Canada

Four games. Four wins. Zero goals conceded. Fifteen goals scored. A banner group of rising young stars, including the incomparable Alphonso Davies. Canada’s men’s soccer team has had an unprecedented 2018 under the helm of John Herdman, rising to its highest FIFA ranking in five years. Yes, the good times are rolling. But Herdman is waiting for the other boot ...

Senators voted in favour of the Liberal government’s legislation to force Canada Post employees back to work — a move that was quickly given royal assent. The vote on Monday evening, passed by a margin of 53 to 25 with four senators abstaining, ends a series of rotating strikes at Canada Post as the walkouts enter their sixth week. Canada ...

The sudden announcement that General Motors will stop making cars in Oshawa, Ont., after next year sent shockwaves through the industry on Monday. The impact of GM’s move could extend far beyond the borders of the community east of Toronto that has been synonymous with auto manufacturing for the past 65 years. Ford turns away from making cars to focus on trucks and SUVs ...

David Pastrnak might have asked for a table for one when he went out for dinner on Sunday night in Toronto. Usually, the Boston Bruins star told reporters after the morning skate on Monday, he grabs a bite with close friend William Nylander. Not this time, as Nylander is nowhere near Toronto with the deadline fast approaching for the Maple ...

The daughter of a Kingston, Ont., senior who lost $250,000 after his trusted accountant encouraged him to invest in a “questionable” financial scheme says police did little to investigate when the suspected fraud was reported, despite all kinds of suspicious documents and the loss of the bulk of her father’s retirement savings. “I approached the [Kingston] police with this evidence and ...

Premier Scott Moe visits India on a mission to promote opportunities for trade and investment between Saskatchewan and India. He will meet government officials and business leaders and participate in various industry forums. India is Saskatchewan’s 3rd largest trading partner. “India is one of our province’s most important trading partners and holds enormous potential for further growth,” Moe said. The ...

The co-founders of Dolce&Gabbana apologized Friday in a video on Chinese social media after promotional videos seen as racist and subsequent Instagram messages stoked a furor in one of the world’s largest markets for luxury goods. Domenico Dolce and Steffano Gabbana appeared in a nearly 1 1/2 minute video posted on Weibo, a Chinese version of Twitter, saying they hope ...

Participating in a panel discussion and talk with students at Ryerson University in Toronto today, Finance Minister Bill Morneau launched the Government of Canada’s consultations for Budget 2019. The minister also shared the Government’s plan to invest to grow the economy and create more good, well-paying jobs for the middle class. “The Government’s plan—to invest in people, to strengthen and ...

The Toronto based documentary director Lalita Krishna is to become the head of Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary film festival. The Indian origin Canadian documentary director was appointed Co-Chair of the second largest film festival in North America after Toronto International Film Festival. Originally from Delhi, Krishna is also the co-chair of the Ontario chapter of the Documentary Organization ...

The capital, as well as smaller towns in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec are all being targeted by rotating strikes by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been holding strikes for a month, resulting massive backlogs of unsorted mail and packages at postal depots. Labour Minister Patty Hajdu on Thursday tabled ...