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TORONTO — CBC is restoring its live New Year’s Eve celebration. A year after the national broadcaster cancelled the 2024 countdown due to “financial pressures,” it says the special event is back on the TV schedule to mark the dawn of 2025. Festivities begin Dec. 31 with the one-hour “22 Minutes New Year’s Eve Pregame […]

OTTAWA — Incoming U.S. president Donald Trump is brushing off Ontario’s threat to restrict electricity exports in retaliation for sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods, as the province floats the idea of effectively barring sales of American alcohol. On Wednesday, Premier Doug Ford said Ontario is contemplating restricting electricity exports to Michigan, New York state and […]

Spokespeople for a group of creditors that voted on a proposed $32.5-billion settlement with three tobacco giants say the deal passed a major hurdle today. The proposed global settlement between the companies — JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. — and their creditors was announced in October after more than […]

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says his government is preparing a list of potential retaliatory measures if the United States government imposes new tariffs on Canadian goods. Kinew wouldn’t reveal details but says the province has to take seriously the threat of widespread tariffs from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. When asked whether Manitoba would […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index lost nearly 250 points Thursday, led by weakness in energy and base metals, while U.S. markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 246.99 points at 25,410.71. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 234.44 points at 43,914.12. The S&P 500 index was down 32.94 […]

TORONTO — This time, it feels right for Justin Stein to hang up his tack. The veteran jockey is retiring after 19 seasons riding thoroughbreds. Stein, 44, left horse racing after 2016 but returned to Woodbine Racetrack in 2019 feeling he was too young then to have called it a career. Eight years later, Stein […]

TORONTO — In acquiring Brazilian winger Thiago Andrade, Toronto FC picks up pace and potential — at a reasonable price. “An interesting addition to our current group,” Toronto GM Jason Hernandez said Thursday. The 24-year-old Andrade came from New York City FC via San Diego FC in a trade executed around the Major League Soccer […]

OTTAWA — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is brushing off threats from Ontario to restrict electricity exports. On Wednesday, Ford said Ontario is contemplating restricting electricity exports to Michigan, New York state and Minnesota if Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on all Canadian products. American network CNBC asked Trump about Ford’s comments, and the president-elect said it’s […]

TORONTO — The head of the Body Shop Canada says more stores are due to close as the chain prepares to take on new ownership. Jordan Searle said Thursday that there will be “a few more store closures,” but most of the cosmetics retailer’s 72-store footprint will remain open. He declined to reveal the timeline […]

OTTAWA — Canada told the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal it can’t say when it will work through 140,000 backlogged requests for Jordan’s Principle to be applied. The principle is a legal rule that stipulates that when a First Nations child needs health, social or educational services they are to receive them from the government first […]