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TORONTO — Auston Matthews scored twice on the power play and added an assist as the Toronto Maple Leafs thumped the Calgary Flames 6-2 on Monday. William Nylander added a goal and two assists for Toronto (40-24-3), which had lost five of its last six games. Max Domi, with a goal and an assist, Nick […]

OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge on Monday dismissed a motion to certify a proposed class action lawsuit that was launched by Black public servants in 2020 who alleged there was systemic racism within the public service. In an “order and reasons” document, Justice Jocelyne Gagné said the case did not sufficiently meet the class […]

A former principal of a private school in Brampton, Ont., is suing a Peel Regional Police officer and the police force after sexual assault and exploitation charges against him were stayed in September. Sanjiv Kumar, also known as Sanjiv Dhawan, was accused of sexually assaulting a student at the private school, which has since closed. […]

TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay spent Monday in court asking for permission to begin a liquidation of all of its stores as early as Tuesday, even as it holds out hope that it will find a lifeline. But a judge kept any decisions on hold for now while he considers the company’s case. Lawyers for the […]

Toronto police say a 32-year-old man has been charged with advocating genocide and numerous other offences allegedly motivated by hatred toward the Jewish community. The man is facing 29 charges, including five counts of arson, seven counts of mischief to cultural property, wilful promotion of hatred and advocating genocide. Police say the two latter charges […]

OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has dismissed a motion to certify a proposed class action lawsuit that was launched by Black public servants in 2020 who alleged there was systemic racism within the public service. In an “order and reasons” document, Justice Jocelyne Gagné says the case doesn’t sufficiently meet the class action requirement […]

TORONTO — Strength in energy, financials and base metals helped Canada’s main stock index gain more than 200 points Monday, while U.S. stock markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 231.71 points at 24,785.11. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 353.44 points at 41,841.63. The S&P 500 index was […]

OTTAWA — Former prime minister Brian Mulroney will be featured on a stamp as part of Canada Post’s 2025 lineup. Mulroney, who died last year, served as prime minister from 1984 to 1993. Canada Post says the stamp will pay tribute to Canada’s 18th prime minister, who they say is heralded as one of the […]

L’ORIGNAL, Ont. — A Conservative government would repeal the entire carbon price law for consumers and big industry, Leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday on a visit to a steel mill in Eastern Ontario. Poilievre’s pledge comes three days after Prime Minister Mark Carney began the process to end the consumer carbon price by enacting a […]

Police say a 12-year-old girl has died after a house fire in Oshawa, Ont., last week that also left her mother and nine-year-old sister dead. Emergency officials were called to the scene on McGrigor Street just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday, where crews found all levels of the house in flames. Three people were removed […]