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TORONTO — Canada’s newest Nobel Prize recipient says he’s donated half his share of the award to a charity training Indigenous communities in how to develop and provide access to safe water systems. The charity given a portion of Geoffrey Hinton’s winnings is Water First, an organization based in Creemore, Ont. Hinton doesn’t have a […]

TORONTO — For the first time in his budding squash career, Canada’s Salah Eltorgman can approach the Olympic quadrennial with the goal of playing at the Summer Games. The Western University student is aiming to represent Canada in Los Angeles in 2028 when squash makes its Olympic debut. “It definitely pushes you to train harder,” […]

TORONTO — RJ Barrett will make his regular-season debut tonight as his Toronto Raptors host the Denver Nuggets. The swingman from Mississauga, Ont., missed most of the pre-season and Toronto’s first three games of the regular season with a sprained shoulder. Barrett was hurt trying to fight through a screen in the Raptors’ first pre-season […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained just over 100 points Monday as strength in financial and technology stocks helped outweigh losses in energy, while U.S. markets also moved higher. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 101.99 points at 24,565.66. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 273.17 points at 42,387.57. The […]

OTTAWA — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has granted Google a five-year exemption from the Online News Act, ordering it to pay $100 million to Canadian news outlets within 60 days. Google agreed last year to pay Canadian news publishers $100 million a year in order to be exempt from the law, which compels […]

OTTAWA — A Federal Court hearing is underway today to determine whether a group of Black public servants can proceed with a class-action lawsuit against Canada for discrimination. The certification hearing began this morning in Toronto and could last up to 12 days. The class-action is made up of some 45,000 Black workers and applicants […]

TORONTO — Toronto FC, taking the first steps in what’s been billed as a “total rebuild,” has declined 2025 contract options on defenders Aimé Mabika and Shane O’Neill, midfielder Brandon Servania and goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh. The four players made a combined $1.24 million last season (all figures in U.S. dollars), led by Servania’s $602,708. The […]

TORONTO — Bridgehouse Asset Managers and Ninety One Ltd. say they’re launching an emerging markets equity fund geared to Canadian pension funds as global investment opportunities continue to mature. The fund, managed by Bridgehouse with the guidance of investment manager Ninety One’s North American arm, is being launched with $350 million in seed capital from […]

OTTAWA — The Leaders’ Debate Commission announced two seasoned broadcast journalists to moderate the French and English leaders’ debates in the next federal election. TVO host Steve Paikin will moderate the English debate, while Patrice Roy, a host at Radio-Canada will handle proceedings for the French debate. Between the two of them, they have moderated […]

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if his party forms government, it will scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1 million and push provinces do to the same. Poilievre makes the case for the cut in a six-minute video published online today, arguing governments are partly to blame […]