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TORONTO — Finalists for the National Newspaper Awards include four nominations for the national news agency The Canadian Press/La Presse Canadienne. Here’s look at the categories and contenders: ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT -Richie Assaly, Toronto Star, for his portfolio of stories about musicians Mustafa, John Kameel Farah and Elisapie -Charles-Éric Blais-Poulin et Jean Siag, La Presse, […]

The brother of a man whose wife and two young daughters died in an Oshawa, Ont., house fire says the family is devastated by the loss. Daniel Bresca says his brother Josef Bresca – the only survivor of last week’s fire – has lost everything he loved and cared for, and he is trying to […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa will expand the Canadian Armed Forces’ presence in the Arctic and turn to Australia’s over-the-horizon radar tech to monitor threats from adversaries such as China and Russia. Carney is also pledging $253 million in new funding for Indigenous reconciliation initiatives in the North. They include $94 million […]

Protesters in Toronto are calling on an engineering firm to cancel its contract with the Ontario government to help remove some city bike lanes, alleging the removal will endanger cyclists and worsen the climate crisis. Fridays for Future Toronto says in a social media post that protesters demonstrated at Stantec Consulting offices Tuesday morning, and […]

TORONTO — The Canadian Press/La Presse Canadienne is nominated for four National Newspaper Awards, including one for a photo of people giving former prime minister Justin Trudeau the finger while posing for a selfie. CP freelance photographer David Lipnowski is nominated in the feature photo category for his shot of a trio making the rude […]

TORONTO — RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust says Hudson’s Bay creditor protection filing is “disappointing” as it calls for fair and balanced restructuring terms. The investment trust is heavily exposed to Hudson’s Bay financial woes because the two companies co-own 12 store properties including some of the most prominent downtown locations. Hudson’s Bay is awaiting […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index fell more than 150 points in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in the industrial and technology sectors, while U.S. stock markets also dropped. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 153.74 points at 24,631.37. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 343.23 points at 41,498.40. The […]

TORONTO — A new report says a vast majority of Black Canadians feel their employer has made progress in creating a more equitable workplace, but more than three-quarters say they still encounter microaggressions, discrimination and racism at work. The survey by KPMG says 86 per cent of those surveyed say their employer has fulfilled its […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate was 2.6 per cent in February, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets): — St. John’s, N.L.: 1.1 per cent (0.8) — Charlottetown-Summerside: 2.2 per […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate was 2.6 per cent in February, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.2 per cent (0.8) — Prince Edward Island: 2.0 per cent (1.3) — Nova Scotia: 2.1 per cent (1.3) — New Brunswick: 2.0 per cent (0.9) […]