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Community members were left reeling Tuesday after tense protests at a Hindu temple in the Greater Toronto Area led to police intervention two nights in a row, the clashes adding fuel to already fiery Canada-India diplomatic relations. Monday night saw hundreds of demonstrators gather outside the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton, Ont., where police allege […]

It’s been quite a ride for trainer Kevin Attard and Moira. The heralded filly earned Attard his first King’s Plate win in 2022 en route to being named Canada’s horse of the year. After finishing fifth in the ’22 Breeders Cup Filly & Mare race, Moira ended last season by taking third in the event […]

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament studying the federal government’s decision to buy a $9-million luxury condo in Manhattan are preparing to recall Canada’s consul general in New York to answer more questions about his involvement in the purchase. The Conservatives put forward a motion to have Tom Clark return to the House operations committee on […]

TORONTO — Strength in base metal stocks helped boost Canada’s main stock index on Tuesday, while U.S. markets also climbed as Americans headed to the polls for election day. Markets historically do well on election days, and then not as well the rest of the week, said Michael Currie, senior investment adviser at TD Wealth. […]

Police in Brantford, Ont., say they are looking for two men who allegedly left a grocery store with $1,200 worth of butter without paying. It’s the latest in a string of what other investigators have called “large-scale” butter thefts in the province. Brantford police say officers were called on Oct. 29 to a grocery store […]

TORONTO — Strength in base metal stocks helped boost Canada’s main stock index on Tuesday, while U.S. markets also climbed as Americans headed to the polls for election day. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 131.84 points at 24,387.90. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 427.28 points at 42,221.88. The S&P […]

Twelve years after his last fight, former world title contender Troy (The Boss) Amos-Ross is headed to the Boxing Canada Hall of Fame. Egerton Marcus, his cousin and 1988 Olympic silver medallist as a middleweight, is also being inducted. Other inductees are Olympians Jamie Pagendam, Raymond (Sugar Ray) Downey, Howard Grant and Domenic (Hollywood) Filane, […]

OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by the Prince Edward Island Potato Board to overturn a 2021 decision by the federal agriculture minister to declare the entire province as “a place infested with potato wart.” That order prohibited the export of seed potatoes from the Island to prevent the spread […]

OTTAWA — Information commissioner Caroline Maynard is slated to answer questions from MPs today on her proposed reappointment. The Liberal government recently nominated Maynard to serve another seven-year term. Kevin Lamoureux, parliamentary secretary to the government House leader, asked that the nomination be referred to the committee on access to information, privacy and ethics. Maynard, […]

OTTAWA — Conservative MPs want Canada’s consul general in New York to testify at a House of Commons committee again about the purchase of a new official residence in Manhattan. Members of the House operations committee are looking into the purchase and want Tom Clark to answer more questions after new information emerged today about […]