one candidate and Conservatives saying goodbye to two. Liberal incumbent Paul Chiang bowed out of the campaign late Monday after suggesting that another candidate could be turned over to Chinese […]