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Umicore says it has halted spending on a $2.76-billion battery materials plant in eastern Ontario. The global materials company says it made the decision because of scaled-back expectations for growth in the electric vehicle market. Last October, the federal government committed to put $551.3 million toward the project and the Ontario government said it would […]

OTTAWA — Former Ottawa Senators assistant coach Bob Jones has died, the team announced Friday. He was 54. The team didn’t provide a cause of death, but the Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., product revealed in January 2023 he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Jones […]

TORONTO — Janarion Grant is already providing the Toronto Argonauts huge returns just six games into his tenure. The speedster has recorded special-teams TDs in three straight games — two on punt returns and one from a kickoff. Another trip to the end zone Saturday against his former team, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, would put […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays traded relief pitcher Yimi Garcia to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for two prospects on Friday. The 33-year-old appeared in 29 games for Toronto this season, putting up a 3-0 record to go along with 2.70 earned-run average, 0.80 WHIP and 42 strikeouts. Garcia signed with Jays as a […]

TORONTO — Widespread gains helped push Canada’s main stock index higher Friday, while U.S. stock markets also rose after an encouraging U.S. inflation report. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 206.78 points at 22,814.81, led by metals, health care, and technology stocks. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 654.27 points at […]

OTTAWA — The Crown made a mockery of its treaty promise to the Anishinaabe in Ontario by freezing annual payments to First Nations for 150 years, and it now must make things right, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The top court issued a unanimous decision Friday in the case of the Robinson Treaties, […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays recalled pitcher Yerry Rodriguez from Triple-A Buffalo and activated him ahead of Friday’s game against the Texas Rangers. In a corresponding move, Toronto optioned pitcher Ryan Burr to Buffalo. Rodriguez, a 26-year-old righthanded pitcher from the Dominican Republic, was traded to the Blue Jays from the Rangers in June […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays recalled pitcher Yerry Rodriguez from Triple-A Buffalo and activated him ahead of Friday’s game against the Texas Rangers. In a corresponding move, Toronto optioned pitcher Ryan Burr to Buffalo. Rodriguez, a 26-year-old righthanded pitcher from the Dominican Republic, was traded to the Blue Jays from the Rangers in June […]

PERTH, ONTARIO, CANADA — A team of researchers from Western University is heading to an area near Ottawa to document the damage caused by a tornado that touched down there earlier this week. David Sills, director of the Northern Tornadoes Project, says a storm survey team will visit the area of Perth, Ont., southwest of […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling for Israel to “respond substantively” to the top United Nations court’s recent advisory opinion that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and that it should end. The court’s non-binding opinion released last week was an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands […]