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TORONTO — Bell Media is bringing the USA Network cable brand to Canada after losing several valuable Discovery channel names to one of its competitors. The broadcaster says USA Network will take over the channel known as Discovery on Jan. 1, 2025, with programming that includes reruns of the hit series “Suits” and “The Traitors” […]

TORONTO — Immanuel Quickley is questionable for the Toronto Raptors final pre-season game. The guard has missed Toronto’s first four tune-up games with a sprained thumb. Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic says that Quickley has been cleared for all practice and team activities but that the team would be cautious about putting him into an […]

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it’s very disturbing that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won’t get the top-level security clearance needed to view classified documents on foreign interference. Singh says party leaders need to be briefed on top secret information, something he says is amplified by allegations that Indian agents played a role in […]

TORONTO — Prosecutors are seeking a court order to assess whether an Ontario woman accused of killing three people in three cities over three days is fit to stand trial. The defence says it has “some fitness concerns” but has been instructed by its client, Sabrina Kauldhar, to oppose such an assessment. Both sides are […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s top court has ordered a new hearing for a youth-led constitutional challenge of the provincial government’s emissions target, saying the case raised important issues that should be considered afresh. The unanimous decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal was immediately heralded as a win by the group of seven young people who […]

OTTAWA — The federal government likely failed to keep its deficit below the promised $40-billion cap in the last fiscal year, the parliamentary budget officer said on Thursday. The budget watchdog estimates in its latest economic and fiscal outlook that the federal government posted a $46.8 billion deficit for the 2023-24 fiscal year. The final […]

Desiree Scott, a hard-nosed defensive midfielder who won 187 caps for Canada, has announced her retirement at the end of the National Women’s Soccer League season. The 37-year-old from Winnipeg, known as the Destroyer for her hard tackling, has spent seven pro season in Kansas City, for both FC Kansas City and Kansas City Current. […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle his cabinet again after four more cabinet ministers informed the Prime Minister’s Office they aren’t running in the next election. Filomena Tassi, the minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, announced Thursday she won’t be running again for personal reasons. A […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Hockey League says it is taking recent sexual assault allegations against eight former players “very seriously” and will co-operate with any police investigation into the claims. A woman alleged in a CTV report that aired Wednesday that she was sexually assaulted by eight OHL players in November 2014 at a house […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up in late-morning trading, helped by strength in the financial, telecom and energy sectors, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 62.25 points at 24,623.45. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 117.01 points at 43,194.71. The S&P 500 […]