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Ontario’s minimum wage is now set at $17.60 per hour, an increase of 40 cents. The annualized wage increase of 2.4 per cent is based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index and will boost the paycheques of approximately 800,000 workers. The province says the latest increase brings Ontario’s minimum wage to the second highest provincial […]

TORONTO — Just a few days ago, Blue Jays reliever Justin Bruihl was among a group of players at the team’s Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo who continued training in case they were needed at the big-league level. Bruihl got the call-up on Friday and provided a clean inning of relief Saturday in his first game […]

Ottawa says it will keep working to help save a northern Ontario paper mill that cited a lack of immediate federal support as it announced this week it was forced to idle operations. Industry Minister Melanie Joly’s office says it had “come to the table” with federal supports for Kap Paper in Kapuskasing, Ont., which […]

TORONTO — Darko Rajakovic’s mission has changed heading into his third season as head coach of the Toronto Raptors. Expectations had been low for him and the Raptors his first two years patrolling the sideline, as then-president Masai Ujiri had signalled the franchise was in rebuild mode. But now, barring any midseason moves to gear […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is weakening recycling rules that are set to kick in next year, though not by quite as much as it initially proposed. It’s part of a transition the province is making toward having producers pay for the blue box system, meant to lessen costs for municipalities and encourage […]

Ontario jurors will be compensated $120 per day from the first day they serve starting Wednesday, a significant increase that some advocates applaud but add that more support for jurors is needed. Attorney General Doug Downey said at last Thursday’s opening of the courts ceremony in Toronto that the jury fee structure in the province […]

Police in York Region say two more suspects have been charged in a Markham, Ont., home invasion earlier this month that also involved an alleged shooting and kidnapping. Police say officers were called to a home near McCowan Road and 14th Avenue shortly before 9 a.m. on Sept. 1 after multiple suspects were reported breaking […]

TORONTO — Brandon Ingram doesn’t want the validation of basketball fans. He just wants to finally hit the court with his new Toronto Raptors teammates and confirm to himself that he still has what it takes to play in the NBA. Ingram spoke at length about how eager he is to start playing in actual […]

TORONTO — Reach for the top has a new meaning these days at MacLachlan College. The private school in Oakville, Ont., is home to a new high-performance sport climbing program, created by Canadian climbers Zach and Madison Richardson. The program started with the school year in early September. The school already had a climbing club, […]

OTTAWA — Algoma Steel Group Inc. is set to receive half a billion dollars in government loans to help it reorient its business away from the United States as the federal government argues supporting the domestic steel industry is a matter of Canadian sovereignty. Ottawa’s $400 million in financial assistance will come from the Large […]