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TORONTO — The creator behind the Oscar-winning animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” now holds a key to the city of Toronto, where she grew up. After taking part in a panel about the film’s success at Departure Festival, Maggie Kang was surprised on stage by Mayor Olivia Chow. The mayor spoke about the Korean-Canadian filmmaker’s […]

TORONTO — Two Canadians who disembarked a cruise ship that’s been hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak are in Ontario and actively being monitored, the province’s health minister says. More coming. Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Private equity real estate firm KingSett Capital and University Pension Plan Ontario have signed a deal to form a partnership to invest in industrial real estate in Canada. They say the partnership will focus on multi-tenant, light industrial buildings in supply-constrained markets. University Pension Plan Ontario is a pension plan open to Ontario […]

Montreal may be the last Canadian team standing in the second round of the NHL playoffs, but for many hockey fans in St. Catharines, Ont., the Buffalo Sabres are the local heroes.

 At Kully’s Original Sports Bar in downtown St. Catharines, fans wearing dark blue Sabres caps outnumbered those cheering on the Montreal Canadiens as […]

TORONTO — Chxrry is on the cusp of her first headlining hometown show, but the Scarborough-raised artist has her sights set far beyond the city. On a sunny Friday at Universal Music Canada’s office, the alt-R&B singer born Lydia Habtemariam lays out those goals with casual confidence. “We have really iconic people that have come […]

TORONTO — Don’t be disappointed if you couldn’t secure a free ticket for the World Cup fan festival in Toronto. The City of Toronto says it will release more free general admission tickets next week after the first wave sold out hours after becoming available Wednesday morning. Sharon Bollenbach, the city’s executive director of the […]

FREDERICTON — Residents of a New Brunswick town are planning to take legal action against a popular potato chip-making company they say has ruined their neighbourhood with noise, smells and traffic. The group of 17 residents allege in a statement released Wednesday by their lawyer, Basile Chiasson, that the factory opened last September has caused […]

GUELPH — Isaiah Smith has plenty to get acclimated to in his first pro football camp, but the Toronto Argonauts’ training facility isn’t one of them. The six-foot-one, 230-pound running back was among 64 players at Toronto’s rookie camp Wednesday. But Smith, of Burlington, Ont., had no trouble getting the lay of the land in […]

TORONTO — Bobby Webster is willing to wait on re-signing star Canadian guard RJ Barrett. The Toronto Raptors general manager had his season-ending news conference on Wednesday afternoon at OVO Athletic Centre, the NBA team’s practice facility. One of the first questions Webster was asked was if he was open to signing a contract extension […]

Toronto police say an 18-year-old man is facing several charges in relation to two March shootings at synagogues. Police say they found bullet holes in the doors of the Shaarei Shomayim synagogue after responding to gunshots just after midnight on March 7. Earlier that night, York Region police responded to gunfire at the Beth Avraham […]