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Placenta tissue saved Ron Williams’ leg from being amputated below the knee. Williams, a 64-year-old Toronto screenwriter, was packing for a move in March 2020 when a wine glass shattered on the floor. As a longtime diabetic with neuropathy, Williams says he didn’t feel a tiny shard pierce his skin. Several weeks later, his foot […]

Creditors are expected to vote today on a proposed settlement that would see three major tobacco manufacturers pay out billions to provinces and territories, as well as smokers across Canada. The proposed $32.5-billion global settlement between the companies — JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. — and their creditors was […]

San Diego FC selected fullback/midfielder Jasper Löffelsend from the Colorado Rapids with the first pick in Major League Soccer’s expansion draft Wednesday. San Diego then took midfielder Heine Gikling Bruseth from Orlando City, defender Hamady Diop from Charlotte FC, winger Thiago Andrade from New York City FC and midfielder Hosei Kijima from St. Louis City […]

OWEN SOUND, Ont. — Landen Hookey’s hat trick paced the Owen Sound Attack to a 6-4 win over the Guelph Storm in the Ontario Hockey League on Wednesday. Ben Cormier, Sam McCue and Bruce McDonald also scored for the Attack (9-16-2-3) in a second straight win. Attack goaltender Matthew Koprowski earned the victory with 22 […]

Toronto FC acquired Brazilian winger Thiago Andrade from San Diego FC on Wednesday in a trade executed around the Major League Soccer expansion draft. Expansion San Diego picked Andrade from New York City FC with its fourth pick in the draft and then sent the 24-year-old to Toronto for a first-round pick (ninth overall) in […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Drake Batherson had three goals and an assist, and the Ottawa Senators beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-1 Wednesday night for their third win in four games. Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist, and Noah Gregor also scored for the Senators. Linus Ullmark stopped 31 shots. Cutter Gauthier scored for […]

OTTAWA — An unfair labour practice complaint filed by the union representing Canada Post workers over layoffs has been resolved. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers filed the complaint with the Canada Industrial Relations Board on Nov. 29 after some workers received temporary layoff notices while on strike. The union says a mediated settlement has […]

TORONTO — The Body Shop Canada is due to be sold to a company led by the co-founder of frozen yogurt chain Yogen Früz. The cosmetics retailer says in court filings that an agreement it signed on Dec. 6 will see it sell all of its assets to an affiliate of Serruya Private Equity Inc. […]

OTTAWA — More than 15,000 people received medical assistance in dying in Canada in 2023, but federal statistics show the growth in cases has slowed significantly. Health Canada said in its fifth annual report on MAID released Wednesday that the 15,343 people who received help to die last year represented a 15.8 per cent increase […]

Old friends Corey Conners and Brooke Henderson usually have to keep tabs on each other from afar, but this week they’ll get to see one another up close. Conners and Henderson will team up once again at the Grant Thornton Invitational, a unique event where some of the best golfers from the PGA and LPGA […]