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OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada’s January employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.6 per cent (6.7) Employment rate: 61.1 per cent (61.0) Participation rate: 65.5 per cent (65.4) Number unemployed: 1,490,600 (1,505,500) Number working: 20,993,400 (20,917,400) Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 13.6 per cent (14.2) Men (25 plus) […]

Marineland says it has euthanized a seven-year-old beluga whale after a long battle with several different medical conditions. It is the 18th beluga to die at the Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction since 2019. The province says its Animal Welfare Services team received confirmation of the death on Thursday. Marineland says in a post on […]

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. reported a loss of $121.9 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $216.8 million in the same quarter a year earlier. The cannabis company says the loss amounted to $1.11 per diluted share for the quarter ended Dec. 31. The result compared with a loss […]

TORONTO — Toronto FC GM Jason Hernandez says reinforcements are coming. And there could also be movement out the door before Toronto opens MLS regular-season play Feb. 22 with Hernandez suggesting the future of Italian designated players Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi may not be at the club. Hernandez, noting the club gets inquiries about […]

OTTAWA — The federal government is hosting a summit in Toronto today aimed at bolstering the economy in the face of Canada’s rapidly changing relationship with its largest trading partner. U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose sweeping tariffs this week has been put on pause until March 4. That looming threat and the volatility […]

Most of Ontario’s main party leaders will be courting voters in northern parts of the province today, as Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford returns to Toronto. NDP Leader Marit Stiles is set to make an announcement this morning in Sault Ste. Marie, before attending a local winter festival. Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie will be campaigning […]

Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Friday, Feb. 7: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Toronto: Ford is set to make an announcement in Scarborough at 11 a.m. He will also visit workers’ unions in Etobicoke and North York. — NDP Leader Marit Stiles Sault Ste. Marie: Stiles is set to […]

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Marco Mignosa’s hat trick fuelled the visiting Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds to a 7-4 win over the North Bay Battalion in the Ontario Hockey League on Thursday. Brady Martin had two goals and Travis Hayes and Brady T Smith each contributed a goal for Sault Ste. Marie (20-27-1-1). Greyhounds goalie Landon […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have traded guard Davion Mitchell to the Miami Heat for veteran forward PJ Tucker, a 2026 second-round pick and cash. The deal was reported hours before the NBA’s trade deadline Thursday, but confirmed hours afterwards. The Raptors acquired Mitchell in an off-season trade with Sacramento. The second-round draft pick is […]

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. has filed a response to the Competition Bureau’s allegations against the company of false advertising related to unlimited data plans. The bureau alleged in December that Rogers’ ads create the false or misleading impression that the plans provide consumers with limitless data, when in reality data service is severely limited […]