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Prime Minister Mark Carney says U.S. President Donald Trump seems to be afraid to make a World Series bet with him as the Toronto Blue Jays take on the Los Angeles Dodgers. “I think he’s afraid to make a bet. He doesn’t like to lose,” Carney joked Thursday when reporters asked him about a possible […]

TORONTO — Canadian Josh Liendo set a short-course world record in the men’s 100-metre butterfly Thursday in the third and final leg of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup. The 23-year-old from Toronto was clocked in 47.68 seconds, erasing the previous mark of 47.71 set by Switzerland’s Noe Ponti. “I wasn’t expecting that at all,” […]

TORONTO — John Schneider joked that Shohei Ohtani owes the Blue Jays a hat. Toronto courted the dual-threat superstar during free agency in December 2023, including a secret meeting at the club’s spring training facility where he grabbed some memorabilia on his way out the door, before ultimately signing a 10-year, US$700-million contract with the […]

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are both predicting the Toronto Blue Jays will win the World Series in six games, though so far neither has plans to attend in person. Ford said at the end of a press conference Thursday at a nuclear plant with Carney that he would be watching […]

TORONTO — Ontario appears to be backing away from its goal of building 1.5 million homes over 10 years. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack introduced legislation Thursday that he said would streamline approvals and let developers build homes more quickly. “Simply put, it takes too long and it costs too much to build […]

TORONTO — Education Minister Paul Calandra said Thursday that if an Ontario school board doesn’t restore prom plans for three of its high schools that cancelled them, he will step in and do it. Three schools in the Durham District School Board decided to cancel the traditional event due to what the principals called growing […]

TORONTO — Ontario appears to be backing away from its goal of building 1.5 million homes over 10 years. Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack introduced legislation today that he says would streamline approvals and let developers build homes more quickly. He says it takes too long and costs too much to build a […]

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier says the province will learn from Ontario’s nuclear efforts as part of a new agreement he signed with its energy minister. Ontario’s Minister of Energy Stephen Lecce and Tim Houston, who appointed himself as Nova Scotia’s energy minister two days ago, held a press conference in downtown Halifax to sign […]

OTTAWA — Building up port infrastructure and exporting more resources like the critical minerals in Ontario’s Ring of Fire are key parts of Ottawa’s plans to double non-U.S. exports, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday. “Part of those strategies that are consistent with the goal are new energy and trade corridors,” Carney told a news […]

Provincial police say they’ve identified the remains of a second victim in an ongoing Simcoe, Ont., homicide investigation. Police say the remains found last week in a wooded area off Highway 6, west of Caledonia in Haldimand County, have been confirmed as those of 49-year-old Robert Sykes of Simcoe. Investigators say the cause of death […]