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ANCASTER, Ont. — Putman Investments says it has acquired clothing retailer Northern Reflections. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Northern Reflections has 134 stores across nine provinces and employs more than 860 people across the country. The company says Northern Reflections will continue to be led by current president Maryann Darling. Putman Investments […]

TORONTO — An increasing number of overdose deaths in Ontario involves the use of more than one drug, with the combination of opioids and stimulants proving to be especially dangerous, a new report says. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, attributing deaths to two or more substances rather than just one drug has become more common, new […]

TORONTO — An 18-year-old from Oshawa has been charged with dangerous driving after a collision with an Ontario Provincial Police vehicle that Premier Doug Ford was travelling in. Ford said he was all right but the vehicle he was in got “hammered” when it was hit by another car Wednesday on Highway 401. The collision […]

SUDBURY, Ont. — Kocha Delic scored a hat trick and goalie Nate Krawchuk stopped 39 shots for the Sudbury Wolves in a 7-1 thrashing of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the Ontario Hockey League on Wednesday. Ondrej Molnar, Kieron Walton, Chase Coughlan and Luca Blonda also scored for Sudbury (21-11-5-0). Noel Nordh scored the […]

School boards in multiple provinces have been affected by a data breach involving software used by schools across North America to store student information. Ontario’s Toronto, Peel and Durham district school boards issued similarly worded notices about a “cyber incident” targeting PowerSchool, a third-party application that’s also used to store some school-based staff information. The […]

OTTAWA — Some Liberal MPs are pressing Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc to change his mind and run for the party leadership. LeBlanc bowed out of the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday before it even kicked off. He announced he intends to stay on as finance minister via a social media post […]

OTTAWA — Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says it should be “relatively easy” to convince incoming U.S. president Donald Trump not to scuttle an icebreaker production pact with Canada. Trump said Tuesday the U.S. should go it alone and doesn’t “really want a partner” on icebreakers. Duclos says Trump’s administration indicated to Canada […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is all right but the vehicle he was travelling in got “hammered” when it was hit by another car Wednesday on Highway 401. The collision happened as Ford was on his way back from an announcement at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. The vehicle got “sideswiped,” Ford said. […]

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — Victims’ families and officials gathered Wednesday afternoon in the Toronto area to mark the five year anniversary of the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, as they called on Iran to be held responsible for the tragedy. On Jan. 8, 2020, the plane was shot down by two Iranian missiles […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s office says the premier is all right after a vehicle he was travelling in today was involved in a collision. A spokesperson says the crash involving the Ontario Provincial Police vehicle happened on Highway 401 earlier today. Ford was on his way back from an announcement at Darlington Nuclear […]