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TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defencemen Dakota Mermis and Philippe Myers, and forward Cédric Paré, the NHL club announced Tuesday. All three signed one-year contracts worth US$775,000. Paré’s deal is a two-way contract. The 30-year-old Mermis from Alton, Ill., recorded eight points (three goals, five assists) in 47 games with the Minnesota […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s summer campaign circuit will not include a stop at the Calgary Stampede. The annual 10-day rodeo and festival is usually a must-do event for politicians and Trudeau hasn’t missed a summer except for the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021. But his office confirms there will be no pancake […]

TORONTO — An Ontario judge has ordered pro-Palestinian protesters to dismantle their encampment on the University of Toronto’s downtown campus by 6 p.m. Wednesday. A decision issued this afternoon says the encampment has taken away the university’s ability to control what happens on the area known as King’s College Circle. The judge says the harm […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose Tuesday near the end of the trading day, erasing earlier losses as energy and base metals helped offset weakness in telecom, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 78.01 points at 21,953.80. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up […]

TORONTO — A former Progressive Conservative backbencher in Premier Doug Ford’s government says she is disappointed with his “unilateral decision” to kick her out of caucus. Goldie Ghamari, who represents the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton, was booted from caucus on Friday for what Ford called repeated lapses of judgment. Ghamari came under fire last week […]

HARROW, ONT. — A funeral home in Windsor, Ont., says a mother and her two children, who were found dead in a rural residence last month, have been buried. Families First Funeral Home says that 41-year-old Carly Walsh, her 13-year-old daughter Madison and eight-year-old son Hunter were buried today following visitations on Monday. Ontario Provincial […]

Shares of Aecon Group Inc. were down more than 15 per cent as of mid-afternoon Tuesday in the wake of news that the infrastructure company has reached a settlement in its ongoing dispute with Coastal GasLink. Aecon — which was one of the prime contractors on the Coastal GasLink pipeline construction project — announced after […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have placed infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa on the 10-day injured list with a left knee sprain. The Jays announced the move, which is retroactive to Monday, hours before hosting the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Kiner-Falefa was originally in the Blue Jays’ starting lineup for Monday’s series opener against the […]

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals needed a stronger ground campaign in their fortress riding of Toronto—St. Paul, including more time to campaign before the vote, suggested several members of the party. The Liberals lost their 30-year grip on the riding when the seat flipped to the Conservatives in a byelection on June 24. Carolyn Bennett, […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to Washington, D.C., next week to take part in the NATO leaders’ summit. The 32 NATO allies are set to mark the alliance’s 75th anniversary in the same city where the initial treaty was signed. The ongoing war in Ukraine is expected to take centre stage again […]