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Toronto Sun
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Canada dispatches Panama in opening game of CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Published May 29, 2025 • 2 minute read Canada poses before its 7-1 win over Panama at the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in Alajuela, Costa Rica. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Canada Soccer *MANDATORY CREDIT* The Canadian Press Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. ALAJUELA — Anabelle Chukwu scored twice as Canada opened play at the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship on Thursday with a comfortable 7-1 win over Panama. 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 The 18-year-old from Ottawa added to her Canadian youth international scoring record, previously held by Christine Sinclair. Chukwu now has 36 goals in 38 games from the under-15 to under-20 level. Jadea Collin, Jeneva Hernandez Gray, Lea Larouche, Stephanie Schoeley and Liana Tarasco also scored for Canada, which led 5-1 at the half. Chukwu and Hernandez Gray were substituted at halftime with the game well in hand. Canada continues Group B play on Saturday against Nicaragua before facing defending champion Mexico on Monday. The eight-team CONCACAF tournament, which runs through June 8 at Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium in Alajuela, will send four CONCACAF sides to the 24-team FIFA U-20 World Cup, scheduled for September 2026, in Poland. 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. Group A features host Costa Rica, the United States, Puerto Rico and Guyana, The top two from each group will advance to the semifinals, securing World Cup qualification in the process. Hernandez Gray, who plays in Portugal for Sporting CP, has one senior cap for Canada. Chukwu, who plays collegiate soccer at Notre Dame, has been called into camp by the Canadian senior side but has yet to win a cap. Sherline King scored for Panama, taking advantage of a Canadian turnover to cut the deficit to 3-1 in the 24th minute. Canada outshot Panama 17-1 (10-1 in shots on target) in the first half and had five corners to none for Panama with 68 percent possession. The final shot count was 30-2 (12-2 in shots on target). Hernandez Gray's goal, which put Canada up 2-0 in the 18th minute, was a beauty. She shifted the ball to her right to evade a defender and then, from the edge of the penalty box, fired a low shot into the corner. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Schoeley and Tarasco added late goals in the 85th and 93rd minute. Panama had to replace injured goalkeeper Nicollete Mas just seven minutes into the game with Elsa Grant taking over. The U.S. and Mexico, as the top-ranked countries in CONCACAF, skipped the qualifying round and were given direct entry to the CONCACAF championship. Canada and 23 other teams had to win their way there, with Costa Rica, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama and Puerto Rico also topping their groups. Canada booked its ticket to the main CONCACAF tournament by winning its qualifying group with ease in February. The Canadians outscored their qualifying opposition 43-0, dispatching Dominica 22-0, Bermuda 9-0 and host Trinidad and Tobago 12-0. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Dominica win was the second-largest in CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Qualifiers history, behind the Dominican Republic's 25-0 romp over the British Virgin Islands in September 2005. Canada coach Cindy Tye has retained 18 players from that qualifying squad. Panama went 2-0-1 in winning its qualifying group, outscoring the opposition 16-1. Canada won the CONCACAF tournament in 2004 and 2008 and was runner-up to the U.S. in 2002, when the age group was under-19. The Americans are looking for their eighth title, having last won in 2020 and 2022. Canada has taken part in nine of the previous 11 editions of the FIFA U-20 tournament, missing out in 2010 and 2018. The Canadians lost 2-1 to Spain in the round of 16 at last year's FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia. World Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto & GTA Weird Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Sun
21 hours ago
- Business
- Toronto Sun
Provinces 'hold the key' to unlocking homebuilding, new report argues
Published May 29, 2025 • 3 minute read New single family houses billed as estate cottages and townhouses under construction are seen in an aerial view, in Delta, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. Photo by Darryl Dyck / THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — While the federal government and cities across Canada are making strides on expanding the housing supply, the provinces still need to get serious about building quality homes, a new report released Thursday argues. 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. 