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CTV News
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- Business
- CTV News
Toronto is hosting FIFA World Cup games about a year from now. What are your plans for it?
Fans cheer and wave Canadian flags before the start of the Canada-Jamaica CONCACAF World Cup soccer qualifying action in Toronto on Sunday, March 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn It's just over a year away until Toronto hosts soccer fans and players alike for the FIFA World Cup 2026. Six matches will hit the Toronto Stadium (BMO Field's pseudonym for the duration of the event) starting June 12 next year and, according to FIFA, hosting this major international event is expected to rake in about $3.8 billion in economic spinoff for Canada. For Toronto alone, the city estimates the tournament could inject $392 million into the local economy—plus $118.9 million in tax revenue—and create 3,000 jobs. However, it will also cost the city a notable chunk of change to hold the games. The total estimated cost for hosting all six matches is $380 million. While the federal and provincial government have agreed to chip in $104.3 million and $97 million, respectively, the city has to pick up the rest of the bill. City staff have also previously recommended boosting the existing tax on overnight hotel stays and short-term rentals from six per cent to 8.5 per cent from June 1, 2025 and July 31, 2026, which will raise the prices for out-of-towners looking for accommodations during that time. While there is still about a year out until the major soccer event comes to the city, CTV News Toronto wants to hear what your plans are for the event. Do you plan to stay in Toronto while the games are in town? Homeowners — are you considering temporarily putting up your place on AirBnB to take advantage of what are expected to be higher accommodation costs? Are you concerned about getting around the city during the World Cup due to the impact the throngs of visitors could have on the city's already challenging traffic? Share your story by emailing us at torontonews@ with your name, general location, and phone number in case we want to follow up. Your comments may be used in a CTV News Toronto story.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
`Mr. 57' Cristobal Del Solar flirts with 59, settles for 61 and share of Canadian Open lead
Cameron Champ hits his approach shot from the 18th fairway during the first round of the Canadian Open golf tournament in Caledon, Ontario, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland ,reacts after missing a putt on the ninth green during the first round of the Canadian Open golf tournament in Caledon, Ontario, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen smiles after putting out on his final hole during the first round of the Canadian Open golf tournament in Caledon, Ontario, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) Cristobal Del Solar smiles on the 18th hole during the first round of the Canadian Open in Alton, Ontario, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) Cristobal Del Solar waves to the gallery after putting out on his final hole in the first round of the Canadian Open in Alton, Ontario, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) Cristobal Del Solar waves to the gallery after putting out on his final hole in the first round of the Canadian Open in Alton, Ontario, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) Cameron Champ hits his approach shot from the 18th fairway during the first round of the Canadian Open golf tournament in Caledon, Ontario, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland ,reacts after missing a putt on the ninth green during the first round of the Canadian Open golf tournament in Caledon, Ontario, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen smiles after putting out on his final hole during the first round of the Canadian Open golf tournament in Caledon, Ontario, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) Cristobal Del Solar smiles on the 18th hole during the first round of the Canadian Open in Alton, Ontario, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) Cristobal Del Solar waves to the gallery after putting out on his final hole in the first round of the Canadian Open in Alton, Ontario, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) CALEDON, Ontario (AP) — Cristobal Del Solar came off the Korn Ferry Tour with the nickname "Mr. 57.' He flirted with a 59 late Thursday afternoon in the RBC Canadian Open. Ten under with two holes left on the par-70 layout, Del Solar bogeyed the par-4 17th and parred the par-5 18th for a 9-under 61 and a share of the first-round lead with Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark. Advertisement 'I was just trying to hit good shots.' Del Solar said. 'I was just trying to stay in the present and have fun. That's what I was trying to do.' Del Solar, the 31-year-old PGA Tour rookie from Chile, and Olsen took advantage of soft greens on the North Course at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley after rain Wednesday night that continued into the morning. Del Solar earned the "Mr. 57" moniker in February 2024 when he shot a 13-under 57 in the first round of the Astara Golf Championship in Colombia for the lowest score in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. On Thursday, Del Solar had seven birdies in an eight-hole stretch in the middle of the round. The former Florida State player made a 6 1/2-foot birdie putt on the par-3 14th, and ran in a 15 1/2-footer on the par-4 16th to get to 10 under. Advertisement On the 17th, he hit into a right greenside bunker, blasted 10 feet past and missed the par putt to the right. Needing an eagle on 18 for a 59, he drove into the left rough, then hit his second about 80 yards short of the green. 'I just want to go and execute each shot,' Del Solar said. 