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Ontario is officially ending its COVID-19 wastewater surveillance program today in a move some public health experts call shortsighted. Dr. Fahad Razak, the former scientific director of the COVID-19 Ontario Science Table, says the province’s decision is “incredibly disappointing.” Razak says wastewater testing gives an early indication of when COVID-19 and other viruses are on […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada will release its May gross domestic product report this morning. A preliminary estimate last month suggested the economy grew 0.1 per cent in May. The federal agency will also publish an estimate for economic growth in the second quarter today. RBC says it expects the data to show a weakening economy […]

TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays’ general manager Ross Atkins, coming off one of the busiest trade deadline periods in team history, spoke with the media Tuesday night after putting the finishing touches on a busy day. The Blue Jays shipped out every pending free agent on their roster in a group that featured Yimi Garcia, […]

OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has thrown out a convicted killer’s challenge of a British Columbia prison warden’s decision not to allow the inmate to have an electric guitar in his cell. A decision handed down last week says Patrick Fischer is an inmate at Kent Institution, a maximum-security prison in Agassiz, B.C., but […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays dealt reliever Trevor Richards to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday ahead of major-league baseball’s trade deadline. Toronto acquired outfielder Jay Harry, 22, from the Twins. He has appeared in 82 games with High-A Cedar Rapids, hitting .214 with eight home runs and 39 runs-batted in. The major-league trade deadline […]

TORONTO — Spin Master Corp. says it lost US$24.5 million in its second quarter, down from a profit of US$28 million a year earlier. Revenues for the toy and entertainment company totalled US$412 million, down from US$420.7 million during the same quarter last year. The company says revenues increased in entertainment but were lower in […]

KIRKLAND LAKE, ONT. — Ontario Provincial Police say they’ve connected two double homicides in a small town in northeastern Ontario to one suspect who has since died. Police say on July 30, 2023, emergency officials responded to a medical call at a home in Kirkland Lake, a town with a population of roughly 7,700. They […]

TORONTO — Intact Financial Corp. says its profits rose in the second quarter as past catastrophe losses are helping drive insurance premium growth. The Toronto-based insurer says its net income for the quarter came in at $758 million, up from $260 million in the same quarter last year. The company says it earned $4.04 per […]

York Regional Police say they’re looking for a suspect after several acts of suspected hate-motivated vandalism were reported in a neighborhood north of Toronto that is home to a large Jewish community. Police say they’re investigating seven instances of graffiti involving businesses and a synagogue that were spray painted with anti-Semitic messages in Thornhill, a […]

TORONTO — Strength in financials and utilities helped Canada’s main stock index stay afloat Tuesday as U.S. markets were mixed, weighed down by losses in the tech sector. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 45.10 points at 22,824.67. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 203.40 points at 40,743.33. The S&P 500 […]