OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, rose 1.9 per cent to $89 billion in March.

The agency says the increase came as five of the seven subsectors it tracks climbed higher.

The largest increase was posted by the machinery, equipment and supplies subsector which grew 6.5 per cent to $19.5 billion, helped by a 17.9 per cent increase in the computer and communications equipment and supplies

The Edmonton Oilers are making a change behind the bench.

Kris Knoblauch was fired as head coach on Thursday, Sportsnet can confirm.

The move comes after reports emerged that the Oilers had asked to interview former Vegas Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy, but had permission withheld by their division rival.

Knoblauch, 47, took over at the helm of the Oilers in November 2023, replacing Jay Woodcroft.

He led Edmonton to the Stanley Cup Final both that season and the next, losing to the Florida Panthers

A 38‑year‑old man is facing a string of charges after police say he crashed a stolen school bus into a McDonald’s drive‑thru barrier in Ajax late Monday night while impaired.

Durham police were called around 11:30 p.m. on May 11 after reports of a shortened school bus driving erratically near Taunton Road West and Westney Road North, near 5th Concession Road.

Witnesses told officers the bus attempted to enter the McDonald’s drive‑thru before smashing into

Honda Canada has indefinitely suspended its previously announced Ontario value‑chain investment project — a major initiative that included plans for a new electric‑vehicle plant in Alliston, Ont. — saying changing market conditions and a revised global strategy no longer support moving forward.

, the automaker said the decision does not affect current jobs or production levels at its long‑standing Alliston, Ont., manufacturing campus, where Honda continues to build the Civic and CR‑V, including hybrid models that remain in high demand.

Honda says the

It’s Victoria Day weekend and the weather is set to improve just in time for it. Keep in mind, Line 6 of the TTC will be fully closed for the weekend.

Here are some of the events happening this weekend:

Ashbridge’s Bay

The City’s fireworks display will be happening again this year at Ashbridges Bay Park on Monday. Fireworks are set to go off at 10 p.m.  Attendees are encouraged to use public transit and leave personal vehicles at home.

Canada’s Wonderland

NEW YORK (AP) — The lingering impact of , a few years out from the declaration that the pandemic was over, is scattered across how we live today — , the way some have decided wearing masks is their new normal, the hand sanitizer dispensers that remain ever present.

Some of the other ripples, though, aren’t as obvious. They’re the ones we carry inside us — grief over lost loved ones, chronic health conditions, the sense of lives interrupted. And in recent days, another

In today’s The Big Story podcast, U.S. President Trump is in China for the second half of this week, talking all things trade, alliance and geopolitics. It comes at a delicate time for the President, as approval rating continue to plummet following a rise in the cost of living as a result of the war in Iran.

In tow was a slew of some of the country’s most powerful executives, including Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and Larry Fink to name a few.

Host

BORDEAUX, France (AP) — Passengers unaffected by an illness outbreak on a British cruise ship have been allowed off the ship in the French port city of Bordeaux, while authorities confirmed the cause of the outbreak is norovirus, a nasty stomach bug that spreads easily.

French authorities had initially ordered over 1,700 passengers and crew on The Ambition cruise ship to remain on board, but then decided late Wednesday to let those unaffected disembark. One passenger was spotted raising his arms in triumph while leaving the vessel.