MONTREAL – Nearly two months after opening the season against one another, the Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats meet again Sunday at Percival Molson Stadium with plenty having changed for both teams.

Hamilton will turn to Tre Ford, for the second straight game. The Niagara Falls, Ont., native has been thrust into the starting role in his first season with the club after veteran Bo Levi Mitchell suffered an ankle injury earlier this month that required surgery.

Ford, who threw for 218 yards, a touchdown and an interception in last week’s 24-23 home win over the Toronto Argonauts, is looking for his first career win against Montreal after losing both of his starts against the Alouettes while with the Edmonton Elks.

While Ford’s mobility presents a unique challenge, Hamilton’s (3-3) offence isn’t looking to overhaul its identity.

“We’re pretty much a veteran group on offence,” Tiger-Cats receiver Kenny Lawler told reporters in Hamilton. “Just because we got a new quarterback, don’t make anything up and keep it the same.

“You’ve got to understand the timing and the rhythm of the offence. We’ve just got to keep doing what we’re doing and just rally with each other.”

Montreal (5-1) has adjusted its defence accordingly.

“(Ford) has very much the skillset and the capabilities of making things happen, but if you’re disciplined with how to control him, you can do it,” said Alouettes head coach Jason Maas. “He is going to make plays, there’s no doubt about that. You just want to limit the damage when you can, but also, when you get near him, we’ve got to hit him.”

Return specialist DeVonte Dedmon will make his Montreal debut against the Tiger-Cats.

The 30-year-old signed a one-year contract with the Alouettes on Jan. 30, three days after being released by the Ottawa Redblacks following six seasons spent with the club.

A hamstring injury suffered during training camp, however, forced the former CFL Most Outstanding Special Teams Player to the sidelines before the season even officially began.

“It was tough because they gave me an opportunity to play some receiver,” Dedmon said. “I was enjoying it and playing pretty well. Then the injury happened.

“You’ve got to control what you can control in that moment. The guys had my back and they pushed me every day to get back faster than I should have.”

Montreal released veteran returner Mario Alford earlier this week to make room on the roster for Dedmon. The Alouettes have averaged a CFL-low 10.2 yards per punt return this season.

Dedmon’s track record as one of the league’s most dangerous returners has Maas eager to finally see him in action.

“The type of returner he is, I think, sets up well for how we like to do things here,” said Maas. “He’s put in a lot of work and effort into getting back and being ready. We’re excited to have him back and do the things he’s been accustomed to in this league.”

While Montreal’s special teams could receive a significant boost, the Alouettes’ offence has been among the CFL’s best through six games.

Montreal leads the league in net offence (2,754 yards), with quarterback Davis Alexander accounting for 2,181 of those yards. Alexander has eclipsed the 300-yard passing mark in every game this season, including a 402-yard, three-touchdown performance in last week’s 38-32 victory over the Calgary Stampeders.

Receiver Tyson Philpot leads the CFL with 50 receptions and 807 receiving yards, while running back Travis Theis is coming off the first 100-yard rushing performance of his CFL career.

“It was probably my best game, but I feel like there’s so much more to improve on,” Theis said. “I’m looking to do that this week.”

The 25-year-old was named one of the CFL’s Top Performers of the Week after rushing for 123 yards and a touchdown while adding 49 receiving yards on five receptions.

“It’s fun,” said Theis. “You get recognized more for going over 100 (yards). You could have 99 or 100, they’ll recognize it a little more if you have 100.”

Montreal is on a three-game winning streak. Another win would move the Alouettes six points ahead of the Tiger-Cats atop the East Division standings, while also clinching the season series and the head-to-head tiebreaker.

“It’s a huge game,” Theis said. “We can take the series lead. We’re up 1-0, but just beating a divisional opponent is huge. It’s a big game.”

Hamilton, on the other hand, views Sunday’s contest as an opportunity to close the gap.

“We want to be first in the East and we want to show that we’re still a competitive and dominant team in this East Division,” said defensive back Stavros Katsantonis. “That is our plan going out there on Sunday night to prove that to the rest of the league.

“No one else believes in us and we don’t need anybody else to, other than the guys that are in this locker room and the people that are in this organization.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 25, 2026.

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Calgary police are closing a parking lot and pathway entrance at Nose Hill Park this weekend as the search continues for missing 11-year-old Parker.