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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 No province earned a grade higher than C+ in the report assembled by the Task Force for Housing and Climate, a non-governmental body that was struck in 2023 with backing from the philanthropic Clean Economy Fund. The task force's 'report card' evaluated governments based on their policies for building homes quickly and sustainably. It gave the federal government the highest grade in the country — a B — while Alberta ranked at the bottom of the pile with a D+. The rest of the provinces' scores were in the C range. Mike Moffatt, the report's author and founding director of the Missing Middle Initiative at the University of Ottawa, suggested that the provinces have thus far avoided 'scrutiny' for their role in perpetuating the housing crisis, while Ottawa and the cities have taken the heat for red tape and high costs. 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. 'Provinces really hold the key here. They have the most policy levers and, in many cases, they've actually done the least,' he said. The task force is co-chaired by former Edmonton mayor Don Iveson and former deputy leader of the federal Conservatives Lisa Raitt. Prime Minister Mark Carney was one of the group's members before becoming federal Liberal leader. 'Currently, no government is doing enough to get these homes built,' said Raitt in a statement accompanying the report. The task force compiled its report card based on its evaluations of government policies to encourage factory-built housing, fill in market gaps, boost density, map high-risk areas and update building codes. The report found plenty of variability even within provinces, said He said both Saskatchewan and Ontario are doing well on building away from high-risk areas but are falling short on increasing density. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The report gave British Columbia, Quebec and Prince Edward Island a score of C+ — the highest score received by any province. Moffat said B.C.'s grade suffered because while it encourages density 'on paper,' its slow permit approvals and high building costs frustrate development. While Alberta is doing well on the pace of housing starts alone, he said, that's mostly due to leadership at the municipal level in Calgary and Edmonton — not provincial policy. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said in the provincial legislature in November that the government was 'not standing in the way of the private sector to build more affordable housing.' She said increasing housing supply would 'automatically' bring down costs for Albertans. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Moffatt said Smith's stance is 'correct' — lowering barriers to development is critical to expanding the supply of affordable housing — but that's 'only part of the story.' He said Alberta has to take 'responsibility' for the housing demand it induces through its successful marketing campaign to lure Ontarians to the province. Moffatt said the province also has to make sure homes are built sustainably and not in the path of wildfires, and can't abdicate its responsibility for filling gaps in social housing. 'We need both. We need a strong, robust private sector to deliver housing, but we also need government to come in and fill in the gaps,' he said. Moffatt said the provinces are falling behind on mapping flood plains and need to take responsibility for provincial legislation that leads to higher development charges. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. He noted that the report card was based only on implemented policies and did not capture the impact of proposed legislation such as Ontario's Bill 17, which is meant to speed up permits and approvals, simplify development charges and fast-track infrastructure projects. The report said the federal government's housing accelerator fund, which encourages municipalities to simplify zoning rules to get more shovels in the ground, has made progress but needs enforcement tools to keep cities accountable after they strike funding deals with Ottawa. Moffatt said he hopes to use the report card framework to track progress on housing goals in the future, and to work on separate research to evaluate municipalities' housing policies. Sunshine Girls Sunshine Girls Toronto & GTA Tennis Columnists
Toronto Sun
2 days ago
- Business
- Toronto Sun
Tories pledge to amend impending Liberal ways and means motion
Poilievre says his party wants changes to Liberal tax bill, including complete end to carbon taxes Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre listens to questions from journalists as he arrives on Parliament Hill for a meeting of the Conservative caucus following the federal election, in Ottawa, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Photo by Justin Tang / THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Liberals are playing their song. 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 Speaking to reporters ahead of the first question period of the spring session, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said the Mark Carney Liberals' proposed tax cuts sound a little too familiar. 'We, the Conservatives, have been leading a crusade for lower taxes,' Poilievre said. 'When we proposed this, the Liberals said we were crazy — and now all of the sudden they are, at least in part, plagiarizing our policy proposals and adopting modified and watered-down versions of them.' Announced Tuesday after the throne speech, Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne tabled notice of an impending ways and means motion that'll introduce a slate of tax cuts, including their promised middle-class tax cut, eliminating the GST for first-time homebuyers for homes up to $1 million and striking the consumer carbon tax from Canadian law — eliminating the key policy point of the Justin Trudeau Liberals. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The new GST cut will save new homebuyers up to $50,000. RECOMMENDED VIDEO The Mark Carney Liberals borrowed heavily from the Conservative platform during this year's federal election, adopting policy proposals dismissed and often derided by the Trudeau Liberals. 'Their motion will partly eliminate the carbon tax, the GST of homes and give a very modest, very tiny income tax cut,' Poilievre said, pointing out the Liberal tax cut would only save families $840 a year — nearly a third of what Canadian renters pay monthly on average. 'Conservatives came here to fight for lower taxes and more purchasing power,' Poilievre said, adding they plan to amend the motion to eliminate the entire carbon tax, increase the breadth of the GST rebate on homes and make the income tax cut bigger in scope. 'We're also going to push for cuts in bureaucracy, consultants, corporate welfare and foreign aid, so that we can match the lost revenue with more spending in order to avoid adding to the deficit.' bpassifiume@ X: @bryanpassifiume Read More Toronto & GTA Canada Canada Tennis Music
Global News
2 days ago
- Global News
N.S. kids spotted with family members day before reported missing: RCMP
RCMP in Nova Scotia are looking for more video footage of two young children who vanished nearly four weeks ago, and are now confirming the siblings were seen in public with family members the day before being reported missing. Lilly and Jack Sullivan — aged six and four — were reported missing from their home in Lansdowne Station, N.S. on May 2. In a Wednesday update, RCMP said they've confirmed the two were 'observed in public with family members on the afternoon of May 1' based on details they've gathered. View image in full screen Four-year-old Jack Sullivan, left, and six-year-old Lilly Sullivan, right, missing from their home in rural northeastern Nova Scotia, were last seen Friday, May 2, 2025, in the community of Lansdowne Station. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue Association. Police also said investigators have collected hours of video from the areas surrounding Lansdowne Station. Story continues below advertisement 'We're now asking anyone who has dashcam footage or video along Gairloch Rd. between 12 p.m. on April 28 and 12 p.m. on May 2 to contact us,' said Cpl. Sandy Matharu, Northeast Nova RCMP Major Crime Unit, in a news release. RCMP said investigators have received — and are following up on — more than 355 tips. They've also interviewed in excess of 50 people and have more interviews planned 'in the coming days.' Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'Investigators remain committed to exploring all possibilities surrounding the children's disappearance,' RCMP noted in the release. 'We understand people's desire for answers' The children's disappearance launched a multi-day search that involved upwards of 160 people, including volunteers and agencies from around the province. The search involved large-scale ground and air operations, as well as the use of an underwater recovery team. The area around the children's home is heavily wooded, with terrain made difficult by Hurricane Fiona damage. RCMP announced on May 7 they were scaling back their efforts, saying there was little chance they were alive. 2:36 RCMP have 'scaled back' search for missing N.S. children, say little chance they are alive However, additional searches took place on May 8, 9, 17 and 18. Story continues below advertisement 'Any future searches will be determined based on the course of the investigation,' RCMP said Wednesday. RCMP have maintained there is no evidence Lilly and Jack were abducted. It's a comment that criminal expert Jim Hoskins told Global News this week was an interesting detail in the case. 'They gave a clue and they said no abduction. That's a big statement to make at this early in the game,' said Hoskins, a retired Halifax Regional Police officer and former Major Crimes staff sergeant, who is not working on the Sullivan case. The disappearance has sparked rampant speculation on social media — much of it targeting the children's stepfather, Daniel Martell, and the children's mother. Martell calls it all 'nonsense.' 'It will never be enough for people online. Everywhere I go, people stare. That's something I have to live with until the truth makes its way out — and the truth always makes its way out,' he previously told Global News. When asked if he had anything to do with the children's disappearance, he was adamant in his answer. 'I 100 per cent did not and I will hold that to my last day on this planet,' he said. Story continues below advertisement 'RCMP officers from various teams are fully engaged in finding out what happened to Lilly and Jack, and we're using all tools and resources to determine the circumstances of their disappearance,' said Cpl. Matharu in the release. 'We understand people's desire for answers and updates. However, as this is an active investigation, we're unable to discuss details of our ongoing work.'
