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OTTAWA — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has granted Google a five-year exemption from the Online News Act, ordering it to pay $100 million to Canadian news outlets within 60 days. Google agreed last year to pay Canadian news publishers $100 million a year in order to be exempt from the law, which compels […]

OTTAWA — A Federal Court hearing is underway today to determine whether a group of Black public servants can proceed with a class-action lawsuit against Canada for discrimination. The certification hearing began this morning in Toronto and could last up to 12 days. The class-action is made up of some 45,000 Black workers and applicants […]

TORONTO — Toronto FC, taking the first steps in what’s been billed as a “total rebuild,” has declined 2025 contract options on defenders Aimé Mabika and Shane O’Neill, midfielder Brandon Servania and goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh. The four players made a combined $1.24 million last season (all figures in U.S. dollars), led by Servania’s $602,708. The […]

TORONTO — Bridgehouse Asset Managers and Ninety One Ltd. say they’re launching an emerging markets equity fund geared to Canadian pension funds as global investment opportunities continue to mature. The fund, managed by Bridgehouse with the guidance of investment manager Ninety One’s North American arm, is being launched with $350 million in seed capital from […]

OTTAWA — The Leaders’ Debate Commission announced two seasoned broadcast journalists to moderate the French and English leaders’ debates in the next federal election. TVO host Steve Paikin will moderate the English debate, while Patrice Roy, a host at Radio-Canada will handle proceedings for the French debate. Between the two of them, they have moderated […]

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if his party forms government, it will scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1 million and push provinces do to the same. Poilievre makes the case for the cut in a six-minute video published online today, arguing governments are partly to blame […]

OTTAWA — The Canadian Medical Association wants to eliminate sick note requirements by companies for employees with short-term minor illnesses. The association says this could prevent as many as 12.5 million unnecessary health-care interactions in a single year. CMA president Dr. Joss Reimer says sick notes are not a health systems issue, but rather a […]

TORONTO — Aecon Group Inc. has signed a deal to buy U.S. company United Engineers & Constructors Inc. from CriticalPoint Capital LLC for US$33 million in cash. United is a nuclear and conventional power contractor with clients in the U.S. and Canada. It has a strategic focus on nuclear power plant life extensions and developing […]

TORONTO — A major amusement park is part of Ontario’s grand vision to turn the Niagara region into Las Vegas north, but Marineland may not fit the bill, the provincial tourism minister says. Stan Cho says his ministry has not spoken to the sprawling attraction, which is currently for sale and sits on 1,000 acres […]

TORONTO — Canada’s reliance on food banks has soared to a grim new milestone, according to data from Food Banks Canada. The organization says it recorded more than two million visits in March 2024 – nearly double the monthly visits five years ago in March 2019, and six per cent above last year’s record-breaking figure. […]