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Ontario’s privacy commissioner says Canadians who use genetic testing companies should be aware that highly sensitive personal data is increasingly accessed by law enforcement agencies to solve crimes. She says the bankruptcy protection filing by a major U.S. genealogy platform highlights the risk that the data privacy safeguards users initially sign on to may change. […]

TORONTO — Like other Major League Baseball teams, the Toronto Blue Jays are brimming with optimism going into the season opener. “I think we have a very complete team,” catcher Alejandro Kirk said Wednesday through an interpreter. “You could see it in spring training — a solid lineup, the starting rotation, the bullpen. I really […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower on Wednesday, weighed down by losses in the technology and base metal sectors, while U.S. stocks also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 178.45 points at 25,161.06. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 132.71 points at 42,454.79. The S&P 500 index was […]

TORONTO — Woodbine’s 2025 racing season will begin April 26 after Woodbine Entertainment and the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association of Ontario (HBPA) agreed Wednesday on a two-year contract. The deal boosts purses by $5.7 million. It commits $64.7 million in purses this year and $65 million in 2026, both with 128-day race meets. Woodbine’s […]

The University of Toronto’s first female president says she’s optimistic about the next five years, in spite of “looming existential crises” affecting higher education. Melanie Woodin, a neuroscientist and the university’s current dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, was named the school’s 17th president by its governing council on Wednesday. She will succeed […]

TORONTO — A newly released report suggests new apartments across Canada should be required to make their parking spots electric-vehicle ready as a way to help boost uptake. The Clean Energy Canada report says provincial and federal building codes should be updated to require multi-unit apartment buildings to have parking spots fit for EV charging. […]

TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay asked an Ontario court Wednesday to approve a restructuring agreement that will give it a short timeline to save the six stores it has so far spared from liquidation. A new version of the agreement will force the retailer to start liquidating those stores on April 8, if it hasn’t found […]

An off-duty Ontario Provincial Police officer has been arrested and charged after a recent road rage incident in northern Ontario. Provincial police say officers responded to an altercation between two motorists on March 17 in Temiskaming Shores, Ont. They say a 54-year-old man from the city was charged with assault after an investigation. Police say […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada likely would have hit pause on its interest rate lowering cycle earlier this month were it not for the substantial uncertainty around tariffs from the United States. The central bank today released a summary of the discussions that led to its quarter-point rate cut two weeks ago in a […]

TORONTO — The University of Toronto has named neuroscientist Melanie Woodin as its 17th president. The U of T’s governing council says Woodin, who holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the school, will succeed current President Meric Gertler on July 1. The university’s governing council made the announcement today, and Woodin says she is “deeply […]