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FREDERICTON — New England governors say tariffs and rhetoric by the United States government toward Canada is taking a bite out of tourism. The governors made the comments in Boston, following a meeting with a group of Canadian premiers. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey says tourism numbers for her state and others such as Maine, New […]

KING CITY — From February through June, after a long day’s work, Tim Drake might be found overnighting in a room the size of a closet at the end of the barn at Silver Duck Stable. Inside there’s two battered La-Z-Boy chairs, a small TV and an array of video screens showing stalls in the […]

Police say a 19-year-old man has been charged with several offences including murder after a shooting that left a woman dead and a man injured on Friday in Sudbury, Ont. Greater Sudbury police say the incident happened on Clemow Avenue, where a 40-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man were found with gunshot wounds. They say […]

Ontario Provincial Police say a $50,000 reward is being offered for information that can help solve a 2008 cold case murder in the Belleville area. Calvin Vanness, 65, was last seen in Belleville on March 26, 2008, driving a grey 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix with flames painted on the side. Police say his car was […]

Police in the Greater Toronto Area say they have dismantled an organized criminal network linked to the towing industry and sized tow trucks, stolen vehicles and weapons after an investigation into several extortion incidents. Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah says the investigation dubbed Project Outsource is a blow to the alleged criminal organization that […]

TORONTO — Rifling through the Roots Corp. product archives on a recent Thursday morning, CEO Meghan Roach is surrounded by the kind of heritage “most consumer brands would die to have.” In every direction she turns are racks of leather jackets spanning the company’s 52 years. Some are replicas of custom pieces gifted to Toronto […]

A lakeview cottage with cosy rooms, a sandy beach nearby and a dock to gaze into the sunset was the dream for Corrine Evanoff. “For years, I’ve been on this journey of trying to find a cottage that would work for us,” she said. But Evanoff and her husband didn’t want to incur the burden […]

TORONTO — Filmmaker Shawn Levy said his recognition on Canada’s Walk of Fame is a tribute to how his Canadian roots are an ongoing part of his career. The Montreal-born director and producer, who is an executive producer of the Netflix series “Stranger Things” and who’s directing the recently announced film “Star Wars: Starfighter,” said […]

TORONTO — Vernon Adams Jr. and Dedrick Mills scored fourth-quarter touchdowns to lead the unbeaten Calgary Stampeders past the winless Toronto Argonauts 29-19 on a breezy Saturday afternoon. Adams Jr.’s eight-yard scamper at 7:43 put Calgary ahead 26-11. It came after Lirim Hajrullahu’s 47-yard field goal at 5:08 cut Toronto’s deficit to 19-11. Mills put […]

FORT ST. JOHN — A health authority in northern British Columbia says measles is officially circulating in a remote community in the province’s northeast. Northern Health says multiple lab-confirmed cases of measles have been confirmed in Wonowon, about 89 kilometres northwest of Fort St. John, B.C. It notes the first case appears to have been […]