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TORONTO — Toronto Raptors all-star Scottie Barnes is out at least three weeks with a fractured right orbital bone. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Ontario is lowering its projections for how many new homes will get built in the province over the next few years, putting the government further off the pace needed to meet its target. Premier Doug Ford has pledged to get 1.5 million homes built over 10 years by 2031, but Ontario has not […]

TORONTO — Ontario has sharply lowered its projected deficit for next year, setting the stage for the government to easily be able to present a balanced budget ahead of a possible spring election. Earlier this year, the government had forecasted a $4.6-billion deficit for 2025-26, but in its fall economic update presented Wednesday, that is […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts and Saskatchewan Roughriders each had nine players named to the East and West Division all-star squads, respectively, Wednesday. Voting for was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine CFL head coaches. Running back Ka’Deem Carey (1,060 yards) topped the list of Argos placed on the East Division team. […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index fell in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in base metal stocks, while U.S. stock markets pushed higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 63.50 points at 24,499.05. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 123.16 points at 42,356.21. The S&P 500 index was up 6.44 […]

OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says if the federal government wants to meet NATO’s military spending target by 2032 as promised, it will have to almost double defence spending to $81.9 billion. The budget watchdog made that conclusion in a report published today on the fiscal implications of meeting the NATO target, which stipulates […]

Ontario Provincial Police say they have charged a man in connection with a fatal boat collision near Kingston, Ont., that killed three people on the Victoria Day long weekend. Det. Insp. Marty McConnell says a 44-year-old man from South Frontenac Township was arrested and charged with three counts of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing […]

OTTAWA — Five Conservative MPs have written letters to the Liberal housing minister asking him to grant their communities funding from a program that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre this week called disastrous and promised to cancel. Housing Minister Sean Fraser made the revelation in the House of Commons Tuesday while responding to a question from […]

The Toronto Zoo says Charles, a 52-year-old silverback gorilla who had shown signs of deteriorating health, died on Tuesday. The zoo says Charles died from natural causes after staff noticed he was slower than usual and breathing quicker and harder at the end of last week. It says the gorilla was diagnosed with heart failure […]

OTTAWA — Canada Post has presented its latest contract offer to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in a bid to reach a new deal without a labour disruption. The new proposal includes annual wage increases amounting to 11.5 per cent over four years. It also protects the defined benefit pension for current employees, as […]