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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host a Canada-U.S. economic summit in Toronto on Friday, days after President Donald Trump said he would hold off on his threatened tariffs against Canada for a month. The Prime Minister’s Office says the event will assemble Canadian trade and business leaders, along with organized labour, to discuss […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country’s merchandise trade surplus with the world was $708 million in December. The result compared with a revised deficit of $986 million in November and marked the first merchandise trade surplus since February 2024. The agency says exports rose 4.9 per cent to $69.5 billion in December. Exports of […]

OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre says a Conservative government would bring in mandatory life sentences for those convicted of trafficking, production and distribution of over 40 mg of fentanyl. The Conservative leader says the penalty should be the same as murder. The Conservatives also want traffickers caught with between 20 mg and 40 mg of the […]

The winner of a complete set of medals and Canada’s Olympic flag-bearer in Beijing’s closing ceremonies is in debt. Isabelle Weidemann wasn’t comfortable stating how far she’s in the red. The 29-year-old from Ottawa is paying for things her national sport organization can no longer afford. “Even at this top level, three Olympic medals, got […]

Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Wednesday, Feb. 5: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Pickering: Ford will make an announcement at 1 p.m. in Pickering. He will also visit workers and tour a Kubota Canada facility. He will then go to Oshawa for an event with the International Brotherhood of […]

OTTAWA — A new independent commission tasked by the federal government with reviewing miscarriages of justice could discover that more people than expected are serving prison sentences for crimes they didn’t commit. Other countries that launched similar commissions have found that “the degree of wrongful convictions certainly was much more significant than they knew,” said […]

Ontario’s main party leaders are mostly campaigning in the Greater Toronto area today as the focus of the snap election shifts to provincial issues. The threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods dominated the campaign trail at the start of the week, but with the hefty duties on hold until at least early March, the […]

CALGARY — Calgary-born William Nylander notched his second career hat trick on Tuesday as the Toronto Maple Leafs completed a sweep of Alberta with a 6-3 victory over the Calgary Flames. With nine goals in his last eight games Nylander has reached the 33-goal mark, second in the NHL behind Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton […]

TORONTO — In the final minutes of a close game the Toronto Raptors had rookies Jamal Shead, Ja’Kobe Walter and Jonathan Mogbo playing with sophomore Gradey Dick and four-year veteran Scottie Barnes. At 23 years of age, Barnes was the oldest Raptor on the floor as Toronto tried to complete a 23-point comeback in a […]

TORONTO (AP) — Fans booed the American national anthem before NHL and NBA games in Canada on Tuesday night, a sign that some Canadians were still upset despite President Donald Trump’s 30-day pause on tariff threats against Mexico and Canada. Boos echoed through Rogers Arena in Vancouver as singer Elizabeth Irving launched into the opening […]