'I think everyone kind of sometimes gets ahead themselves and thinking of the result or whatever. You just want to go out and just hit the golf shots.' Olesen eagled the 18th — his ninth hole of the day — and had eight birdies and a bogey on the course hosting the national championship for the first time. 'Obviously, I played great, but my putting was exceptional today,' Olesen said. 'Don't think I missed any putts really out there. I definitely holed some long ones as well. It was nice to see everything go in.' Advertisement Olesen qualified for the U.S. Open next week at Oakmont on Monday, holing a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole at Lambton in Toronto. 'I took a lot from that last putt,' Olesen said. Afternoon starters held the top eight spots and 15 of the first 18, with Masters champion Rory McIlroy bogeying the final two holes in the morning in a 71. 'Missed a couple of greens and didn't get them up-and-down, especially those last couple holes,' said McIlroy, the tournament winner in 2019 at Hamilton and 2022 at St. George's. Del Solar and Olesen were a stroke off the tournament record of 60 set by Carl Pettersson in 2010 in the third round at St. George's, and matched by Justin Rose in the fourth round in 2022, also at St. George's. Advertisement Cameron Champ shot a 62, Jake Knapp had a 63, and Rasmus Hojgaard, Shane Lowry, Trey Mullinax and Ricky Castillo were at 64. Knapp shot 59 in March in the first round of the Cognizant Classic. Canadian Taylor Pendrith was at 65 with defending champion Robert MacIntyre. Alex Smalley, Paul Peterson, Danny Willett, Rafael Campos, Kevin Yu, Alejandro Tosti and Paul Waring. MacIntyre won last year at Hamilton. Canadian Nick Taylor, the 2023 winner at Oakdale, opened with a 66. ___ AP golf:
Toronto Sun
02-06-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
LILLEY: High time province puts kibosh on wasteful boards renaming schools
Legislation comes after Toronto District School Board voted in February to rename several institutions Get the latest from Brian Lilley straight to your inbox A Toronto District School Board sign is shown in front of a high school in Toronto on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Photo by Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESS Enough is enough: That's the message from Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Legislation introduced at Queen's Park last week will give the provincial government the authority to step in and correct school boards sooner – including when they try to rename schools. That means attempts to rename schools honouring people like Sir John A. Macdonald, Egerton Ryerson or Henry Dundas will need permission from the minister. 'I am, frankly, as done as all parents are and teachers are with a school system that has turned into a political battle zone,' Calandra said last week. 'Teach our kids, give the parents, the teachers the resources they need or we will step in and do the job for them.' His decision to introduce the Supporting Children and Students Act at Queen's Park came about after a string of stories of boards behaving badly. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In London, Ont., the Thames Valley District School Board spent tens of thousands of dollars sending administrators to the hotel at the Rogers Centre for a retreat. That came as the board was in the middle of cutting resources for students. Read More That looks like peanuts compared to the $190,000 spent by the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic School Board on a trip to Italy to buy religious art for a new school. An investigation into that trip saw the province order board trustees involved in the trip to repay close to $50,000 of the trip's cost. Meanwhile, the Toronto District School Board voted in February to rename Dundas Junior Public School, Ryerson Community School and Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute, a move that will cost significant funds. Despite the law being introduced after the decision, it will, if passed, still cover this daft move by the TDSB. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'If a board began using a new school name on or after Jan. 1, 2025, but before the day section 5 of Schedule 2 to the Supporting Children and Students Act 2025 came into force, the minister may require the board to apply for approval of the name,' the bill says. Calandra made it clear that he's not in favour of Toronto's renaming plans, calling it a waste of money. 'At the exact same time, they're telling me that they have to maybe close school pools down or they have to fire teachers,' Calandra said. The minister's move to bring sanity to the system should be welcomed by all. Sadly, that's not the case with union officials, school board associations and opposition politicians denouncing the legislation, some even saying the problem is a lack of funding. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'The real issue here is that the system is under financial strain,' the Ontario Public School Boards' Association said in a statement. RECOMMENDED VIDEO It seems pretty clear to anyone who is watching that there is a real problem with school boards spending money on the wrong things, including their pet political projects. 'I want politics out of the schools first and foremost, right?' Calandra said. 'I don't need trustees to develop curriculum. I don't need them to give me advice on global affairs, but what I need them to do is put money into classrooms and into our teachers so our students can succeed. When they move away from that mission, I will have the authority under this legislation to put them back on track and ensure that they're focused on their main mission.' Ontario spends $30 billion per year on elementary and secondary schools, a figure that works out to about $14,000 per student. We aren't getting value for our money and a big part of that is wasted spending at the board level. The scandals that Calandra reacted to are egregious. If he wants to find the real waste, he will start looking into the consultant class inside every single school board. That's where the real financial waste will be found, along with many of the political problems he's trying to root out. Editorial Cartoons Sports Toronto & GTA World Toronto & GTA