Police said in a news release Saturday that the west parking lot and pathway entrance off Shaganappi Trail N.W. will be closed throughout the weekend to allow search teams to work safely and efficiently in the area.

They stressed the closure does not mean Parker has been found or that investigators have information placing him in Nose Hill Park.

Residents are being asked to use other entrances and avoid areas where police and search partners are working.

The new search effort comes as the effort to find Parker enters its ninth day.

He was last seen in the 5000 to 6000 block of Travis Crescent N.E. in Calgary’s Thorncliffe neighbourhood at around 12:52 p.m. on July 16.

Police have previously asked residents in several nearby streets, including Travis Street, Travis Crescent, Trail Drive, Taylor Crescent and Travis Place N.E., to repeatedly check vacant homes and surrounding properties.

Local real estate agents have also joined the search, organizing checks of vacant properties and listings in and around Thorncliffe.

Calgary Realtor Justine Poirier told Global News agents have been coordinating through a shared spreadsheet to make sure vacant properties are searched.

“We’re all banding together,” Poirier said.

Poirier said police have also collected footage from some residential cameras during the investigation.

Police are continuing to ask anyone in the Thorncliffe area with CCTV, residential security camera or dashcam footage recorded from July 16 onward to submit it, even if Parker does not appear in the video.

The Amber Alert for Parker remains in effect.

– With files from Ken MacGillivray and Meghan Cobb, Global News

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A Canadian woman of Chinese origin who was an intern at NATO’s military headquarters in Belgium has been arrested on spying charges, Belgian prosecutors said on Saturday.

“She is suspected of spying on behalf of a third country and of being a member of a criminal organisation,” the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.

The woman worked as an intern at NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in the Belgian city of Mons, the statement said. It did not provide further details of her identity or the country or organisation she is suspected of spying for.

SHAPE is NATO’s top military headquarters, the base of Allied Command Operations, which is responsible for planning and carrying out all operations of the 32-member transatlantic security alliance.

The suspect had come to the attention of SHAPE’s security services, who reported her to Belgian intelligence officials, according to the prosecutors’ statement.

Investigators searched the suspect’s home and her workplace at SHAPE, and she was placed under arrest on Friday.

A SHAPE spokesperson said there was no indication that NATO or SHAPE operational readiness, command and control arrangements or ongoing tasks had been affected.

“SHAPE continues to fulfil its responsibilities without interruption,” he said.

The prosecutor’s office said it would make no further comment as investigations continued.

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France was preparing to use a massive specially adapted cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants Saturday on a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, including from some suburbs of the wine region city of Bordeaux.

Including some 70,000 people evacuated in central Spain, wildfires in southern Europe this week have displaced more than 250,000 people.

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the hulking A400M aircraft will join 18 other water- and retardant-dropping planes and helicopters waging an expected “long and very difficult” battle against the blaze raging in the Gironde region of southwestern France.

With winds expected to shift in a west-to-east direction on Saturday afternoon, potentially driving the fire closer to Bordeaux, fire crews and authorities were digging trenches, using retardants and taking other steps to block it, Nunez said. He said the fire was about 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of the city and lost some of its intensity overnight.

The government mobilized soldiers to join the battle and was rushing in 1.5 million face masks to protect against choking smoke.

Authorities ordered people between the fire and Bordeaux to evacuate, including from parts of the city’s western suburbs and other towns and villages.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu described the fires as unprecedented and said the Gironde blaze became so strong on Friday that it had begun generating its own winds.

“Our priority is clear: protecting human lives,” he posted on X, adding that evacuation orders “must be respected without delay.”

He said firefighting teams were being reinforced Saturday with the addition of hundreds of soldiers and that breathing masks to filter out smoke particles were being rushed to the Gironde region for those exposed to the clouds of potentially noxious fumes.

Blazes caught authorities off guard

The virulence of the wildfires, fueled by high temperatures and the long-term effects of climate change, caught fire crews and authorities off guard in both countries. Firefighters in Spain said the blazes spread so fast and violently that they could not be tackled head on. In France, some people even fled by boat when flames swept through touristic towns on the Atlantic coast.

Dozens of French firefighters have been injured, authorities said, but no deaths were reported in either country despite the scenes of panic as townsfolk fled by car and police went door to door to tell people to leave as large plumes of smoke darkened the skies.

Successive heat waves that hit unusually early and hard this year, baking Europe with record-shattering high temperatures, have turned forests and scrublands into tinderboxes.

