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TORONTO — Leah Pais is stoked about kicking off her Northern Super League career with AFC Toronto at BMO Field. “I have only ever watched teams play there. I’ve never had the privilege of playing there,” said the 23-year-old midfielder/forward from nearby Mississauga. “And to be able to step on the field for the first […]

TORONTO — Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 2.5 per cent to $69.6 billion in December, boosted by gains at food and beverage retailers and motor vehicle and parts dealers. However, it says its advance estimate for January suggests retail sales fell 0.4 per cent in the first month of 2025. The agency says December […]

TORONTO — Dye & Durham Ltd. has named Sid Singh as interim chief executive officer, effective immediately. The software company has been looking for a new chief executive since last year when then-chief executive Matthew Proud announced plans to step down. Singh, who was already a member of the company’s board, will remain a director […]

TORONTO — Onex Corp. reported a loss in its fourth quarter compared with a profit a year earlier. The private equity firm, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, says its net loss amounted to US$2 million or two cents US per diluted share for the quarter ended Dec. 31. The result compared with a […]

Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Friday, Feb. 21: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Washington, D.C.: Ford will be in the U.S. capital for another round of meetings, after travelling there with other premiers about a week ago to push back against U.S. tariff threats. — NDP Leader Marit Stiles […]

Ontario’s main political party leaders are entering the final stretch of their campaigns, with less than a week left until election day. Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie is set to make an announcement in Toronto this morning, while NDP Leader Marit Stiles has several stops scheduled in southwestern Ontario. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford will be […]

OTTAWA — Seventy per cent of Canadians are in favour of dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on the United States, a new poll suggests. Nearly half of respondents to the Leger poll — 45 per cent — said they were strongly in favour of such tariffs, while 25 per cent said they were somewhat in favour. U.S. […]

OTTAWA — An internal report blames a lack of communication for a debacle on a Canadian Armed Forces base last fall, when masked men taking part in active-shooter drill fired blanks at civil servants who didn’t know it was a training exercise. During the drill, which took place on Nov. 12 at a service depot […]

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Nick Lardis had a hat trick in leading the Brantford Bulldogs to a 4-3 win over the Peterborough Petes on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League action. Marek Vanacker scored the other goal for Brantford (35-16-5), which has won nine of its last 10 games. Ryerson Leenders made 36 saves. Braydon McCallum, Brody […]

Provincial police say two inmates who escaped from a prison in the Muskoka Region on Wednesday have been caught. Police say two men, aged 68 and 70, fled in a grey sedan that picked them up around 1 p.m. from the federal Beaver Creek Institution in Gravenhurst, Ont. Correctional Service of Canada says staff members […]