Winnipeg Free Press
2 days ago
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
King's speech proves Crown, treaties still relevant
Opinion After meeting King Charles, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said the two spoke about wildfires in the province, the Canadian economy, and climate change — but then the monarch said something surprising. 'We need Indigenous wisdom,' the King told Canada's only First Nations premier. Indeed. ADRIAN WYLD / THE CANADIAN PRESS Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew (right) speaks with former Assembly of First Nations chief Perry Bellegarde ahead of Tuesday's throne speech. The King was in Ottawa Tuesday to deliver Prime Minister Mark Carney's first throne speech in a move viewed by most as a statement against U.S. President Donald Trump. A statement about Canadian independence, sovereignty and to underscore the nation is part of the British Commonwealth. In other words, anyone wishing to turn the country into the 51st state may want to consider this. Inviting the King to deliver a speech describing the mandate of the Carney government is political theatrics but it's also sure to be more than a poke to Trump, who is known to admire and envy the power of the monarchy. The throne speech to open the 45th session of Parliament is full of meaning — maybe more than many realize. The speech represented Carney's attempt to further break from the legacy of Justin Trudeau, for instance. It marks the first time a monarch has delivered the speech since Queen Elizabeth in 1977. The King's participation meant Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, who was appointed by Trudeau, didn't read the speech. The replacement of Canada's first Indigenous Governor General with the King is also worth noting — but more on this in a minute. The speech began with a baffling moment when a British monarch acknowledged Indigenous ownership of the land he stood on by saying: 'We are gathered on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg people.' Most nonsensical is how this didn't immediately solve the decades-old land claim by the Algonquin Anishinaabeg over 117,500 acres in eastern Ontario, which includes Ottawa, but I digress. This does bring me, however, to the most significant result of the King's speech. As my Métis lawyer, colleague, and friend Bruce McIvor wrote in his latest book, Indigenous Rights in One Minute, Canadian courts have, over the years, been moving towards a basic principle: governments in Canada act as a proxy for the Crown when it comes to Indigenous and treaty rights. Years ago, treaties were signed between First Nations and the British Crown — defining a unique and special relationship held by no one else in this country. Even after Confederation in 1867, this is still the case — with the Honour of the Crown existing in perpetuity as the guidepost for non-Indigenous actions in the relationship. In all matters referring to Indigenous and treaty rights, therefore, the Crown's representative must be present and involved, which has led to some complicated moments between First Nations and the federal government. The problem is the federal government doesn't consult the Crown or Gov. Gen. Mary Simon when it attempts to define Indigenous and treaty rights. It almost always makes decisions on its own — a process that leads to endless and costly marches into legal arenas and the Supreme Court where First Nations usually win. ADRIAN WYLD / THE CANADIAN PRESS King Charles delivers the speech from the throne in the Senate in Ottawa on Tuesday. In response to this problem, the courts have, for years, leaned into the idea the federal government has replaced the role of the Crown, with the monarchy positioned as largely ornamental. When King Charles read the federal government's speech, it proved the Crown is not irrelevant but more relevant than ever — and, in fact, the legitimate authority over the federal government. As former national chief Perry Bellegarde remarked in an op-ed written for the Globe and Mail, the King giving the throne speech 'reaffirms something we have always known: the Crown is not merely symbolic. It is central to the treaty relationship that founded Canada.' This means the monarch should meet with First Nations leaders — something chiefs demanded this week — but King Charles did not meet with them. Sent weekly from the heart of Turtle Island, an exploration of Indigenous voices, perspectives and experiences. It also means King Charles shouldn't meet with those who hold no legitimate authority to speak on behalf of Indigenous and treaty rights, like leaders of national Indigenous lobby groups such as the Assembly of First Nations or others — but he did. The misunderstanding about the role of the monarch in this country leads to a lot of odd moments, bad looks, and a displacing, inappropriate, and even illegal treatment of treaties and Indigenous rights in the country — not to mention a lot of wasted time. Carney's use of the King to battle Trump reminds the country that the Crown is the ultimate Big Brother of the federal government and, at the same time, so are the treaties the country's older sibling negotiated with First Nations. Even the King seems to realize Indigenous wisdom is needed in all facets of this country. One hopes Carney and his government will take advantage of that wisdom in building the economy, working to protect the environment, and protecting Canadian sovereignty, too. Niigaan SinclairColumnist Niigaan Sinclair is Anishinaabe and is a columnist at the Winnipeg Free Press. Read full biography Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. 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