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Jesse Marsch lists off players who didn’t make Canada’s roster for the CONCACAF Nations League Finals, citing Nathan Saliba, Theo Bair, Kamal Miller and Jayden Nelson. “The good thing is this is the hardest squad that I’ve had to put together. And that’s a great development for us, that we’re leaving quality players in good […]

TORONTO — A Toronto woman who faced multiple charges in a dog attack that seriously injured a child has pleaded guilty to some of them, including a criminal charge of negligence. Court records show Patrycja Siarek entered the pleas in a Toronto court last Friday. She had also been charged with infractions under the provincial […]

A company that makes pie tins, takeout containers and other items out of aluminum foil is getting squeezed by tariffs — and not just the ones being fired between Canada and the U.S. Sam Thang, the plant manager at Wohler Canada Inc. in Mississauga, Ont., says 20 per cent of its finished products go to […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point on Wednesday as the tariff battle with the United States starts to weigh on the Canadian economy. The policy rate stands at 2.75 per cent after the central bank’s seventh consecutive rate cut. The move was widely expected by economists. […]

Firefighters say a mother and her child are dead and two other family members were taken to hospital after a house fire in Oshawa, Ont., this morning. Oshawa Fire Services Deputy Chief Todd Wood says emergency officials were called to the scene on Mcgrigor Street just after 8 a.m., where fire crews found all levels […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford was spending Wednesday meeting with Canada’s incoming prime minister and speaking to his fellow premiers ahead of a trip Thursday to Washington, D.C., to talk trade with a top U.S. official. Ford, federal Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the United States, are set to […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index ticked higher while U.S. markets were mixed in late-morning trading Wednesday, after 25 per cent tariffs on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum officially kicked in and the Bank of Canada cut its key lending rate by a quarter-point to 2.75 per cent. The S&P/TSX composite index was up […]

OTTAWA — The federal government will impose 25 per cent tariffs on U.S. goods worth $29.8 billion in retaliation for steel and aluminum tariffs the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump imposed today. All countries, including Canada, were hit with 25 per cent U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports into the United States — […]

TORONTO — While cervical cancer screening is a routine part of health care for Canadians, many fall through the cracks. Robby Mukonjero, a 63-year-old who moved to Canada from Kenya in 2023, had never been screened for cervical cancer until she took part in a HPV self-sampling study in Toronto last spring. Mukonjero heard about […]

TORONTO — Prime-minister designate Mark Carney met with Ontario Premier Doug Ford this morning, ahead of the provincial leader’s trip to Washington, D.C., to discuss tariffs and free trade with a top U.S. official. Ford says in a statement that he and Carney had a productive discussion, agreeing on the need to stand firm in […]