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TORONTO — More than two months of back-and-forth, false starts and changing plans in the trade war launched by the United States has made it hard to know what’s in or out. Wednesday is set to be another big day for tariffs as the latest pause in U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to add a […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have traded minor league right-handed pitcher Nick Robertson to the Houston Astros for right-handed pitching prospect Edinson Batista. Robertson hasn’t pitched a big league game this season, while the 22-year-old Batista has never pitched in the majors. Batista had a 6-6 record with a 5.01 earned-run average over 26 […]

TORONTO — Apartments, health centres and even pickleball courts may be coming to your local mall after Hudson’s Bay departs. Retail and real estate experts say the closure of most of the 355-year-old company’s department stores offers a chance to reimagine the country’s most sought-after and high-traffic spaces in malls. “I think it’s a massive […]

OTTAWA — Controversial statements from the past came back to haunt two major parties on the federal election trail this week, costing each a candidate. A Liberal incumbent bowed out of the campaign late Monday after suggesting that another candidate be turned over to Chinese officials, while the Conservatives dropped a nominee who joked that […]

TORONTO — Parents of children with special needs who have run away from school, the Ontario Autism Coalition and the province’s three opposition parties are jointly calling for more supports to ensure kids’ safety. Chris Walters says his four-year-old daughter escaped from her Hamilton school last month and made it three blocks away before she […]

TORONTO — Canada’s literary institutions are banding together on the eve of an expected announcement about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books. Booksellers big and small, libraries and publishers are advocating for books to be left off the list of American-made items subject to tariffs from the Canadian government, saying such a move […]

TORONTO — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says it has agreed to discontinue arbitration proceedings it launched before the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Court of Arbitration related to its Cobre Panama mine. The company has also agreed to suspend arbitration under the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement. The Toronto-based miner suspended production at the open-pit copper […]

TORONTO — Ontario will spend $35 million to help the Shaw Festival rebuild the Royal George Theatre. Tourism Minister Stan Cho says the funding will be used to build a larger, more modern theatre as the province looks to beef up the economy in Niagara-on-the-Lake and the surrounding region. The province says the theatre’s construction […]

TORONTO — CIBC Global Asset Management says it has entered into a strategic relationship with Indigenous-owned and led asset management firm Longhouse Capital Partners Inc. The bank says the relationship will give its institutional clients opportunities to expand access to private markets through investments in Indigenous-managed alternative investment options such as private infrastructure debt. It […]

TORONTO — Ontario minimum wage earners will be making $17.60 an hour, starting Oct. 1. The provincial government announced today the amount of the annual increase to the minimum wage, which is tied to inflation. Ontario’s minimum wage is currently at $17.20, and the increase is based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index of 2.4 […]