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TORONTO — Kevin Gausman threw six strong innings and Alejandro Kirk drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Wednesday to end a five-game losing skid. Leadoff hitter Jonatan Clase hit his first career home run for the Blue Jays (74-85) and added two singles and a […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to his home in Ottawa Wednesday for an informal private dinner. Trudeau greeted Macron outside Rideau Cottage with a hug and a big smile at the start of Macron’s second official visit to Canada. The two leaders will hold more formal meetings Thursday in […]

OTTAWA — A newly released memo shows Canada’s foreign ministry expressed alarm about its shrinking ability to counter foreign disinformation online due to limited access to data and the evolving tactics of adversaries. The memo, released by a federal inquiry into foreign interference, noted Canada had led the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism to identify and […]

TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay says Ann Taylor and Loft will return to Canada through a partnership with the department store. The deal with Centric Brands LLC, a U.S. firm which holds distribution rights to the womenswear retailers, will see Ann Taylor and Loft open stores within some Hudson’s Bay locations and online. Ann Taylor will […]

TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette was scheduled to undergo surgery Wednesday to repair a right middle finger fracture. Bichette suffered the season-ending injury last week while taking grounders during infield practice. Speaking before Toronto’s home game against the Boston Red Sox, Blue Jays manager John Schneider said the procedure would address a […]

OTTAWA — The national banking regulator says it will no longer require borrowers with uninsured mortgages to undergo a stress test when switching providers. The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions says it will end the policy for lenders to apply the minimum qualifying rate to straight switches — when uninsured mortgages are renewed […]

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. ___ Authors: Jessica Evans, Assistant Professor, Criminology, Toronto Metropolitan University; Hannah Zur, Research Assistant, Department of Criminology and Social Justice, Toronto Metropolitan University; and Linda Mussell, […]

OTTAWA — An academic who studies the flow of information in an era of mistruths and polarized views says it is very difficult to gauge the effect of media content on people’s behaviour. Taylor Owen, an associate professor at McGill University, told a public inquiry into foreign interference today that behaviour is not determined by […]

OTTAWA — The Bloc Québécois is giving the Liberal government a deadline of Oct. 29 to pass two pieces of legislation related to old-age security and supply management. If the Liberals do not comply, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet says his party will begin discussions with other opposition parties about toppling the government. Members of Parliament […]

York Regional Police say a 23-year-old man has been charged with second-degree-murder in the death of his mother. Police say officers responded to a welfare check call at a Richmond Hill residence in the area of Gracedale Drive and Shaftsbury Avenue on Saturday morning, just before 8:30 a.m.. Officers say they located a 60-year-old woman […]