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TORONTO — Ontario took a new step into pre-election campaign territory Tuesday, with an opposition leader making her first major platform announcement and Premier Doug Ford urging people to vote Progressive Conservative, though he has not as of now called an early election. Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie said Tuesday that if elected she would essentially […]

VANCOUVER — Mike O’Shea and Ryan Dinwiddie are together again at the Grey Cup. Winnipeg faces Toronto in the CFL championship game Sunday at B.C. Place Stadium, the second meeting in three years between the two teams after the Argonauts edged the Blue Bombers 24-23 in the 2022 game. Winnipeg is making its fifth straight […]

OTTAWA — A government-funded report says Black executives within the public service are subject to harassment and intimidation, career stagnation, unjust workloads and, as one executive wrote, a “cesspool of racism.” Rachel Zellars, a lawyer who authored the report for the Black Executives Network, wrote that the interviews she conducted with 73 participants were the […]

TORONTO — Canada’s major film and TV unions are pressuring Telefilm to only fund productions that sign collective agreements. Eight major unions and guilds representing more than 87,000 Canadian film and TV professionals say Telefilm should update its guidelines and only support productions in “good standing” with industry unions. The coalition, which includes ACTRA, the […]

TORONTO — Police say 23 people have been arrested after close to 100 shots were fired between two groups near a recording studio in Toronto last night. Toronto Police Deputy Chief Lauren Pogue says it’s “remarkable” that no one was injured in the gunfire exchange that happened in the area of Queen Street West and […]

TORONTO — RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust says it cut almost 10 per cent of its staff in October as it deals with a slowdown in the condo market and overall pushes for greater efficiency. The company says the cuts, which amount to around 60 employees based on its last annual filing, will mean about […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Sceptres will have a big piece of their lineup missing to start the upcoming Professional Women’s Hockey League campaign. Reigning MVP and scoring champ Natalie Spooner will miss the start of the regular season, general manager Gina Kingsbury announced Tuesday on the first day of training camp. Spooner had told The […]

TORONTO — RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust says it has cut almost 10 per cent of its staff as it deals with a slowdown in the condo market and overall pushes for greater efficiency. The company says the cuts, which amount to around 60 employees based on its last annual filing, will mean about $9 […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index briefly topped the 25,000-point mark Tuesday morning before pulling back but was still in the green thanks to a 25-per-cent gain in shares of Shopify Inc. after the e-commerce technology firm reported strong third-quarter revenue. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 77.17 points at 24,866.45 in midday trading. In […]

TORONTO — Reigning PWHL MVP and scoring champ Natalie Spooner will miss the start of the regular season for the Toronto Sceptres, general manager Gina Kingsbury announced Tuesday on the first day of training camp. The 33-year-old Spooner had knee surgery on her left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) after she was checked into the boards […]