Fires have burned 130,000 hectares of forest already this year in Spain, up from an annual average of 100,000 hectares over the past decade, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Saturday as he visited a command post west of Madrid.

He said more favorable weather Saturday offered “a window of opportunity” for fire crews to bring the blazes under control. Madrid’s regional government said the fires decreased in intensity as winds and temperatures dropped.

Other European nations were helping, with Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, Croatia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia already providing or expected to deploy water-dumping planes and helicopters to the Spanish and French fire fronts.

Wildfire headed toward Bordeaux

Gironde region prefect Sophie Brocas said on Friday night that strong winds from the west were pushing the fire closer to the Bordeaux metropolitan area and that it had grown to “an unprecedented magnitude.” Bordeaux’s western suburbs covered by evacuation orders included Le Haillan and parts of Eysines and Mérignac, where the city’s airport is located. The airport said it remained open but that its bus and tram services were suspended.

The Gironde blaze broke out Wednesday near the Cap Ferret peninsula on France’s Atlantic coast, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Bordeaux. Bordeaux authorities took in thousands of evacuees, offering them food and shelter in an exhibition center, and the city’s mayor said it could be equipped to welcome as many as 10,000 people if that became necessary.

Evacuation orders were sent with special alerts to mobile phones, instructing people to leave, Brocas said.

“We want everyone to be quickly brought to safety. We must act quickly together,” she said.

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The federal government says it received more than 21,000 emails on proposed changes to how major projects are reviewed and will spend the coming weeks combing over those submissions.

A window for public feedback on the proposed changes closed Wednesday. The government said it will publish a report summarizing the submissions by the end of the summer.

A spokesperson for the Privy Council Office — which oversees the major projects office — said that while officials are still compiling the feedback, as of July 17 the government had received 187 written submissions from stakeholders. They included Indigenous and environmental groups, think tanks, academics, provinces, territories and municipalities.

“The Government of Canada also attended 24 meetings with Indigenous groups (including three virtual engagement sessions) and 27 stakeholder meetings,” said spokesperson Pierre Cuguen.

Ottawa released two discussion papers in May which proposed, among other things, approving major projects before they’re reviewed. It also proposed exempting certain projects from laws designed to protect species at risk.

The government also proposed taking the responsibility for reviewing pipelines, transmission lines and offshore renewable energy projects away from the Impact Assessment Agency and handing it to the Canada Energy Regulator.

The federal government has said it has been told by industry that the level of expertise on energy projects that lived at the Canada Energy Regulator couldn’t be found at the Impact Assessment Agency.

The government also has proposed creating “economic zones” for transportation corridors, telecommunications networks, and energy production and transmission. Those zones would allow the federal cabinet to decide which activities would be allowed in them, and give ministers the power to pre-approve projects.

In May, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak told The Canadian Press the proposed changes “demonstrate a pattern of exclusion.” She also criticized the short timeline for submitting feedback.

Ottawa initially set a deadline of June 7 for feedback but extended it to July 22 following heavy criticism, primarily from environmental and Indigenous groups. They also pushed the timeline to table legislation to the fall sitting.

“Look, there are enormous issues at play here,” Transport Minister and government House Leader Steven MacKinnon told The Canadian Press when the government extended the consultation period. “We want to make sure we get the full range of views.”

The feedback the government received included a submission from the Green Party, which sought more clarity on how cabinet would be held accountable if species at risk are threatened by Ottawa’s decisions. It also raised concerns about the proposed economic zones.

“As proposed, these zones of environmental lawlessness could be decreed by federal fiat virtually anywhere in Canada given the breadth and variety of areas to be covered by the discussion paper,” the Green Party wrote in its submission.

“While the discussion papers and frequent press releases attempt to create the impression that this government respects Indigenous rights, the government’s actions suggest this is not the case. The discussion papers’ specific proposals appear to have been developed in a settler culture bubble.”

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May wrote to MacKinnon and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc back in May requesting briefings for MPs to allow them to better understand the proposals.

Speaking to The Canadian Press on Friday, May said MPs never got a briefing — even though Ottawa pushed the deadline for feedback — and she never received a reply to her letter.

Other stakeholders who weighed in on the proposed changes included the Ottawa-based think-tank Public Policy Forum, which had recommended many of the changes contained in the federal government’s discussion papers.

