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CALGARY — Veteran forward Greg Westlake heads to his sixth Paralympic Games as Canada’s Para hockey team looks for its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years at the Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics. Westlake, who recently came out of retirement, is among the Paralympic veterans on the 17-player roster announced Tuesday by Hockey Canada and […]

TORONTO — A Toronto hospital network will double its unique permanent housing program for homeless people who frequently visit emergency departments that has seen great success. The University Health Network and housing operator Fred Victor will build 54 new apartments next to Dunn House, which opened in the fall of 2024 and was built in […]

CALGARY — Veteran forward Greg Westlake will head to his sixth Paralympic Games as Canada’s Para hockey team looks for its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years at the Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics. Westlake, who recently came out of retirement, is among the Paralympic veterans on the 17-player roster released Tuesday by Hockey Canada […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s vision for an end-to-end electric vehicle supply chain, once an aggressive focus for Premier Doug Ford, has been sputtering as manufacturers delay or cancel plans, and the government is now looking to demands for batteries of a different sort to sustain it. Ford and the federal government negotiated to bring three electric […]

TORONTO — Toronto FC leaves the cold and snow of Toronto for the warmth of Spain on Tuesday, still missing a marquee attacker but with a sense of optimism going into the 2026 season. Head coach Robin Fraser, starting his second year at the helm, has liked what he has seen to date in training […]

MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada started hearing a case on Monday about whether it’s constitutional for police to make random traffic stops, after Quebec’s highest court ruled that the practice leads to racial profiling. The case involves Joseph-Christopher Luamba, a young Montrealer of Haitian descent who said he was repeatedly stopped by police […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Liberal caucus has named John Fraser as their pick for interim leader, a role he is poised to hold for a third time. Per the party’s constitution, the riding association presidents and executive council still have to vote on that choice, but the Ontario Liberal Party president told members in a […]

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Sean McDermott arrived in Buffalo in 2017, envisioning the day of looking out his office window and seeing a throng of fans celebrating a Super Bowl victory. That possibility ended on Monday, when McDermott was abruptly fired by team owner Terry Pegula following a nine-year tenure in which the coach […]

SUDBURY — Classes at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., are suspended after faculty, librarians and counsellors went on strike Monday as they call for better working conditions. The Laurentian University Faculty Association says mediated talks reached an impasse on Sunday and its members walked off the job Monday morning. The school says that during the […]

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s deal with China on electric vehicles has hurt Ontarians and the two have not spoken since. Ford says he was disappointed Carney did not give him a heads-up about a potential deal before the prime minister’s trip to China last week. Carney struck a deal […]