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TORONTO — IndyCar drivers are hitting the track Friday for the first practice at the 2024 Ontario Dealers Honda Indy in Toronto. The race is set for Sunday on the street circuit at Exhibition Place. Spain’s Alex Palou leads the NTT IndyCar Series with 379 points, 35 ahead of Australia’s Will Power heading into the […]

OTTAWA — Elections Canada is suggesting possible changes to protect the political nomination process from foreign meddling, including barring non-citizens from helping choose candidates, requiring parties to publish contest rules and explicitly outlawing practices such as voting more than once. The federal elections agency outlines the proposed moves in a discussion guide intended to help […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to appoint a replacement for outgoing labour minister Seamus O’Regan, whose resignation is effective today. O’Regan announced Thursday he was stepping down from the Liberal cabinet for family reasons, though he intends to continue sitting as an MP until the next federal election. Trudeau’s office did not […]

TORONTO — A grocery code of conduct could stabilize food prices in the future and encourage more investment in the Canadian food industry, according to the president of Kraft Heinz Canada. “It creates a better trade environment for both the supplier and the retailer, but I think at the end of the day, the consumer […]

TORONTO — A marketing expert says two brands that recently had to recall plant-based milk contaminated with Listeria can come back from the outbreak, but they have to move quickly to regain consumer trust. David Pullara says both Danone and Walmart should apologize swiftly for the recalled Silk and Great Value products. The marketing instructor […]

TORONTO — An upgrade to 911 systems in Ontario is setting the stage for more efficient emergency responses, in what one official calls “public safety’s Halley’s comet moment.” The new system – called Next Generation 9-1-1 – replaces decades-old analog technology in emergency communication centres with a digital network, allowing dispatchers to get to urgent […]

TORONTO — DaShaun Amos and Royce Metchie are together again on the football field. The two are back starting alongside each other in the Toronto Argonauts’ secondary. They also did so last year before Amos’s stellar campaign ended prematurely with a season-ending ankle injury. Amos and Metchie have been teammates since 2018 when they began […]

TORONTO — Listeria can make people sick up to two months after they eat or drink contaminated products, which can pose a challenge in identifying the source of illness quickly, experts say. Two people in Ontario died amid a listeriosis outbreak linked to a national recall of certain plant-based milks, the provincial health ministry confirmed […]

TORONTO — A large Toronto food bank is calling for urgent donations after flooding triggered by torrential rains earlier this week damaged its facility and ruined a large amount of food. The North York Harvest Food Bank says the loading bays in its facility were flooded and water poured into its warehouse. It says a […]

As floodwaters poured into a Mississauga long-term care home –submerging much of the ground floor – rescue crews worked to rapidly get residents into inflatable rafts to evacuate the property while others worked on stopping the water from rising further. The operation that unfolded over the course of 12 hours on Tuesday following torrential rains […]