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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ukraine should be allowed to strike deep inside Russia, regardless of Moscow threatening that this would draw Canada and its allies into direct war. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the NATO military alliance would draw itself into war if it allows Ukraine to use donated weapons […]

TORONTO — Roots Corp. may have built its brand on all things comfy and cosy, but its CEO says activewear is now “really becoming a core part” of the brand. The category, which at Roots spans leggings, tracksuits, sports bras and bike shorts, has seen such sustained double-digit growth that Meghan Roach plans to make […]

TORONTO — He’s firmly among Canada’s top three-year-olds but My Boy Prince faces a stiff test Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack. The ’24 King’s Plate runner-up will be part of a global field in the $1-million Woodbine Mile turf event. Not only will it be My Boy Prince’s first race against older competition but among the […]

TORONTO — Unifor says workers at a Walmart warehouse in Mississauga, Ont., have voted to join the union. The union says it’s Walmart’s first warehouse to unionize in Canada. Unifor national president Lana Payne says the employees stood up for their rights and the union is excited to get to work on their first collective […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, rose 0.4 per cent to $82.7 billion in July. The increase came as sales in the miscellaneous subsector gained three per cent to reach $10.5 billion in July, helped by strength in the agriculture supplies industry […]

TORONTO — Retailer Roots Corp. says it lost $5.2 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $5.3 million in the same quarter last year. The company says the loss amounted to 13 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Aug. 3, the same as a year earlier. Sales for what was […]

TORONTO — BMO Financial Group says it has won the reversal of a 2022 jury verdict against the bank in a lawsuit related to a Ponzi scheme in the United States. The Canadian bank says the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals also instructed the district court to enter judgment in favour of BMO’s U.S. […]

TORONTO — One of the largest factors standing in the way of Ontario being able to speed up critical infrastructure projects is a sense of public distrust fostered by the government’s own history with the Greenbelt, polling commissioned by the government suggests. Leger conducted an online survey about infrastructure in mid-to-late December and held focus […]

TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival says it has been forced to pause upcoming screenings of the documentary “Russians at War” due to “significant threats” to festival operations and public safety. The film about Russian soldiers’ disillusionment at the front lines of the war in Ukraine had scheduled screenings on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index gained more than one per cent Thursday on the back of the base metal, energy and industrial sectors, while U.S. markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 263.97 points at 23,475.14. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 235.06 points at 41,096.77. The S&P […]