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TORONTO — John Schneider joked that Shohei Ohtani owes the Blue Jays a hat. Toronto courted the dual-threat superstar during free agency in December 2023, including a secret meeting at the club’s spring training facility where he grabbed some memorabilia on his way out the door, before ultimately signing a 10-year, US$700-million contract with the […]

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are both predicting the Toronto Blue Jays will win the World Series in six games, though so far neither has plans to attend in person. Ford said at the end of a press conference Thursday at a nuclear plant with Carney that he would be watching […]

TORONTO — Ontario appears to be backing away from its goal of building 1.5 million homes over 10 years. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack introduced legislation Thursday that he said would streamline approvals and let developers build homes more quickly. “Simply put, it takes too long and it costs too much to build […]

TORONTO — Education Minister Paul Calandra said Thursday that if an Ontario school board doesn’t restore prom plans for three of its high schools that cancelled them, he will step in and do it. Three schools in the Durham District School Board decided to cancel the traditional event due to what the principals called growing […]

TORONTO — Ontario appears to be backing away from its goal of building 1.5 million homes over 10 years. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack introduced legislation today that he says would streamline approvals and let developers build homes more quickly. He says it takes too long and costs too much to build a […]

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier says the province will learn from Ontario’s nuclear efforts as part of a new agreement he signed with its energy minister. Ontario’s Minister of Energy Stephen Lecce and Tim Houston, who appointed himself as Nova Scotia’s energy minister two days ago, held a press conference in downtown Halifax to sign […]

OTTAWA — Building up port infrastructure and exporting more resources like the critical minerals in Ontario’s Ring of Fire are key parts of Ottawa’s plans to double non-U.S. exports, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday. “Part of those strategies that are consistent with the goal are new energy and trade corridors,” Carney told a news […]

Provincial police say they’ve identified the remains of a second victim in an ongoing Simcoe, Ont., homicide investigation. Police say the remains found last week in a wooded area off Highway 6, west of Caledonia in Haldimand County, have been confirmed as those of 49-year-old Robert Sykes of Simcoe. Investigators say the cause of death […]

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will review the case of a man who received a sentence to be served under house arrest for illegal handgun possession. Terrell Burke-Whittaker was at a Toronto restaurant in June 2020 when someone in a parked car began shooting into a lot behind the building. Burke-Whittaker pulled a […]

Air Canada plans to launch flights to the U.S. out of Toronto’s island airport in a bid for business passengers that marks a direct challenge to rival Porter Airlines. The country’s largest airline says it will fly planes between Billy Bishop airport and New York City, Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C., starting next spring for […]