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TORONTO — Ontario’s housing start projections have been revised downward once again in the province’s budget, putting the government even farther off track from building 1.5 million homes over 10 years. At the time of last year’s budget the province expected to see 74,800 homes built in 2026, already lower than the previous budget forecast, […]

TORONTO — An Ontario man who pleaded guilty to three terrorism charges has been sentenced to 20 years in prison with the possibility of parole after 10 years. Matthew Althorpe admitted to creating and publishing white supremacist propaganda as an active member of the terror group Atomwaffen Division, and an agreed statement of facts in […]

An inquest will begin next week to investigate the 2021 death of an Indigenous woman in St. Catharines, Ont., shortly after she was discharged from a hospital emergency room visit. Heather Winterstein was a 24-year-old member of the Cayuga Nation with ties to Six Nations of the Grand River. The Chiefs of Ontario organization says […]

TORONTO — As Toys “R” Us Canada prepares to ask a court for permission to put the business up for sale, it’s closing at least two more stores. In new court documents, the chain says it’s notified the landlords at the St. Laurent Centre in Ottawa and Woodgate Plaza in St. John’s, Nfld. that its […]

LOS ANGELES — An Ontario man has pleaded guilty to running a drug-trafficking operation that U.S. officials say brought hundreds of kilograms of meth and cocaine worth up to US$17 million from the United States into Canada. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California says 62-year-old Guramrit Sidhu of Brampton, Ont., led […]

TORONTO — When the Toronto Blue Jays raise their 2025 American League Championship banner to the rafters of Rogers Centre on Friday, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., is going to give himself a moment to let his feelings come out. After all, Toronto came within a hairsbreadth of winning the Blue Jays’ third Major League Baseball championship […]

TORONTO — Ontario is investing $1.1 billion more in home health care as it grapples with the reality that it is unlikely to achieve its goal of building 58,000 new long-term care beds by 2028. The funding boost for home care is part of Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy’s 2026 budget that projects a $13.8 billion […]

TORONTO — Ontario is delaying a path to balance once more, as one of several shock absorbers meant to ease the province down a potentially bumpy economic road ahead, though it is currently faring better than previously feared in the face of U.S. tariffs. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is for the third year in a […]

TORONTO — The Ontario government tabled a budget Thursday that focused on developing a resilient economy amid geopolitical uncertainty. The province is expecting to end this fiscal year with a $12.3-billion deficit, down from the $14.6 billion projected in last year’s budget. It is projecting a deficit of $13.8 billion in 2026-27 – a big […]

Officials in Toronto say the city has put together a comprehensive plan to manage the transportation of hundreds of thousands of visitors who are expected during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Toronto will host six World Cup matches beginning in June, including the first-ever World Cup match on Canadian soil featuring the Canadian men’s team. […]