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TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have signed guard AJ Lawson to a two-way contract, the NBA team announced Wednesday. The six-foot-six, 185-pound guard from Toronto averaged 24.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 35.1 minutes in 11 games (all starts) this season with the Long Island Nets, the G League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets. […]

A Toronto man who excelled to secure the title of a global spreadsheet champion last week calls his unusual achievement a “satisfying victory.” Michael Jarman won the Microsoft Excel World Championships in a Las Vegas arena on Dec. 4., after an hours-long competition in front of a couple of hundred people – and many others […]

TORONTO — The U.S. Department of Justice says a former TD Bank Group employee has been arrested and charged for allegedly facilitating money laundering at the bank. The arrest is the latest development in an investigation into money laundering at the bank that led to more than US$3 billion in fines against TD in a […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate by half a percentage point on Wednesday but signalled a slower pace of rate cuts moving forward. The decision marked the fifth consecutive reduction since June and brings the central bank’s key rate down to 3.25 per cent. Forecasters were widely expecting the jumbo […]

OTTAWA — The Military Police Complaints Commission is investigating the military’s handling of the case against a former general who was ousted from his high-ranking position after a sexual misconduct complaint in 2021. Lt.-Gen. Steven Whelan was head of the military’s personnel when a woman who had been his subordinate accused him of having an […]

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Author: Daniel Jaffee, Professor of Sociology, Portland State University BlueTriton — North America’s biggest bottled water firm — recently announced it will close Canada’s largest […]

TORONTO — Cyclists have launched a Charter challenge against the Ontario government over its decision to remove bike lanes on three Toronto roads. Cycle Toronto and two cyclists allege the province’s upcoming removal of bike lanes on Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue puts lives at risk. They say the bike lane removals, which […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate by half a percentage point, bringing it to 3.25 per cent. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Clothing retailer Roots Corp. reported a third-quarter profit of $2.4 million, up from a profit of $519,000 in the same quarter last year. The company says the result amounted to six cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Nov. 2, compared with a penny per diluted share a year earlier. Sales for […]

TORONTO — Ontario long-term care homes could soon have nurse practitioners overseeing residents’ medical care instead of physicians, a move applauded by nurses and the homes but not supported by doctors. The plan to replace the requirement for homes to have a medical director, who must be a physician, with a requirement for a clinical […]