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TORONTO — Small and medium business leaders say they could have to make minor adjustments to their operations in the short term to cope with widespread U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. The poll of 50 small and medium enterprise leaders across Canada, conducted by the trade services arm of the Toronto Region Board of Trade, […]

TORONTO — When Osama Al-Hadad arrived from Yemen and applied for asylum at Toronto’s Pearson airport, he was taken into custody because he lacked documentation to prove his identity. He spent over a month in Canada Border Services Agency’s immigration holding centre near the airport and was released on Feb. 19 after his identity was […]

TORONTO — With homegrown stars Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette in the final year of their contracts and a competitive window that’s open — for now — the Toronto Blue Jays need to make a statement over the first half of the season. The trade-deadline sell-off during last year’s disappointing 74-88 campaign could be […]

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are pushing further ahead of the Conservatives in voter support, and almost one in two Canadians surveyed said they think the Liberals will win the election, a new poll suggests. The survey, conducted by Leger for The Canadian Press, reports that 44 per cent of decided voters surveyed would vote […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs signed 21-year-old centre Luke Haymes on Monday to a two-year contract that begins in the 2025-26 season. The 6-foot-1 Ottawa native will join the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League for the remainder of the 2024-25 season on an amateur tryout. Haymes recorded 12 goals and six assists […]

A Muslim woman who was attacked while studying in an Ajax, Ont., library says the incident has left her terrified and worried about her family’s safety. The woman has issued a statement through the National Council of Canadian Muslims, two days after the suspect in the attack allegedly tried to set her hijab on fire. […]

TORONTO — Ottawa Charge forward Tereza Vanisova, Toronto Sceptres goaltender Kristen Campbell and Boston Fleet forward Susanna Tapani have been named the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s three stars of the week.  Vanisova, the league’s first star, scored three goals in a span of eight minutes 44 seconds in a 5-2 win over New York on […]

TORONTO — Toronto womenswear designer Hilary MacMillan says it was a “huge moment” in her career to have her clothes featured at The Bay in high-profile collaborations several years ago. She followed up that in-store presence by selling her wares on the company’s now-defunct third-party online marketplace, which was linked through the Bay’s website and […]

OTTAWA — Federal party leaders spent their first full day on the election campaign trail talking about taxes, transfers, tariffs and the trades. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising a middle-class tax cut, following a Liberal pledge that involves a smaller reduction to the same tax rate. After Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised on Sunday […]

TORONTO — Stock markets in Canada and the U.S. rallied to start the week after reports that a new round of U.S. tariffs scheduled to take effect on April 2 might be narrower than first expected. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 335.62 at 25,304.11. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up […]