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OTTAWA — Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister at a ceremony at Rideau Hall Friday after the formal resignation of Justin Trudeau. A senior Liberal source says a new cabinet will also be sworn in. More coming. Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press

More pain is on tap for craft breweries, homebuilders and manufacturers as U.S. tariffs on imported aluminum — and the counter-levies Canada is lobbing back — drive up costs. Blair Berdusco, chair of the Canadian Craft Brewers Association, said it amounts to a double hit. Canadian aluminum being shipped to the United States to make […]

TORONTO — Craig Berube wanted to get to know Mitch Marner. The Toronto Maple Leafs head coach met with the team’s star winger — a fan snapped a picture and posted the encounter to social media — shortly after he was hired last spring. Berube came away impressed, and he’s since watched Marner lead the […]

OTTAWA — Prices will rise, the economy will suffer and the Bank of Canada can’t lower interest rates enough to shield Canadians from the worst impacts of a prolonged trade war with the United States. That was the stark message Wednesday from the head of the Bank of Canada after the central bank delivered another […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose Wednesday while U.S. markets were mixed, after 25 per cent tariffs on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum officially kicked in and the Bank of Canada cut its key lending rate by a quarter-point to 2.75 per cent. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 175.14 points at 24,423.34. […]

Jesse Marsch lists off players who didn’t make Canada’s roster for the CONCACAF Nations League Finals, citing Nathan Saliba, Theo Bair, Kamal Miller and Jayden Nelson. “The good thing is this is the hardest squad that I’ve had to put together. And that’s a great development for us, that we’re leaving quality players in good […]

TORONTO — A Toronto woman who faced multiple charges in a dog attack that seriously injured a child has pleaded guilty to some of them, including a criminal charge of negligence. Court records show Patrycja Siarek entered the pleas in a Toronto court last Friday. She had also been charged with infractions under the provincial […]

A company that makes pie tins, takeout containers and other items out of aluminum foil is getting squeezed by tariffs — and not just the ones being fired between Canada and the U.S. Sam Thang, the plant manager at Wohler Canada Inc. in Mississauga, Ont., says 20 per cent of its finished products go to […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point on Wednesday as the tariff battle with the United States starts to weigh on the Canadian economy. The policy rate stands at 2.75 per cent after the central bank’s seventh consecutive rate cut. The move was widely expected by economists. […]

Firefighters say a mother and her child are dead and two other family members were taken to hospital after a house fire in Oshawa, Ont., this morning. Oshawa Fire Services Deputy Chief Todd Wood says emergency officials were called to the scene on Mcgrigor Street just after 8 a.m., where fire crews found all levels […]