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A U.S. college student from Toronto who climbed a street pole and fell while Philadelphia Eagles fans celebrated the team’s victory in Sunday’s NFC championship game has died from his injuries. Temple University announced the death of Tyler Sabapathy, 18, in a statement posted Tuesday night on the school’s website. Sabapathy was an accomplished gymnast […]

TORONTO — Sum 41’s members have experienced the highs and lows of the music industry over their nearly three-decade career. And as the band prepares to hang up their instruments, they’re sharing a few surprising memories from their incredible run. The Ajax, Ont.-founded band plays one final show at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on Thursday before […]

TORONTO — A haunted house story, told from the perspective of the ghost: that’s the elevator pitch for Steven Soderbergh’s new film, “Presence.” The high-level concept came with some logistical challenges for the prolific Academy Award-winning director, who’s known for being his own camera operator. The ghost in “Presence” is bound to the house where […]

Barring the acquisition of a new striker, it will be scoring by committee for Toronto FC this season. Toronto FC elected not to bring back Prince Owusu, its leading scorer last season, and the German forward, whose nine goals came at a cost of US$807,500, is now wearing CF Montreal colours. That leaves a Toronto […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s provincial and territorial health ministers are meeting with their federal counterpart in Halifax this week, and the New Democrats are urging them to ink pharmacare deals. The national pharmacare law calls for the federal government to sign deals with provinces and territories to start funding coverage of birth control and diabetes medications. […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved higher in late-morning trading as the Bank of Canada cut its key lending rate, while U.S. stock markets were mixed ahead of a rate decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 76.13 points at 25,495.58. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada delivered another interest rate cut on Wednesday, reducing its policy rate by a quarter-percentage point to three per cent. But looming U.S. tariffs are weighing on the central bank’s economic outlook. The cut, the central bank’s sixth consecutive one since June, comes as the bank said inflation is sitting […]

Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is starting the provincial election campaign by focusing on international tariffs, pitching himself as the best steward of Ontario’s economy. He says he needs the strongest majority in Ontario history in order to effectively deal with the threatened 25 per cent tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump. NDP Leader […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, bringing it to three per cent. The central bank also released its latest economic forecast, which it cautioned is more uncertain than usual due to the threat of a trade war. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — BMO, Porter Airlines and Mastercard are launching a new credit card option for travellers looking to earn points for the airline’s reward program VIPorter. They say the new BMO VIPorter Mastercard credit card suite will help travellers earn VIPorter points through everyday purchases. The new card is expected to be available this spring. […]