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TORONTO — Tennis star Victoria Mboko has withdrawn from Canada’s upcoming Billie Jean King Cup tie in Kazakhstan due to scheduled dental surgery. The world No. 9 from Burlington, Ont., said in a statement Saturday that she is getting four wisdom teeth removed after experiencing recurring dental pain. Marina Stakusic of Mississauga, Ont., is also […]
TORONTO — Scottie Barnes had a double-double as the Toronto Raptors routed the New Orleans Pelicans 119-106 on Friday. Barnes had 23 points, 12 assists and six rebounds for Toronto (41-32). Jakob Poeltl also had a double-double with 18 points and 11 boards. Raptors point guard Immanuel Quickley missed the game as he recovers from […]
TORONTO — Kazuma Okamoto scored the winning run in his Blue Jays debut and Kevin Gausman had 11 strikeouts as Toronto opened its 50th anniversary season with a 3-2 walkoff victory over the Athletics on Friday night. Okamoto hit a two-out single in the ninth inning and moved to third on an Ernie Clement double. […]
TORONTO — Loud bangs were heard in downtown Toronto during the evening rush hour as the fire department said several propane cylinders ruptured atop a building. Toronto police say they received reports at around 6 p.m. of a fire on the roof of a building under construction at Richmond and John streets. Police say they […]
TORONTO — Richie Laryea and his teammates took the pitch for training Friday morning. The buzz of power drills echoed around BMO Field as construction crews continued to put finishing touches on a series of upgrades that include a 17,000-seat temporary expansion ahead of the World Cup. Canada’s men’s soccer team, meanwhile, was finalizing plans […]
Canada’s national lawyers group has rebuked a call from four premiers for Ottawa to overhaul how it appoints provincial superior court and appeal judges. The premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec wrote this week in a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney that they want to see only judges appointed who are first approved […]
TORONTO — What do conservation authorities, a downtown Toronto parking lot and freedom-of-information requests have in common? Provincial legislative changes are coming to all three, and they are jammed into an omnibus budget bill that Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy tabled Thursday. There are also proposed changes to the ticket resale market, retail shopping on […]
TORONTO — Ontario Power Generation’s former CEO is at the top of the list of high-earning public servants for the year after he retired. Ken Hartwick retired at the end of 2024, a year in which he earned more than $2 million, but Ontario’s public sector salary disclosure — the so-called Sunshine List — shows […]
TORONTO — Ontario’s housing start projections have been revised downward once again in the province’s budget, putting the government even farther off track from building 1.5 million homes over 10 years. At the time of last year’s budget the province expected to see 74,800 homes built in 2026, already lower than the previous budget forecast, […]
TORONTO — An Ontario man who pleaded guilty to three terrorism charges has been sentenced to 20 years in prison with the possibility of parole after 10 years. Matthew Althorpe admitted to creating and publishing white supremacist propaganda as an active member of the terror group Atomwaffen Division, and an agreed statement of facts in […]