In its submission, Public Policy Forum said Ottawa could go even further with the proposed changes but mainly urged the government to introduce legislation in the House of Commons before Ottawa hosts its Canada Investment Summit in mid-September.

The summit is bringing together some of the world’s wealthiest investors to convince them to invest in Canada. But after extending the timeline for feedback, the earliest the government will now be able to table any legislation to implement its proposed changes would be just six days after the summit wraps up.

“It is imperative that the government demonstrates tangible progress on implementation,” Public Policy Forum wrote in its submission.

“Investors will be looking for concrete signals that reforms are real, underway, and durable enough to underpin long-term investment decisions.”

Public Policy Forum also recommended that Ottawa add an “investment lens” to legislative mandates for regulators.

“Regulators are currently mandated to prevent or mitigate environmental and societal harms, but they bear little responsibility for how regulatory decisions influence investment outcomes,” Public Policy Forum wrote.

“Adding an investment lens to legislative mandates would ensure regulators consider both risk management and the broader economic value of proposed projects, including growth, competitiveness, and economic security, while creating greater accountability for whether regulatory processes support or discourage investment in Canada.”

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WINNIPEG – Two men who are cycling across Canada to raise awareness for men’s mental health had their bicycles stolen while making a pit stop in Winnipeg.

Val Duquenne and Thomas Clark completed an interview with CBC Manitoba at it’s downtown studio Friday morning when they found that the lock attaching their bikes to a rack on their car had been cut.

In an Instagram post, Duquenne and Clark say they have made a report on the stolen bikes with police.

Winnipeg police say the men are highlighting the importance of connection with their mission, and are calling on community members to support them by forwarding any tips or security footage from the area.

Police shared photos of the two bikes on Facebook and urged Winnipeggers to keep on the lookout.

The cyclists began the Men Don’t Ride Alone campaign last month in North Sydney, N.S., and aim to complete it in Victoria, with the goal of raising money for the non-profit Movember Canada.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 24, 2026.

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WINNIPEG – Tyreik McAllister put together among the rarest of performances in the CFL on Friday night, scoring three different ways to lead the Calgary Stampeders to a dominating 52-30 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

McAllister became the first player in league history to record a rushing touchdown, a receiving touchdown, and a kick return touchdown all in a single game. The 28-year-old running back opened the scoring with a 17-yard run, hauled in a 56-yard TD pass, and returned a missed field goal 118 yards for a major.

All three touchdowns came in the first half.

“They told me at the end of the game and I was like, ‘Wow, that’s crazy,'” McAllister said after the game. “I’m just grateful for my coaches and my teammates for putting me in a position to make those plays.”

According to the CFL, McAllister is just the third player ever to score in three distinct ways in the same game. He’s the first since Earl Winfield did it on Sept. 5, 1988, and joins James Jefferson (Oct. 4, 1987) as the only other players to accomplish the feat.

Calgary quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., who helped recruit McAllister during the off-season, was thrilled to see his teammate make history. McAllister was with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2023 before a stint with the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders.

“We were actually joking on the sideline like, ‘Hey, let’s do a toss to Tyreik and let him throw it for a touchdown,'” Adams said. “He’s just a hell of a player and an even better dude. Just happy for him and his family, and happy we got him.”

Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson praised McAllister for making the most of his opportunities and having such an impact on the game.

“We feel very fortunate when we got a chance to bring him into our team,” Dickenson said. “We knew he was good and we actually wanted to give him more run plays, get him more touches.”

The win snapped a two-game losing streak for Calgary (3-4), while the Bombers (4-3) had their three-game winning streak come to an end.

“Our focus was coming out fast and I think we did that,” McAllister added. “We wanted to pride ourselves on playing the whole 60 minutes.”

Adams continued his own historic run, going 18-of-27 for 319 yards and three touchdowns. He moved to 20 passing touchdowns without an interception to start the season, setting a new record while also tying Dickenson for the most passing scores within a single season without a pick.

Adams has now thrown 269 consecutive passes without an interception dating back to last season.

“(Dave) said something about that in the room just now,” Adams said of tying his coach’s mark. “It’s an awesome feeling, but we just want to get some wins. That’s it, man. I just want to win some football games.”

Calgary’s offence totalled 387 net yards, with Jalen Philpot, Tevin Jones and Dedrick Mills adding touchdowns. Philpot led all receivers with four catches for 128 yards, including a 69-yard score.

