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OTTAWA — Rick Campbell is back with the Ottawa Redblacks. Campbell was named Ottawa’s special-teams co-ordinator Thursday. He served as the Redblacks first head coach from 2014-19, leading the franchise to a Grey Cup title in 2016 after being named the CFL’s coach of the year the previous season. Campbell, 54, spent the last four […]

TORONTO — The Canadian company that processed plant-based milk linked to a deadly listeria outbreak has permanently closed all four of its plants. A spokesperson for Toronto-based Joriki said the closures meant the majority of Joriki’s employees were laid off when it shuttered its two plants in Ontario, one in B.C. and one in Pennsylvania […]

TORONTO — A new report by Ontario’s municipalities says more than 80,000 people were homeless last year. The Association of Municipalities of Ontario says the groundbreaking report is believed to be the most accurate picture of provincewide homelessness to date. The association pulled data from the province’s 47 service managers who deal with social housing […]

TORONTO — RBC says it has partnered with Cohere Inc. to develop generative artificial intelligence products for the financial industry. It says the partnership will help create more accurate and verifiable models with a focus on risk and security. Toronto-based Cohere says the collaboration will use its newly launched North AI workspace to build a […]

PERTH — The Canadian women have been drawn in Pool B alongside Britain, Fiji and the U.S. at the HSBC SVNS Perth in Australia later this month. The Perth event, the third round of the seven-stop rugby sevens season, runs Jan. 24-26 at HBF Park. Canada stands seventh in the overall standings after finishing eighth […]

TORONTO — Canadian investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners has partnered with Swedish private equity firm Altor Equity Partners to invest in CCM Hockey. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Altor, which owns ski maker Rossignol Group, announced last year it had signed a deal to acquired a “significant” majority stake in CCM from […]

ANCASTER, Ont. — Putman Investments says it has acquired clothing retailer Northern Reflections. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Northern Reflections has 134 stores across nine provinces and employs more than 860 people across the country. The company says Northern Reflections will continue to be led by current president Maryann Darling. Putman Investments […]

TORONTO — An increasing number of overdose deaths in Ontario involves the use of more than one drug, with the combination of opioids and stimulants proving to be especially dangerous, a new report says. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, attributing deaths to two or more substances rather than just one drug has become more common, new […]

TORONTO — An 18-year-old from Oshawa has been charged with dangerous driving after a collision with an Ontario Provincial Police vehicle that Premier Doug Ford was travelling in. Ford said he was all right but the vehicle he was in got “hammered” when it was hit by another car Wednesday on Highway 401. The collision […]

SUDBURY, Ont. — Kocha Delic scored a hat trick and goalie Nate Krawchuk stopped 39 shots for the Sudbury Wolves in a 7-1 thrashing of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the Ontario Hockey League on Wednesday. Ondrej Molnar, Kieron Walton, Chase Coughlan and Luca Blonda also scored for Sudbury (21-11-5-0). Noel Nordh scored the […]