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OTTAWA — Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland will announce her intention to run for the Liberal party leadership just before the U.S. presidential inauguration, a source close to her campaign team said Monday. The source also said Freeland’s first policy promise will be to impose dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports to match the tariffs […]

TORONTO — Toronto Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley was ruled out of Monday’s game against the Golden State Warriors due to left hip soreness. Head coach Darko Rajakovic said Quickley’s hip “flared up” on Monday morning. He expected more details would be available on Tuesday after further evaluation. Forward Draymond Green (illness) sat out for the […]

OTTAWA — Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland will announce her intention to run for the Liberal party leadership just before the U.S. presidential inauguration, a source close to her campaign team says. Freeland’s first policy promise will be to bring in dollar-for-dollar tariffs on U.S. imports to match the cost of tariffs president-elect Donald Trump […]

OTTAWA — The federal government has paused an incentive program that offered Canadians rebates of up to $5,000 when buying or leasing electric vehicles. In an update on its website, Transport Canada says the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program has been paused as “funds have been fully committed.” The department says more than 546,000 […]

TORONTO — Lawyers began what are expected to be several days of legal arguments on Monday in the case of four girls scheduled to face trial this year over their alleged role in a deadly group attack on a homeless man in Toronto. The teens are part of a group police allege swarmed and stabbed […]

TORONTO — New data says Black Friday was the busiest shopping day of the 2024 holiday season in Canada, regaining the top spot after recent years were dominated by pre-Christmas shopping. The data released Monday by payments processor Moneris included transactions made between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31 of last year. It says consumers may […]

Kingston police say a local waste management facility was evacuated Saturday afternoon after workers found a live grenade in a scrap metal container. Police say employees at the facility were sorting items in a scrap metal disposal container when they found what they believed was a grenade. They say the workers then contacted police, who […]

OTTAWA — The federal government has settled a class-action lawsuit with military members who were subjected to racism during their time in the Armed Forces. The settlement is worth up to $150 million, and individual payments will range from $5,000 to $35,000. The claimants are people who served in the Canadian Armed Forces between April […]

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have signed offensive lineman Dariusz Bladek to a one-year contract extension, the CFL team announced Monday. Bladek started 17 games with the Redblacks last season after missing the entire 2023 campaign with the Toronto Argonauts due to an ankle injury. He attended mini-camp with the Baltimore Ravens in 2016 before […]

OTTAWA — The Canadian Paralympic Committee announced Monday that a total of $535,000 was awarded to Canadian athletes for their achievements at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. The Paris Games marked the first distribution of the Paralympic Performance Recognition program, which was announced in January 2024. The program gives Paralympians the same incentive for winning medals […]