York Region

HAMILTON — Davis Alexander will make his first CFL start Friday night when the Montreal Alouettes visit the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Alexander was listed atop Montreal’s quarterback depth chart Thursday, ahead of veteran Caleb Evans and first-year player James Morgan. The Portland State product replaced Evans in last week’s 20-16 win over Saskatchewan, completing 15-of-18 passes […]

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld fell short of an apology today after instigating a fracas that led two witnesses to storm out of a parliamentary committee hearing. Vandenbeld only says that she deeply regrets the “distress that this meeting caused the witnesses” on Wednesday. The MP had steered the rare summer meeting of the […]

TORONTO — When Dani Reiss took over his family’s business, Canada Goose Holdings Inc., in 2001, it had a reputation for clothing made for those needing to brave the coldest of colds. More than two decades later, the Toronto-based company has evolved into a luxury powerhouse selling everything from sneakers to windwear. Next on Reiss’s […]

KIRKFIELD, Ont. — Police have charged a man with murder in the case of the missing Markham, Ont., woman whose remains have been found in central Ontario. York Regional Police say the coroner has identified the remains found in Kirkfield earlier this week as those of Ying Zhang. Police say Zhang was last seen on […]

OSHAWA, Ont. — Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says a new hospital will be built and operational within 10 years in Whitby, Ont. The province has given Lakeridge Health $12 million in grants as it works on a masterplan for the Durham region, east of Toronto, for several health-care projects. Lakeridge plans to add 300 […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index wiped out its gains from the day before in late-morning trading Thursday, declining 1.6 per cent with most major sectors down, while U.S. markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 366.30 points at 22,744.51. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 473.45 points at […]

BCE Inc. boosted its profits despite a dip in revenue last quarter as the telecoms giant began to feel the financial effect of thousands of job cuts from earlier this year. Earnings attributable to shareholders jumped 63 per cent year-over-year to $537 million in the company’s second quarter. The higher profits resulted from lower expenses, […]

OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer estimates the Liberals’ increase to the capital gains inclusion rate will bring in $17.4 billion in revenue over five years. That’s two billion dollars less than the federal government projected in its spring budget. The Liberal government proposed making two-thirds rather than one-half of capital gains — the profit […]

TORONTO — Thomson Reuters says its earnings slipped in the second quarter while revenue rose and it edged up its revenue outlook. The media giant says it had earnings of US$841 million in its second quarter, down from US$894 million last year. It says earnings worked out to US$1.86 per share, down from US$1.90 per […]

TORONTO — Canada Goose Inc. saw its net loss reach $74 million in its first quarter as revenue climbed. The Toronto-based luxury apparel company says the net loss for the period ended June 30 compared with a net loss a year earlier of $85 million. Those results amounted to a net loss attributable to shareholders […]