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TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada plans to ramp up its renewable energy funding, even as it also reported little progress on reducing the emissions intensity of its oil and gas financing.

TORONTO — He still considers himself a player but Aaron Grymes is preparing for life after football. Grymes, 33, is participating in the CFL mentorship program.

TORONTO — Ontario's jails have seen a dramatic increase in the number of inmates over the past year with the majority of the facilities well over capacity, new data obtained by The Canadian Press shows.

TORONTO — The $1-million King's Plate will open the 2024 Canadian Triple Crown on Aug. 17, Woodbine Entertainment Group announced Wednesday. The King's Plate is North America's oldest continuously run race.

TORONTO — A modern history of eastern and central Europe has won this year's $50,000 Lionel Gelber Prize Jurors awarded the prize to Oxford University professor Timothy Garton Ash, for his book "Homelands: A Personal History of Europe.

TORONTO (AP) — New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson said he’ll enter the NBA dunk contest on one condition: he’s got to be picked as an All-Star, too.

Toronto Raptors centre Jakob Poeltl has underdone surgery to repair a torn finger ligament in his left hand. The Raptors announced the injury update Tuesday night after Toronto's 139-98 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.

Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic had recently pulled Javon Freeman-Liberty aside for a one-on-one conversation to tell the rookie guard to stay ready.

OXFORD COUNTY, ONTARIO — A charge has been laid in a school bus rollover in rural southern Ontario that left five children injured.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Zach Wigle scored twice, including the overtime winner, and the Barrie Colts edged the Peterborough Petes 5-4 on Tuesday night in the Ontario Hockey League.