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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 […]

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will review the case of a man who received a sentence to be served under house arrest for illegal handgun possession. Terrell Burke-Whittaker was at a Toronto restaurant in June 2020 when someone in a parked car began shooting into a lot behind the building. Burke-Whittaker pulled a […]

Air Canada plans to launch flights to the U.S. out of Toronto’s island airport in a bid for business passengers that marks a direct challenge to rival Porter Airlines. The country’s largest airline says it will fly planes between Billy Bishop airport and New York City, Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C., starting next spring for […]

TORONTO — A Toronto bar and music venue says it had to take down social media posts promoting its specials and watch party for Game 7 of the American League Championship Series after receiving a warning letter from the Toronto Blue Jays about using the team’s logo. Sneaky Dee’s manager George Diamantouros says his business […]

The federal and Ontario governments are putting a total of $3 billion toward a project to build four small nuclear reactors in the Greater Toronto Area. Prime Minister Mark Carney has added the Darlington New Nuclear Project to his list of projects deemed to be in the national interest and therefore worthy of fast tracking. […]

TORONTO — A new study of one of Canada’s most urbanized rivers suggests it dumps the equivalent of about 18 cars worth of microplastics into Lake Ontario every year, a finding that shocked the lead author and underscored efforts to cut down on pollution. The peer-reviewed study published Thursday estimates the Don River basin flushes […]

Diehard Toronto Blue Jays fan Natashia Moodie has been reflecting on her favourite baseball team’s journey to this season’s World Series — a first in 32 years. The last time the Jays made it to Major League Baseball’s championship series, she was eight. She remembers popping in and out to watch the final games between […]