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TORONTO — The ongoing battle between Drake and Kendrick Lamar is playing out in superspeed on social media platforms and streaming services, exemplifying how modern technology amplifies and accelerates the competition that lies at the heart of hip-hop culture. “It’s a high profile beef with two of the arguably top four rap talents,” said Dalton […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs fired head coach Sheldon Keefe on Thursday following another disappointing playoff exit. The Canadian Press takes a look at some of the potential candidates to take over the Original Six franchise that hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since 1967. CRAIG BERUBE The 58-year-old from Calahoo, Alta., hoisted the Cup […]

GUELPH, Ont. — Quarterback Chad Kelly, who is under suspension for violating the CFL’s gender-based violence policy, was on the field Thursday at the Toronto Argonauts’ rookie camp. Kelly’s appearance at the University of Guelph comes just two days after the CFL suspended its 2023 outstanding player for at least nine regular-season games following its […]

Police officers and emergency dispatchers in Durham Region have been instructed to complete a mandatory training course on suspect pursuits within the next two months in light of a wrong-way highway crash that killed an infant and his grandparents. Police say the training is required annually but confirm the instructions to complete it within a […]

TORONTO — Manulife Financial Corp. says it expects to ramp up its share buyback program this year as it sheds lower-growth assets and works to maintain its heightened return on equity. The company said Thursday it expects to accelerate buybacks from the $200 million it did in the first quarter to around $600 million per […]

TORONTO — Sheldon Keefe took his place in the front of a dozen television cameras. The Maple Leafs head coach — on centre stage inside a small auditorium at the team’s practice facility — was optimistic about the future for both himself and the group. Keefe also understood Toronto had yet to meet expectations under […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up more than 150 points, as strength in telecommunication stocks and the base metal sector helped put it into record-high territory in late-morning trading. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 151.77 points at 22,410.93. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 177.66 points at 39,234.05. […]

TORONTO — Four books about Indigenous life are among the finalists for the $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award. The six-book short list includes “Empty Spaces” by Jordan Abel, a reimagining of “The Last of the Mohicans” from the perspective of a contemporary Nisga’a person and “And Then She Fell” by Alicia Elliott, which follows […]

TORONTO — Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. is the latest retailer to warn of softening consumer demand as high costs of living continue to rein in spending. “The increased cost of living combined with higher interest rates has created a period of hesitation among Canadian consumers,” president and CEO Greg Hicks told analysts during a conference […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s electricity system operator says it has secured new power supply from 10 battery storage facilities and three natural gas and biogas facilities, which should meet the province’s needs until the 2030s. The Independent Electricity System Operator had said Ontario should secure 4,000 more megawatts of capacity in the system — enough to […]