Toronto Sun
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Leafs to study ways of enhancing home ice advantage with fan support
Get the latest from Lance Hornby straight to your inbox Fans show a mixed reaction as Maple Leafs players stand on the ice following their 6-1 playoff loss in Game 7 of their series against the Panthers, in Toronto, Sunday, May 18, 2025. Photo by Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESS More than 25 years into its existence, 'the house of pain' vibe that the original builders of Toronto's home arena envisioned from a noise standpoint has yet to evolve. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Blame it on a few things, led by the Leafs' corporate season ticket base that opens their wallets, but closes their mouth during play, especially in the lower bowl. Ownership has also noticed. Keith Pelley, CEO of MLSE, was thrilled at fan engagement during the playoffs but recognizes it could be more loud, or close to it, every game. Fixing that is on his to-do list now that he'll be taking some of Brendan Shanahan's presidential duties. 'A really good question,' Pelley said Friday when asked why the Leafs don't make better use of Scotiabank Arena, where they lost three times in the playoffs. 'What happened in the playoffs, especially (at the start of) Game 7 showed us what this can be, in terms of a magical hockey atmosphere. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'It's one we'll look to get better at on game day. A lot of it is getting people into their seats a bit earlier. We did a really good job of that in playoffs, turning lights off, blowing whistles. It makes a difference, it's great to have it for all three periods.' But the catastrophic end to Game 7 with debris and Leafs sweaters littering the ice also showed Pelley there is damage control to be done this summer. That includes off the ice. Read More 'It's how players relate to the fans and quite honestly how we relate to the media. I understand the importance of the media, having worked in it for so long. We need to embrace the media and fans and be out there more. 'A full, detailed plan in the off-season is a priority.' lhornby@ X: @sunhornby Toronto Maple Leafs Columnists World Toronto Maple Leafs Editorial Cartoons
Global News
16-05-2025
- Business
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Strathcona Resources makes stock-and-cash takeover offer for MEG Energy
Strathcona Resources Ltd. is making an unsolicited takeover offer for oilsands producer MEG Energy Corp. that values the company at about $5.9 billion. The stock-and-cash offer comes after Strathcona, which already owns about a 9.2 per cent stake in MEG, says it sent a takeover offer to the MEG board of directors in April, but was rejected earlier this week. 'Strathcona respects the MEG board's right to dismiss any offer made for MEG, and it has no reason to believe that its decision to dismiss Strathcona's proposal was not made in good faith,' the company said in a late Thursday news release. 'However, Strathcona believes the benefits of a combination of Strathcona and MEG are significant enough that MEG Shareholders should have the opportunity to decide for themselves.' MEG said Friday that its board of directors will consider and evaluate the Strathcona offer once it has been received and urged shareholders to take no action until it has made a recommendation. Story continues below advertisement Strathcona is offering 0.62 of a Strathcona share and $4.10 in cash per MEG share in the proposal worth $23.27 per MEG share based on the closing price of its shares on Thursday. MEG shares shot higher in early trading Friday, topping the implied value of the takeover offer and suggesting investors believed a higher bid might be possible. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy MEG shares were up $4.61 or about 22 per cent at $25.91 in trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. View image in full screen Shares in MEG Energy jumped higher in early morning trading on the TSX on Friday on news of a $5.9 billion takeover offer from Strathcona Resources Ltd.3. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn Strathcona said it is ready to engage with the MEG board and would also support a strategic alternatives process to determine if a superior transaction is available. 'Strathcona would be willing to participate constructively and in good faith in such a process, including signing a mutual confidentiality agreement to share non-public information, provided it is not required to sign a standstill agreement,' the company said. Story continues below advertisement Strathcona said a combination with MEG would create Canada's fifth largest oil producer and fourth largest steam-assisted gravity drainage producer, with among the largest proved oil reserves in North America. It said it has identified $175 million in annual synergy opportunities, including $50 million in overhead reduction costs, if the deal goes ahead. The offer came as Strathcona raised its quarterly dividend and reported a first-quarter profit of $205.3 million or 96 cents per diluted share, up from $100.6 million or 47 cents per diluted share a year earlier. The company said it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 30 cents per share, up from 26 cents per share. Oil and natural gas revenue totalled $1.33 billion, up from $1.17 billion in the first quarter of 2024. Production for the quarter totalled 194,609 barrels of oil equivalent per day for the quarter ended March 31, up from 185,122 a year earlier. On Wednesday, Strathcona announced a series of three agreements to sell its assets in the Montney region valued at a total of $2.84 billion in a move that will make it a pure-play heavy oil company.
