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TORONTO — Ontario’s health minister is shutting down one avenue of publicly funding all nurse practitioners, as the province misses a federal deadline for ensuring their medically necessary services are covered. The federal government gave provinces and territories until April 1 to ensure they are funding nurse practitioner services equivalent to what doctors provide, though […]

Provincial police say a fifth suspect has been arrested and two others are still at large in a homicide and attempted murder investigation north of Toronto dating back to 2020. The Caledon detachment of the OPP says it arrested a 45-year-old Ottawa man on first-degree murder and other charges and has issued Canada-wide warrants for […]

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward William Nicholl to a three-year entry-level contract beginning next season, the NHL club announced Wednesday. Nicholl had 15 goals and 11 assists over 32 games with the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights this season after returning from injury on Dec. 31. The 19-year-old from Ottawa has 43 […]

TORONTO — The Ontario Securities Commission is alleging KPMG failed as an auditor in its 2019 and 2020 reports on four funds managed by Bridging Finance Inc. and is seeking up to $40 million in penalties. The regulator alleges the firm failed to perform sufficient and appropriate audit procedures over the most critical aspect of […]

TORONTO — The judge overseeing the sexual assault trial of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach says she “couldn’t possibly convict” him on the charges related to one of the complainants in the case. Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy had voiced concerns Tuesday about the reliability of the evidence given by the first complainant to testify […]

TORONTO — If “Sort Of” was about queer joy — which it only partially was, says co-creator Zaiba Baig — then her latest theatre project is about trans rage. The two plays have transformed in the decade since Baig started working on them, shaped as much by a shifting sociopolitical landscape that increasingly vilifies transgender […]

TORONTO — Even though Canada’s opponent for its FIFA World Cup opener in Toronto was just determined Tuesday, many of the resale tickets left for the international match come at a steep cost. Sixty-ninth-ranked Bosnia and Herzegovina upset 12th-ranked Italy 4-1 in penalties on home soil in a playoff qualifier final — the teams were […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s minimum wage is set to rise to $17.95 an hour on Oct. 1. The province boosts the wage annually based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation. The current minimum wage is $17.60. The government says someone earning minimum wage and working 40 hours per week will see an […]

TORONTO — Lawyers are set to continue their final submissions today in the
sexual assault trial of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach. Stronach’s defence lawyer argued Tuesday that his accusers lied and in some cases fabricated their accounts. Leora Shemesh also criticized what she described as “tunnel vision” among the officers who investigated the decades-old allegations, arguing […]

TORONTO — Prosecutors are set to argue today that an Ontario judge was wrong to grant bail to a Toronto-area lawyer accused of advising the murder of a federal witness in an alleged international drug smuggling ring. Lawyers for the Attorney General of Canada are asking the Court of Appeal for Ontario to order that […]