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TORONTO — Corus Entertainment is making several structural changes to cut costs, including shuttering its 900 CHML radio station in Hamilton after decades on the air. In a statement Wednesday evening, communications specialist Anna Arnone said the company is making some “difficult but necessary changes to ensure a sustainable future for Corus.” These changes will […]

TORONTO — Rogers Communications says Edward Rogers is becoming the company’s executive chair effective immediately. The company says Rogers, previously chairman, will lead the development and review of the company’s long-term strategy for growth. Lead director Robert Gemmell says the appointment merely formalizes the role Rogers has already been performing at the company. The firm […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose Wednesday amid broad-based strength on Bay St., while U.S. stock markets coasted after the latest report on inflation. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 141.83 points at 22,760.01. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 242.75 points at 40,008.39. The S&P 500 index was up […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man has been charged in an alleged hit-and-run crash that injured an officer last week. Police say a motorcyclist disobeyed an officer who was directing traffic on Lake Shore Boulevard West around 7:15 p.m. last Wednesday. They allege the motorcyclist collided with the officer and the took off. Police […]

ESSEX, ONT. — The council of a southwestern Ontario town where a mother and two children were found dead in their home from gunshot wounds is writing a letter to the provincial government asking it to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic. The Essex, Ont., town council passed a motion this week to send a […]

The co-CEO of Cargojet Inc. says rising e-commerce demand will fuel major business gains in the second half of the year after boosting revenues last quarter. Jamie Porteous, co-chief executive at the air freight company, told analysts Wednesday the remainder of 2024 will be “much stronger” than the first six months due to resurgent online […]

The co-CEO of Cargojet Inc. says rising e-commerce demand will fuel major business gains in the second half of the year after boosting revenues last quarter. Jamie Porteous, co-chief executive at the air freight company, told analysts Wednesday the remainder of 2024 will be “much stronger” than the first six months due to resurgent online […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s opposition parties are criticizing Premier Doug Ford for joking about sending “overflow” human patients to a new animal hospital. Ford spoke Tuesday at the opening of a large new veterinary facility north of Toronto, an event attended by several other cabinet ministers, and said, “by the looks of it we know where […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s opposition parties are criticizing Premier Doug Ford for joking about sending “overflow” human patients to a new animal hospital. Ford spoke Tuesday at the opening of a large new veterinary facility north of Toronto, an event attended by several other cabinet ministers, and said, “by the looks of it we know where […]

TORONTO — Auston Matthews tried his best to suppress a smile as he climbed on stage at a press conference Wednesday. But when Toronto general manager Brad Treliving announced Matthews as the next captain of the Maple Leafs, he couldn’t hold it in any longer. “I got chills, honestly,” the star centre said. “I’m so […]