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TORONTO — Colliers International Group Inc. says it has agreed to purchase a controlling interest in Australian urban planning and design advisory firm Ethos Urban Pty Limited. The deal is expected to close in the first half of this year. Colliers says Ethos Urban’s senior leadership team will remain “significant shareholders” in the business under […]

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland’s plan to fix the housing shortage would tie the number of new immigrants to housing availability. The former finance minister makes the promise in a 10-point policy document her campaign sent out this morning, saying the move would slow down population growth until the housing affordability crisis stabilizes. […]

Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Monday, Feb. 17: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Toronto: Ford will be in Toronto for the leader’s debate. — NDP Leader Marit Stiles Toronto: Stiles will be in Toronto for the leader’s debate. — Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie Toronto: Crombie will be in Toronto […]

The leaders of Ontario’s main political parties will reconvene this evening for a live studio debate ahead of the last 10 days of the election campaign. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie and Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner will be in Toronto for the debate hosted by CBC […]

OTTAWA — It’s deadline day for candidates to pay up so they can stay in the running to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader — and the field appears to be set. The final $125,000 instalment of a total $350,000 entrance fee is due by the end of the day — a high bar of […]

TORONTO — Avan Jogia wants to show you his guts. The actor-filmmaker’s second poetry collection, “Autopsy (of an ex-teen heartthrob)”, is a retrospective of the years he starred on the Nickelodeon show “Victorious” and the particular brand of fame it earned him in the early 2010s. Compiling the book, Jogia said, sent him through the […]

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Rachel Homan’s curling team battled both the ice and Kayla Skrlik’s foursome and triumphed on both counts to stay unbeaten at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Sunday. Homan downed Alberta’s Skrlik 9-7 to be the only undefeated team atop Pool A at 3-0. The victory was a grind for the […]

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Cole Brown scored twice and added an assist as the Brantford Bulldogs edged the Niagara IceDogs 5-4 on Sunday in the Ontario Hockey League. Nick Lardis — with his league-leading 56th goal of the season — Noah Nelson and Jake O’Brien also scored for Brantford. Patrick Thomas had three assists and […]

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Manitoba’s Kaitlyn Lawes recovered from a tough loss at the Canadian women’s curling championship with a 12-3 win over provincial rival Kate Cameron. Lawes had given up steals in seven ends, which was a Scotties Tournament of Hearts record, in an 8-2 loss to Quebec to start the tournament. Quebec’s Laurie […]

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Kerry Galusha’s last Canadian women’s curling championship is about the next generation in Northwest Territories. Her 18 appearances at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts is tied for second all-time with Jennifer Jones behind leader Colleen Jones (21). Galusha, 47, thought she would retire last year. The chance to play a Tournament […]