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TORONTO — Ontario ministers defended keeping secret the province’s payout to Elon Musk’s SpaceX over a cancelled Starlink contract, as critics accused the government of obfuscation during the recent release of its latest financial statements. Several of Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet members said the government had the public’s backing to kill the $100-million satellite broadband […]

TORONTO — When Kawhi Leonard returned to the Toronto Raptors, expectations around the team grew exponentially. Suddenly a deep post-season run was in reach. But for all-star Scottie Barnes, expectations within the organization have remained the same over his five seasons in Toronto. “Every meeting that we’ve had, starting off with (former team president Masai […]

Ontario has completed its latest push to raise speed limits on provincial highways. The government raised speed limits from 100 kilometres per hour to 110 kilometres per hour on nine sections of highways on Wednesday, capping off a summer of speed limit increases. In June, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria announced the government’s plan to get […]

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State placed hockey coach Greg Powers on administrative leave on Wednesday as the school investigates the collapse of Ontario player Matthew Mayich during an outdoor workout. Powers will not join the team for its season opener at Lindenwood on Friday following Mayich’s Aug. 20 collapse. Assistant coach Mike Corbett will […]

HAMILTON — Bo Levi Mitchell expects to return to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats next season. Mitchell, 36, has been out since suffering a serious ankle injury July 5 in a game versus the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Mitchell was carted off the field during the Ticats’ 14-13 home loss and underwent surgery shortly afterwards. But the native […]

TORONTO — Kent Monkman’s first-ever public art installation is dam good. The celebrated Cree artist’s new permanent sculpture, dubbed “The Colony,” debuts Wednesday in Toronto’s east end. The 15-foot-high bronze structure features beavers dancing, feasting and celebrating, evoking Indigenous ceremonies. It highlights the vital role of beavers in the natural, Indigenous and colonial histories of […]

TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said “everything needs to be assessed” in the wake of the team’s performance this past season. Speaking at a season-ending media availability on Wednesday at Rogers Centre, he added that the club plans to “drill down in every area.” Team president Mark Shapiro was scheduled to […]

AJAX — Police say they have charged two people accused of defrauding the Ajax FC Soccer Club of more than $650,000. Police in Durham region say they began the fraud investigation in December 2024 after receiving reports about irregularities in the club’s banking transactions. After going through several years of financial statements, police say they […]

What’s expected to be the strongest El Nino on record may delay Ontario’s stunning fall foliage, but experts say there’s no reason to worry – the colour show will go on. Dubbed by scientists as the “Super El Nino,” the climate pattern is already disrupting global weather with drought striking some parts of the planet, […]

TORONTO — After Tareq Hadhad and his family moved to Antigonish, N.S., as Syrian refugees in 2016, they built a business on the premise that chocolate was so uniting it could create peace. So when U.S. President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America in late August, the chief executive of Peace by Chocolate […]