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UConn forward Aaliyah Edwards signed a big name, image and likeness contract this week with Adidas Canada, but wasn’t allowed to speak with reporters about it for fear that promoting the deal might jeopardize her student visa

Canada’s immigration minister is pushing back against provincial assertions that the federal government didn’t consult with Ontario over the international student cap that upended the post-secondary sector.

this week with adidas Canada, but wasn't allowed to speak with reporters in Connecticut about it on Tuesday, for fear that promoting the deal might jeopardize her student visa. Under current United States law, Edwards, who is from Kingston, Ontario, and other international students can only make money in this country with passive NIL deals. She gets a little something, for example, if someone buys a jersey with her name on it at the campus bookstore.

horror film 'The Voices of Our Mother' be released? Fans, viewers and critics have been waiting for this film eagerly after its shooting came to an end in Hamilton, Ontario recently. Directed by Mark O'Brien the film stars Sheila McCarthy and explores the complex structure and characters of a family brought together by illness. The characters of the movie are shocked when they find that their relationship transcends their bloodline and they have a chilling connection too.

Lynx Air says its final flights will take place on Sunday as the company files for creditor protection, less than two years after the low-cost airline took to the skies.

(Reuters) -Newmont Corp, the world's largest gold miner, beat fourth-quarter profit estimates on Thursday and said it will divest six non-core assets.

Former U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia discusses the tentative deals in the actors and UAW strikes and the impact of the union vote on ‘Cavuto: Coast to Coast.’

announce the arrest until Friday, and declined to provide any further information.But the Public Prosecution Service of Canada confirmed Mousaly had appeared before the Ontario court of justice in Oshawa.A man by that same name was listed in 2022 as a nuclear operator at Ontario Power Generation, which is headquartered in Oshawa.The company, which is owned by the Ontario government, operates the Pickering and Darlington nuclear power plants, and owns two others that are run by Bruce Power.It said in a statement Tuesday public safety had not been compromised.“Our nuclear stations utilize sophisticated security technology and intelligence to keep our facilities and communities safe,” the statement said.“This includes robust, ‘defense in depth’ security systems to ensure we are prepared to pre-empt or respond to any situation.“These systems worked: immediately upon identifying an information breach, OPG and RCMP implemented measures to mitigate and manage any further unauthorized disclosure.”A source familiar with the investigation told Global News a former employee was accused of making online posts about security vulnerabilities.He is charged under a section that prohibits communicating information the government has taken steps to safeguard to a foreign entity or terrorist group.According to court records, the alleged offence occurred on Jan. 30, 2024.

Canada will donate more than 800 drones to Ukraine that will help its military forces detect and identify targets as it continues to fight Russia’s invasion, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced Monday.

Five years ago, during an idle afternoon at his lakeside vacation home in Ontario, Canadian financier Miles Nadal purchased 99 of the rarest sneakers in the world from Sotheby’s for $850,000. His wife was out wakeboarding with the kids, he was sitting at his computer, and suddenly he’d bought nearly 100 high-value shoes. Nadal recalled telling his wife simply, “I bought some shoes," as if he was describing buying a lone pair of Nikes from Zappos.

Canada’s housing market is “starting to turn a corner,” the country’s national real estate association says.

The Ford government is set to introduce automatic renewals for licence plates in Ontario as police report a surge in the number of drivers with expired credentials.

TORONTO — Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada is cutting 20 per cent of its workforce ahead of a move by provincial oversight bodies in Ontario and Quebec to split from the national organization.

Canada’s largest communications company is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts after its parent company announced 4,800 layoffs and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations

jobs in January as the unemployment rate fell for the first time since December 2022.The gains, which were above some analyst expectations, were mostly driven by part-time work, and were well above the 10,000 jobs RBC predicted Canadian employers would add.The bank had also predicted the unemployment rate would rise to 5.9 per cent, up from 5.8 per cent in December. Instead, unemployment came in at 5.7 per cent, down one percentage point from the previous month.Statistics Canada, which released the data Friday, said there were employment gains spread across several industries in the services-producing sector.They were led by wholesale and retail trade (up 1.1 per cent) as well as finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing (up 2.1 per cent).

Safe as houses, they say — just not so much lately.

BCE, with a workforce of around 44,610 individuals, is poised to reduce its employee count by nine per cent, amounting to approximately 4,800 positions. The majority of the lost jobs will take place within Bell Canada, with under 10 per cent coming from the Bell Media division.

Ontario Provincial Police have upgraded the charges against a 25-year-old man to first degree murder after his friend was reported missing and later found dead earlier last month.On Jan., 21, Gabriel Dicecco, from the Township of Adjala-Tosorontio, was arrested and charged under the Criminal Code for obstructing a peace officer and indignity to a dead body.On Thursday, police added a new charge of first degree murder.The charges are in connection to the death of William Schernhammer, 24, from Alliston, Ont.Police say Schernhammer’s body was found in the area west of Barrie off the 25th Sideroad on Jan. 21., just west of Barrie, Ont.Schernhammer was reported missing to OPP officers in Nottawasaga after he did not return home on Jan 12.He was last seen alive on Jan.

How hard each province is hit by this year’s expected recession will depend on their relative exposures to the housing and commodities markets, saysone economist.

The Ontario Securities Commission‘s director of enforcement will be leaving the capital markets watchdog at the end of February after seven years in the job, according to sources who were briefed on his departure.

Ontario Provincial Police investigating a murder and a sexual assault they believe to be connected now say they are concerned there may be more victims.