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TORONTO — Buffy Sainte-Marie’s induction to Canada’s Walk of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame were revoked late Friday as organizers responded to the singer saying she is not Canadian. In a statement from the board of directors at Canada’s Walk of Fame, the organization says it has “made the difficult decision to […]

TORONTO — Canada’s oldest retailer, Hudson’s Bay, has filed for creditor protection and intends to restructure the business. The department store company that dates back to 1670 says it has been facing significant pressures including subdued consumer spending, trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada and post-pandemic declines in downtown store traffic. The company’s hulking […]

VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province has no plan to follow Ontario and levy a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Eby says imposing such a fee “is not currently a priority,” with efforts focused on new legislation in coming days that would give the province […]

TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay, Canada’s oldest company that dates back to 1670, has filed for creditor protection and intends to restructure the business. The department store company says it has been facing significant pressures, including subdued consumer spending, trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada and post-pandemic drops in downtown store traffic. More coming. The […]

OTTAWA — The federal government is rejecting the recommendations of two of its own ministers and refusing to issue an emergency order protecting southern resident killer whales from “imminent threats” to their survival. Instead, the Fisheries Department says “incremental measures will be pursued” to protect the salmon-eating whales that live in British Columbia waters. Thursday’s […]

The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired centre Scott Laughton and defenceman Brandon Carlo ahead of Friday’s NHL trade deadline. The Leafs sent a conditional 2027 first-round draft pick and forward prospect Nikita Grebenkin to Philadelphia as part of the deal for Laughton. The Flyers, who retained 50 per cent of his remaining US$3-million salary cap hit […]

OTTAWA — With just days to go until Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves federal politics, his office says five new appointments have now filled all the vacancies in the 105-seat Senate. The Prime Minister’s Office says in a news release that the Governor General has appointed former Moncton mayor Dawn Arnold for New Brunswick and […]

TORONTO — Karin Martin couldn’t sleep last Sunday night after reading a letter from Toronto Public Health that drowned her with worry. It was sent to 2,500 patients who had potentially been exposed to bloodborne viruses including HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C due to what the agency described as a failure to properly clean, […]

TORONTO — Canadian and U.S. stock markets made a turnaround Friday afternoon to end a rocky week on a more positive note, with Canada’s main stock index gaining almost 200 points and U.S. markets also rising. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 174.72 points at 24,758.76. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was […]

OTTAWA — The federal government says it’s going to implement a new 30-business-day guarantee for passports. That means Ottawa promises to either process a passport application within 30 business days or refund the fee. Citizens’ Services Minister Terry Beech says that change is coming this year, along with an online renewal option that will launch […]