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TORONTO — Ontario’s minimum wage is set to rise to $17.95 an hour on Oct. 1. The province boosts the wage annually based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation. The current minimum wage is $17.60. The government says someone earning minimum wage and working 40 hours per week will see an […]
TORONTO — Lawyers are set to continue their final submissions today in the sexual assault trial of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach. Stronach’s defence lawyer argued Tuesday that his accusers lied and in some cases fabricated their accounts. Leora Shemesh also criticized what she described as “tunnel vision” among the officers who investigated the decades-old allegations, arguing […]
TORONTO — Prosecutors are set to argue today that an Ontario judge was wrong to grant bail to a Toronto-area lawyer accused of advising the murder of a federal witness in an alleged international drug smuggling ring. Lawyers for the Attorney General of Canada are asking the Court of Appeal for Ontario to order that […]
TORONTO — Canada played Tunisia to a soggy 0-0 draw in an international friendly Tuesday night. The men’s national team also finally knows its first World Cup opponent. The Canadians had plenty of chances — but were unable to find the finish — in a game played hours after Bosnia-Herzegovina stunned Italy in a penalty […]
TORONTO — Jesus Sanchez had an RBI single in the fifth inning and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. followed up with a bases-loaded walk and the Toronto Blue Jays never looked back in a 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday. Kazuma Okamoto and Nathan Lukes each had an RBI single in the seventh for Toronto […]
TORONTO — Vito Valela was optimistic as he settled into a chair at Cafe Diplomatico in Toronto to watch Italy’s bid to secure a spot in the FIFA World Cup, in between bites of pizza and sips of red wine. It’s been part of his decades-long ritual to bring family members and friends to the […]
OXFORD COUNTY, ONT. — Three people have died and two others are in hospital after a crash between a transport truck and an SUV in southwestern Ontario. OPP say they responded on Tuesday afternoon to a crash in Norwich Township, east of London. Police say three people in the SUV were pronounced dead at the […]
TORONTO — Keith Pelley confidently declared the right people were in place. The president and chief executive officer of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment had just watched the company’s hockey club — the Toronto Maple Leafs — flame out of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs in spectacular fashion. Team president Brendan Shanahan wouldn’t be replaced. […]
TORONTO — Hopeful fans have packed a cafe in the heart of Toronto’s Little Italy to cheer on the Italian soccer team as it looks to secure a spot in the FIFA World Cup and face Canada in the country’s opening match. Today’s playoff game between Italy and Bosnia-Herzegovina will determine who joins Canada, Qatar […]
TORONTO — The women accusing Frank Stronach of sexual assault lied and in some cases fabricated their accounts, lawyers for the Canadian auto parts tycoon argued Monday as they urged the court to find him not guilty of all charges. The four remaining complainants in the case “lied, manipulated and certainly attempted to deceive the […]