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TORONTO — Shania Twain famously sings “That don’t impress me much,” but the “Canada’s Got Talent” judge hopes contestants aren’t intimidated by the sassy persona the performer embodied in her 1990s hit. “I couldn’t have written a better line for this sort of scenario,” the pop-country superstar laughed during an interview last fall while the […]

OTTAWA — Mark Carney will make his first foray on the world stage as Canada’s 24th prime minister on a trip to France and the U.K. in coming days. He has no plan yet to visit the United States. Carney says he was invited by French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer […]

TORONTO — The death knell is ringing for Canada’s oldest company. Hudson’s Bay announced Friday night that unless it finds a more viable path forward, it will begin liquidating its entire business as soon as next week, putting more than 9,000 jobs at risk. The department store chain that dates back to 1670 and now […]

TORONTO — Canada’s oldest company Hudson’s Bay says it will begin liquidating its entire business as soon as next week unless it finds a more viable path forward. The department store chain with 80 stores says it has been forced toward a full liquidation because exhaustive efforts haven’t turned up the financing the company needs […]

WEST PALM BEACH — Tyler Whitaker hit the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Houston Astros defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Friday in spring training action. With two outs, Whitaker’s line-drive single scored Ben Gamel after Ryan Wrobleski was walked. Toronto, which had its five-game winning streak […]

TORONTO — Advocacy groups are panning Prime Minister Mark Carney for eliminating the cabinet positions dedicated to people with disabilities and women and gender equality issues. Carney was sworn in as prime minister today, along with a slimmed-down cabinet of 23 ministers, down from 36 under former prime minister Justin Trudeau. Former minister for diversity, […]

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is immediately ending the consumer carbon price and made the change official during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first cabinet meeting this afternoon. Carney says people who have been getting a rebate on the carbon price will get one final payment for the next quarter in April. He signed an order-in-council […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained 1.5 per cent Friday, rallying alongside U.S. markets to end an otherwise grim week for equities, while the price of gold topped US$3,000 an ounce for the first time ever. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 350.17 points at 24,553.40. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average […]

TORONTO — Toronto FC coach Robin Fraser and Gregg Berhalter, his Chicago Fire counterpart, are no strangers, having played shoulder to shoulder at centre back for the U.S. “He was a great player to play with, actually,” said Berhalter. “I have a lot of respect for Robin, and for what he’s done and him as […]

The City of Waterloo says police will be allowed to detain and charge anyone who attends or hosts an unsanctioned St. Patrick’s Day street party or otherwise violates its nuisance bylaw over the weekend. The city says it obtained an injunction in an effort to help law enforcement deal with large, unsanctioned gatherings, which it […]