Dru Brown threw for 249 yards and one touchdown for Winnipeg, but was intercepted four times. Brady Oliveira rushed 14 times for 128 yards and two touchdowns in the loss at a hot and humid Princess Auto Stadium.

“It was tough,” said Brown. “I’m disappointed in how I took care of the football tonight, so, I’ll wear that. I didn’t feel like I gave us quite a chance there.”

McAllister set the tone early, capping a three-play opening drive with his 17-yard touchdown run. The Bombers answered early in the second quarter when Brown hit Nic Demski on a 37-yard screen pass.

Calgary responded immediately as Adams found McAllister wide open over the middle for a 56-yard score, followed midway through the quarter by McAllister’s highlight reel 118-yard missed field goal return.

Oliveira cut the deficit to 22-14 with a 13-yard touchdown run, but a late exchange of field goals sent Calgary into halftime leading 25-17.

Calgary started fast in the second half when Adams connected with Philpot for a 69-yard touchdown. Adams later threw a seven-yard touchdown pass to Jones to extend the lead to 39-20.

Winnipeg rallied briefly behind a 45-yard touchdown run from Oliveira and a Sergio Castillo field goal following a Michael Fletcher fumble recovery at the Calgary 26. But the Bombers’ comeback stalled on consecutive interceptions by Ben Labrosse, who finished with three picks, and Zy Alexander. Winnipeg’s last two drives resulted in turnovers on downs.

“Yeah, not nearly good enough … You certainly don’t want to go get into a track meet against a good offence like that,” Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea said. “They scored 52 on us. All three phases accounted for that score.”

Jude McAtamney added a pair of fourth-quarter field goals for Calgary before Mills rounded out the scoring with a late rushing touchdown.

UP NEXT

Stampeders: Visit the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday, Aug. 1.

Blue Bombers: Host the B.C. Lions on Thursday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 24, 2026.

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The highest-scoring team in the CFL from Calgary continued their blistering pace this season and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers couldn’t keep up.

In front of a sold-out crowd at Princess Auto Stadium Friday night, the fans were treated to a ton of points, but it was the Stampeders putting up many more in a 52-30 victory over the Bombers.

Winnipeg’s loss drops them to 4-3 on the season, while the Stamps move closer to the Bombers in the West Division standings, improving to 3-4.

Tyreik McAllister scored three first half touchdowns for Calgary.

It was rough night for Bombers QB Dru Brown, making his third start in place of Zach Collaros. Brown tossed four interceptions, and Winnipeg’s six turnovers were a big reason for their defeat. It was the first time Brown has lost to the Stamps in his career after going 4-0 previously against Calgary.

It was a tough game for the Bombers in all three phases, offence, defence, and especially on special teams with a blocked punt while also giving up a missed field goal return TD.

“Not nearly good enough,” said head coach Mike O’Shea. “You don’t want to turn that into a track meet. They didn’t have a lot of rest either but I’m certainly not saying that you know, but you certainly don’t want to get in a track meet against a good offence like that. You got to just play much cleaner football and try and just hold that score down until offence drives, or until the defence gets stops.

“Too many penalties, too many mistakes and it adds up to this.”

The Bombers had seven penalty flags for 75 yards.

Brown completed just 24 of his 40 passes for 249 yards with one TD and the four costly picks.

“It was tough,” said Brown. “Disappointed in how I took care of the football tonight. So, I’ll wear that. But I didn’t feel like I gave us quite a chance there.”

It was a milestone-setting night for Calgary on several fronts. Stamps QB Vernon Adams Jr. continued his incredible start to the season, throwing for 319 yards with three more touchdown passes and no interceptions.

He now has 20 touchdowns and no picks on the season and dating back to last season, his 21 straight TDs without an interception is a CFL record.

One of the passes was to McAllister, who had an unforgettable first half. McAllister recorded a receiving touchdown, rushing touchdown, and a 118-yard missed field goal return for a touchdown all in the game’s first 30 minutes. He becomes the first player in CFL history to score three touchdowns in three different ways in one game, and the missed field goal return really hurt the blue and gold, putting them down by 15 points in the second quarter.

“He’s really good,” said O’Shea. “He reverses field after coming out and by then I think our guys don’t have angles and he’s really, really good.”

The Bombers were down by 19 points in the third quarter and forced back-to-back turnovers to climb back within nine points, but two straight interceptions pretty much sealed their fate.

