York Region

TORONTO — A book about the legal implications of developing outer space has won the $60,000 Donner Prize. The award for the best public policy book by a Canadian went to “Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space.” Co-authors Michael Byers and Aaron Boley, an international lawyer and an […]

TORONTO — Manulife Financial Corp. says first quarter earnings were down from last year because of the effects of a major reinsurance deal. The insurance giant says its net income attributed to shareholders for the quarter ending March 31 was $866 million, down from $1.4 billion in the same quarter last year. It says the […]

HAMILTON — Bo Levi Mitchell created a stir Wednesday at the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ rookie camp. The veteran quarterback attended the opening day wearing a walking boot on his right foot. Sophomore Taylor Powell took the majority of snaps. Mitchell suffered a fractured right leg last season that required surgery. Afterwards, Ticats head coach Scott Milanovich […]

CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. — Ontario Provincial Police are facing tough questions about their search for a missing Newfoundland trucker whose rig was found two weeks ago in Ontario then sent back to his home province, where his body was found Monday in the trailer. The OPP say surveillance video from a gas station in […]

GUELPH, Ont. — Linamar Corp. says earnings were up in its first quarter from last year as revenue rose on market share growth and acquisitions. The auto parts manufacturer says it had net income of $178.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, up from $117 million in the same quarter last year. Sales totalled […]

TORONTO — Spin Master Corp. says it continues to face challenges from inflation, higher interest rates and a slowdown in consumer spending, including on toys, that it predicts will remain through least the end of the year. The Toronto-based company, whose toy and entertainment brands include Paw Patrol, Bakugan and Hatchimals, has reduced the average […]

TORONTO — Despite Canada’s slowing economic growth, demand is propping up the retail leasing market as rents continue to trend upwards, said the chief executive of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust.  “It’s a very strong retail market right now, there’s so much demand,” said CEO Jonathan Gitlin in an interview Wednesday. That demand helped lead […]

TORONTO — Organizers of a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at the University of Toronto say the university is ignoring their demands and instead focusing on the logistics of the demonstration. Erin Mackey, one of the spokespeople for the protesters, says university administrators are giving them “the runaround” by discussing sanitation and other issues related to the […]

Ontario Provincial Police say they have laid hundreds of charges in a series of investigations into child sexual abuse. Police say the investigations were carried out over 10 days in February and led to the arrest of dozens of suspects accused of making, possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material. Investigators say 64 people have […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down more than 100 points as shares of tech heavyweight Shopify Inc. dropped nearly 20 per cent after it reported a loss in its latest quarter and forecast slower revenue growth. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 130.23 points at 22,160.39. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial […]