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TORONTO — The Ontario Securities Commission is alleging KPMG failed as an auditor in its 2019 and 2020 reports on four funds managed by Bridging Finance Inc. and is seeking up to $40 million in penalties. The regulator alleges the firm failed to perform sufficient and appropriate audit procedures over the most critical aspect of […]

TORONTO — The judge overseeing the sexual assault trial of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach says she “couldn’t possibly convict” him on the charges related to one of the complainants in the case. Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy had voiced concerns Tuesday about the reliability of the evidence given by the first complainant to testify […]

TORONTO — If “Sort Of” was about queer joy — which it only partially was, says co-creator Zaiba Baig — then her latest theatre project is about trans rage. The two plays have transformed in the decade since Baig started working on them, shaped as much by a shifting sociopolitical landscape that increasingly vilifies transgender […]

TORONTO — Even though Canada’s opponent for its FIFA World Cup opener in Toronto was just determined Tuesday, many of the resale tickets left for the international match come at a steep cost. Sixty-ninth-ranked Bosnia and Herzegovina upset 12th-ranked Italy 4-1 in penalties on home soil in a playoff qualifier final — the teams were […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s minimum wage is set to rise to $17.95 an hour on Oct. 1. The province boosts the wage annually based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation. The current minimum wage is $17.60. The government says someone earning minimum wage and working 40 hours per week will see an […]

TORONTO — Lawyers are set to continue their final submissions today in the
sexual assault trial of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach. Stronach’s defence lawyer argued Tuesday that his accusers lied and in some cases fabricated their accounts. Leora Shemesh also criticized what she described as “tunnel vision” among the officers who investigated the decades-old allegations, arguing […]

TORONTO — Prosecutors are set to argue today that an Ontario judge was wrong to grant bail to a Toronto-area lawyer accused of advising the murder of a federal witness in an alleged international drug smuggling ring. Lawyers for the Attorney General of Canada are asking the Court of Appeal for Ontario to order that […]

TORONTO — Canada played Tunisia to a soggy 0-0 draw in an international friendly Tuesday night. The men’s national team also finally knows its first World Cup opponent. The Canadians had plenty of chances — but were unable to find the finish — in a game played hours after Bosnia-Herzegovina stunned Italy in a penalty […]

TORONTO — Jesus Sanchez had an RBI single in the fifth inning and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. followed up with a bases-loaded walk and the Toronto Blue Jays never looked back in a 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday. Kazuma Okamoto and Nathan Lukes each had an RBI single in the seventh for Toronto […]

TORONTO — Vito Valela was optimistic as he settled into a chair at Cafe Diplomatico in Toronto to watch Italy’s bid to secure a spot in the FIFA World Cup, in between bites of pizza and sips of red wine. It’s been part of his decades-long ritual to bring family members and friends to the […]