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Maple Leaf Foods Inc. reported a loss of $26.2 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $53.7 million a year earlier as it prepares to spin off its pork business. The Mississauga, Ont.-based meat producer and processor’s president and CEO Curtis Frank told analysts on a call Thursday that investor reaction to […]

TORONTO — Brian Ramsay is stepping down as executive director of the CFL Players’ Association, the union announced Thursday. The CFLPA said Ramsay “is pursuing a new opportunity,” and will leave the organization at the end of September. The union added its board of directors will be naming an interim executive director shortly. Ramsay has […]

An Ontario Superior Court is hearing arguments in a lawsuit filed by the granddaughter of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, who is seeking an order compelling the family business to disclose any documents that might exist related to complaints of sexual misconduct against him and settlements involving complainants. Lawyers representing Selena Stronach are arguing that media […]

TORONTO — There’s no place like home for Ryan Dinwiddie and the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto (4-4) faces Calgary (4-4) at BMO Field on Friday night. The Stampeders outscored the Argos 21-0 in the fourth quarter Sunday night at McMahon Stadium for a 27-23 win that improved their home record to 4-0. However, Calgary is 0-4 […]

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto’s new WNBA team has issued a “call for inspiration” to its fans for suggestions on a team name, colors and identity. “We don’t just want to be WNBA Toronto,” team president Teresa Resch told The Canadian Press. “We want to have a name and a logo and a colourway that means […]

OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says a proposed law to prohibit keeping elephants and great apes in captivity could cost up to $8 million to administer over the first five years. The federal government is questioning that conclusion, calling it speculative and noting it is based on legislation that hasn’t even passed yet. The […]

TORONTO — A support agency for survivors of childhood sexual abuse says it’s seen a surge in calls since Alice Munro’s daughter went public with her story a month ago. The intake coordinator for The Gatehouse in Toronto says 81 survivors reached out for support after Andrea Skinner’s essay appeared July 7 in the Toronto […]

A 31-year-old man from Brampton is facing criminal charges after he allegedly assaulted a woman and forced her into a room on the campus of the University of Toronto Mississauga over the weekend. Police say the incident happened on the second floor of the school’s communication, culture, and technology building sometime on Sunday. They say […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada has named three experts that will assess its internal review of the central bank’s policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The experts are Pablo Hernández de Cos, former governor of the Bank of Spain, Kristin J. Forbes, a former member of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee and […]

TORONTO — The City of Toronto says it has laid bylaw charges against two companies that left a construction bin on the road where a 24-year-old cyclist died after being struck by a dump truck last month. The city says disposal bin company Ontario Trucking and Disposal Ltd., is facing five bylaw charges, including encumbering […]