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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting a meeting with Canada’s premiers on Friday. The prime minister’s office and the office of Ontario Premier Doug Ford confirmed details of the meeting. Audrey Champoux, Carney’s lead press secretary, says the prime minister has been clear that top priorities for his government include defending Canadians in […]

OTTAWA — With a federal election call expected any day now, the Liberal party has only nominated about half of the candidates it would need to have a full slate on the ballot even as their polling numbers have been jump-started following their recent leadership race. There will be 343 ridings contested in the upcoming […]

OTTAWA — Shopify Inc. is moving its U.S. stock exchange listing to the Nasdaq from the New York Stock Exchange, beginning March 31. The Canadian technology company says its TSX listing won’t be affected, and its SHOP stock ticker will remain the same. The company did not provide a reason for the move. Last month, […]

OTTAWA — The Conservative party is breaking from tradition and will not be allowing media onboard planes and buses for Pierre Poilievre’s election campaign. In an email Tuesday, national campaign director Jenni Byrne says costs for travel have “risen considerably,” as has the capacity for digital and remote access to public events. Byrne also says […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower Tuesday, led by losses in the technology and industrial sectors, while U.S. stock markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 79.04 points at 24,706.07. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 260.32 points at 41,581.31. The S&P 500 index was down 60.46 […]

OTTAWA — With a federal election call expected any day now, the Liberal party is trailing well behind its rivals on nominating candidates. The Conservatives have nominated 275 candidates out of 343 ridings, the NDP has 217 candidates and the Green Party has 208 — but the Liberal party has so far nominated just 185 […]

TORONTO — The door may be opening for out-of-favour Italian star Lorenzo Insigne to return to the Toronto FC lineup. The 33-year-old winger, whose salary of US$15.4 million ranked second to Miami’s Lionel Messi last year in Major League Soccer, has not dressed this season. Club officials have said the former Napoli captain does not […]

The City of Toronto is pledging to take action on coyotes after receiving recommendations on how to handle recent “unusually bold” animal encounters in two communities. The city says an independent panel of wildlife experts reviewed its response to an increase in reported coyote incidents in the Fort York and Liberty Village areas between last […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is keeping the possibility of reintroducing a surcharge on electricity exported to the United States in his back pocket, but says for now he doesn’t want to “antagonize” American officials. Ford was speaking Tuesday about a meeting he had last week with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, calling […]

TORONTO — A new report suggests a vast majority of Black Canadians feel their employer has made progress in creating a more equitable workplace, but more than three-quarters said they still encounter varying degrees of racism at work. The Canadian arm of advisory firm KPMG said in a report released Tuesday that 86 per cent […]