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OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney is vowing to split the federal budget between capital and operating spending, and to balance the operating side while running small capital deficits. Carney made the comments at a press conference in Scarborough, Ont., where he also promised he would reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio over time. He did […]

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The title sponsor of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Curling Canada insist their relationship is rock solid as some curlers wonder about changes they’ve seen this year. Kruger Products, formerly known as Scott Paper, is in its 44th year of sponsoring the Canadian women’s curling championship. The company, which ceased […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s top court has dismissed the appeal of an Alberta man convicted of manslaughter for aiding his son in the killings of two Métis hunters. Roger and Anthony Bilodeau confronted Maurice Cardinal and Jacob Sansom in 2020, shot them and left them on the side of a road near Glendon, Alta. The pair […]

OTTAWA — The federal government has confirmed that small businesses will have to pay tax on their carbon rebate, despite government promises otherwise, because Parliament can’t currently pass legislation to make the payment exempt from income taxes. But if legislation passes to do that the government says the businesses can apply for a rebate for […]

TORONTO — Prosecutors are expected to make their final submissions this afternoon at the trial of a teen girl accused of fatally stabbing a homeless man in Toronto two years ago. The girl was 14 when she and a group of friends encountered Kenneth Lee in a downtown Toronto parkette in December 2022. She has […]

MARKHAM, Ont. — Police say a 78-year-old Toronto man has died after he was hit by a car while trying to get his vehicle out of a snowbank. York Regional Police say the crash took place on Monday afternoon in Markham, after a weekend of heavy snow. Officers responded at around 2:50 p.m. to reports […]

Toronto FC coach Robin Fraser has added former TFC fullback Steven Beitashour and former Colorado Rapids assistant Wolde Harris to his coaching staff. While general manager Jason Hernandez first revealed the coaching additions Feb. 7 at a reception for season ticket-holders, the MLS club did not officially announce the news until Wednesday. The two join […]

DUNEDIN — His spot at the top of the batting order no longer secure and his statistics trending downward, George Springer has plenty to prove as he enters the penultimate season of his six-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays. Manager John Schneider plans to give the veteran right-fielder some reps in left field this […]

OTTAWA — The government’s fiscal watchdog says a guaranteed basic income program at the federal level could cut poverty rates in Canada by up to 40 per cent. In a new report, the parliamentary budget officer says that a Canadian family in the lowest earning group could expect to receive an average of $6,100 in […]

OTTAWA — More Canadians have expressed an interest in joining the military since U.S. President Donald Trump took office — but the Canadian Armed Forces isn’t attributing that spike to Trump and his talk of annexing Canada. The Canadian Armed Forces received roughly 1,000 more applications over the last month than it did in the […]