“Frustrating because on the sidelines, we’re communicating, saying that we’re absolutely in this, we’re right in it,” said running back Brady Oliveira. “We’re not sustaining drives. We would come off, defence goes on the field and defence is holding them and keeping us in this game. And we just couldn’t capitalize on those.”

McAllister’s first touchdown, a 17-yard run, capped off a quick three-play drive for the Stamps in the first quarter that went 59 yards.

That touchdown plus a punt single gave Calgary an 8-0 lead after one quarter.

After a Nic Demski 37-yard receiving touchdown got the Bombers to within one, McAllister struck again, catching a 56-yard pass from Adams to put the Stamps up 15-7.

And then he completed the touchdown trifecta later in the quarter, returning a Sergio Castillo missed field goal 118 yards to the endzone.

The Bombers bounced back with a productive drive, capped off by an Oliveira 13-yard touchdown run, and after the teams exchanged field goals, Calgary took a 25-17 lead into halftime.

Much like the first half, the Stamps wasted little time to start the second half as Jalen Philpot caught a pass, broke several tackles and ran 69 yards to the endzone.

The teams traded touchdowns to round out the quarter with Tevin Jones catching a seven-yard pass from Adams and Oliveira recording his second touchdown of the game on a 45-yard run.

The Bombers were unable to find enough offence to get back in the game. Dedrick Mills’ 37-yard touchdown run late in the game put the Stamps past the 50-point mark.

Oliveira had a strong night on the ground for the Bombers in the loss, picking up 128 yards rushing on top of his two touchdowns. He became just the fifth Canadian to go over 6,000 rushing yards for his career.

Bombers offensive lineman Jarell Broxton left the game late in the first half with an injury and did not return. Gabe Wallace slid over to right tackle in the second half.

The Bombers will wait less than a week for their next game, as they’ll host the BC Lions on Thursday at Princess Auto Stadium.

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The federal government has shut down plans to expand Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, citing concerns about public space, housing, noise and environmental impacts, despite continued support for the project from Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government.

Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon announced Friday that Ottawa’s focus will remain exclusively on approved runway safety enhancements currently underway at the airport, ending the prospect of the expansion proposal that would have included a longer runway and the introduction of jet aircraft, meaning bigger planes would be able to land and depart from the airport which can now only accommodate smaller aircraft.

“At this stage, I can confirm that our focus lies exclusively on the approved safety enhancements,” MacKinnon said in his statement. The minister added that the federal government will not pursue any plans that “infringe on treasured public spaces like Little Norway Park or Hanlan’s Point Beach, result in elevated noise, have significant environmental impacts, or hinder Toronto’s ability to build much-needed housing.”

MacKinnon said more than 87,000 responses were received through Transport Canada’s consultation process examining the future of Billy Bishop Airport, and said public feedback helped shape the federal decision.

The minister noted that Billy Bishop remains a critical part of Canada’s air transportation network and pointed to the airport’s recently opened customs pre-clearance facility, supported by a $30-million federal investment. He however said that any future discussions about the airport must reflect the concerns raised by Toronto residents.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow applauded the decision and thanked the federal government for intervening.

“I want to thank the Prime Minister and the Minister of Transportation for listening to the people of Toronto,” Chow said in her statement. “Thank you to everyone who spoke out, shared your voice, and stood up for our community. Your relentless advocacy has made a difference.”

With the expansion no longer proceeding, Chow is also calling on the Ontario government to return city-owned land associated with the proposal. “Together, we can continue working to protect our waterfront for future generations,” the mayor said.

The Toronto Port Authority, which owns and operates Billy Bishop Airport, confirmed it has been informed that Ottawa remains focused on completing the airport’s Runway End Safety Areas project.

“The Toronto Port Authority will work to fulfil this initiative and ensure the needs of the city and region are met for the future,” the authority said.

In a statement, Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said the province remains committed to advancing airport expansion.

“We look forward to continuing to work to advance the expansion of Billy Bishop Airport,” Sarkaria said, arguing the project could contribute up to $8.5 billion annually to Canada’s economy, create thousands of jobs and improve connectivity for travellers and businesses.

Sarkaria said any future plan should protect public spaces, address potential noise and environmental impacts, improve Little Norway Park, support new housing opportunities and deliver benefits for local communities.

The Billy Bishop proposal was never formally approved, but supporters argued it could significantly expand the airport’s role in regional and international travel.

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