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ETOBICOKE, Ont. — Kin’s Concerto won’t be running in the $1-million King’s Plate. The winner of last month’s $500,000 Woodbine Oaks will run Saturday in the $250,000 Bison City Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. She’ll be with eight other horses in the second leg of the Triple Tiara for three-year-old fillies foaled in Canada. The King’s […]

ETOBICOKE, Ont. — Kin’s Concerto won’t be running in the $1-million King’s Plate. The winner of last month’s $500,000 Woodbine Oaks will run Saturday in the $250,000 Bison City Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. She’ll be with eight other horses in the second leg of the Triple Tiara for three-year-old fillies foaled in Canada. The King’s […]

TORONTO (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles put right-hander Grayson Rodriguez on the 15-day injured list with right lat discomfort. It’s another blow to the Baltimore rotation, which has already lost Kyle Bradish, John Means and Tyler Wells for the season. The Orioles, who have played sub-.500 baseball for nearly two months now, tried to add […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index fell almost 100 points Wednesday, tipping into the red after a strong start to the day despite an 18-per-cent gain for Shopify Inc., while U.S. markets also reversed earlier gains to end the day down. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 98.41 points at 21,880.95. In New York, the […]

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says federal departments are reviewing how two men with suspected links to a terrorist group abroad were allowed into Canada. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son, Mostafa Eldidi, 26, were arrested in Richmond Hill, Ont., last week and face nine different terrorism charges, including conspiracy to […]

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says he has seen a large jump in the number of dentists who have agreed to provide services under the new dental-care program. The government began accepting dental claims for seniors enrolled in the program in May, and has since expanded eligibility to qualifying children under the age of […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada wants the economy to pick up speed again and some members of its governing council are concerned that weak job market conditions could hinder that process. That’s according to the central bank’s newly-released summary of deliberations detailing discussions ahead of the July 24 rate decision. “With the emergence of […]

OTTAWA — The outgoing head of Canada’s spy agency is joining an American strategic intelligence firm that is waging war against intellectual property theft. Strider Technologies says in a press release that David Vigneault is the new managing director of its global intelligence unit. Vigneault said last month he was stepping down as director of […]

Another person has been arrested after making threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau online. Police say a man made violent threats against Trudeau, the police and security personnel who might attempt to interfere with his plans in an online video. RCMP made the arrest with help from the York Regional Police in Ontario. Police charged […]

OTTAWA — More than three decades after Indigenous leaders in northern Alberta began asking for funding to better understand if pollution from the oilsands was making their people sick, the federal government is funding a study to do just that. “This should have been done 32 years ago, maybe 40 years ago,” said Mikisew Cree […]