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TORONTO — The City of Toronto says a World Cup watch party downtown was cancelled Tuesday night after a firecracker was set off, just days after a separate FIFA fan event was cut short due to weather. The city confirmed Wednesday that on-site staff at Nathan Phillips Square ended a viewing party Tuesday for the […]

TORONTO — Soccer fans are gearing up for Toronto’s second FIFA World Cup match as Ghana takes on Panama this evening, although potentially stormy weather may get in the way of some festivities. Ghana supporters are gathering at Sankofa Square in downtown Toronto for the Ghana Fun Fest Canada, where food and music started as […]

Police say two Hamilton men have been arrested in an alleged contraband tobacco operation at a nearby First Nation that was used to funnel money to an outside criminal enterprise. Police for the Six Nations of the Grand River and Ontario Provincial Police say they seized 40,000 kilograms of tobacco in searches at a manufacturing […]

TORONTO — Ghana and Panama will launch their prove-’em-wrong World Cup campaigns tonight at Toronto Stadium. Soccer pundits don’t give either Group L side a chance to finish ahead of England or Croatia — who square off today in Arlington, Texas — which has helped coaches motivate their so-called underdogs as they prepare to compete […]

TORONTO — Soccer fans are gearing up for Toronto’s second FIFA World Cup match, as Ghana takes on Panama this evening. Ghana supporters are gathering at Sankofa Square in downtown Toronto for the Ghana Fun Fest Canada, where food and music will start as early as 11 a.m. Fans will begin marching to Toronto Stadium […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s ill-fated wage restraint law known as Bill 124 is still sending ripples through the public sector across the province, even years after the law was repealed, with the electricity system now attempting to untangle the fallout. The Independent Electricity System Operator is looking to recover $329 million from ratepayers this year, which […]

A proposed pause on new power-hungry data centres in Hamilton cleared a hurdle on Tuesday, the latest step in a growing pushback to Canada’s buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure. A planning committee voted to send the proposed moratorium plan to Hamilton’s city council for a vote at a later date. The motion brought by Coun. […]

NEW TECUMSETH, ONT. — Far from the FIFA World Cup hubbub that has gripped Toronto to the south, there is also plenty of soccer spirit to be found in a small town about a 90-minute drive from the Ontario capital. A Panama team logo can be seen on a large Nottawasaga Resort roadway sign here […]

The Parole Board of Canada rejected Jacob Hoggard’s bid for full parole this month because it found the former Hedley frontman, now convicted sexual offender, requires professional supervision. The board instead granted Hoggard six months of day parole at a halfway house, saying in a ruling released this week that he must test the progress […]

VANCOUVER — Watching the first men’s World Cup game to ever be played on Canadian soil, Peter Montopoli felt grateful — and relieved. The country’s chief tournament officer has spent the past decade working to bring soccer’s biggest showcase to Canada. Now that it’s here, Montopoli believes all the hard work has all been worthwhile. […]