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The Quebec government adopted special legislation in the early hours Saturday to force a new remuneration system on doctors. It was passed just before 4 a.m. after Premier François Legault called a special session to rush through the bill, which imposes fines of up to $500,000 per day on doctors who take “concerted action” to […]

TORONTO — Having cleared the decks by declining 2026 contract options on veteran goalkeeper Sean Johnson and seven others, Toronto FC general manager Jason Hernandez has a far larger blank canvas to continue his roster rebuild. The 36-year-old Johnson is the biggest question-mark. While the 15-year MLS veteran kept TFC in contention for a lot […]

TORONTO — In a lot of ways, Addison Barger is your typical 25-year-old. He showed up to work earlier this week in a free T-shirt that he got four years ago and then slept on his buddy’s pullout couch that night. But Barger also smashed the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history on […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays waited 32 long years to get back to the World Series. They made sure their return to the Fall Classic was a memorable one. Addison Barger hit the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history and Daulton Varsho and Alejandro Kirk hit two-run homers as Toronto rolled to […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays made their long-awaited return to the World Series a triumphant one Friday night by dumping the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1 at Rogers Centre. Daulton Varsho and Alejandro Kirk hit two-run homers and Addison Barger hit the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history in Toronto’s […]

TORONTO — Mike Chisholm had a pager with him when he came to watch the Toronto Blue Jays play against Philadelphia in the World Series in 1993. His wife was nine months pregnant, so he needed to check in every half-hour to make sure she was OK. He said he was called home during the […]

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is drawing a volatile mix of blowback and praise for arguing that a Canadian government advertisement playing in U.S. markets misrepresented the 40th president’s words to blast President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. It is not clear how the California-based Reagan Foundation decided to enter the fray over the […]

OTTAWA — Ontario will pause its anti-tariff television ad campaign in the United States on Monday so that Canada-U.S. trade talks can resume, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday. Ford said he decided to pull the plug on the campaign only after speaking with Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is travelling to Asia for back-to-back […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose Friday, helped by strength in the technology sector, while U.S. stock markets saw gains after an encouraging inflation report. U.S. stocks climbed as the slightly better-than-expected inflation read helped reinforce the chances of a rate cut from the Federal Reserve next week, said Philip Petursson, chief investment strategist […]

Police in Niagara Region say a 27-year-old man is wanted for second-degree murder after a woman was found dead in a park on Tuesday. Police say they were called to the scene at Charles Daley Park in Lincoln, Ont., around 11 a.m. where they found the body of a woman with traumatic injuries. Police have […]