Author: The Canadian Press
TORONTO — A Toronto bar has lost its liquor licence after an Ontario tribunal found its owner and manager knowingly bought alcohol stolen by people connected to a nearby homeless encampment. A Licence Appeal Tribunal ruling released last week found that John Theodorakakis, the owner of Southside Johnny’s Bar and Grill in Toronto’s Etobicoke area, […]
PETERBOROUGH — Police say a 63-year-old man is dead after a propane explosion inside a residential trailer on a golf resort east of Peterborough, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say they responded to the reported explosion on the Bellmere Winds Golf Resort property around 3 p.m. Wednesday. OPP say the 63-year-old was airlifted to a Toronto-area […]
WINDSOR — Police say they have seized nearly 1.7 tonnes of drugs that alleged criminal groups were attempting to smuggle across the Canada-United States border. Ontario Provincial Police say the investigation centred in the border city of Windsor led to one of the single largest drug busts in the province’s history. Investigators allege a criminal […]
CHARLOTTETOWN — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he and his counterparts are united ahead of a face-to-face meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premiers Thursday amid fresh tariff threats from the U.S. “We have different areas that we want to focus on but our No. 1 focus is Team Canada led by the […]
Officials with Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources put the active number of wildfires burning in the north at 180, with seven new blazes sparked yesterday. Aerial photographs have shown the devastation in one northern Ontario First Nation as a wildfire tore through the region last week. The photos show scorched earth and debris where buildings […]
TORONTO — Victor Mesa Jr. had two RBI singles as the Tampa Bay Rays topped the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Wednesday for their third-straight win. Chandler Simpson’s sacrifice fly in the sixth gave Tampa Bay (59-42) its first lead of the game, with Mesa tacking on a run in the next at bat. Pinch-hitter […]
CHARLOTTETOWN — Premiers said they remain a united Team Canada against a common adversary in the U.S. as they wrapped up talks Wednesday ahead of a face-to-face meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. All 13 provincial and territorial leaders, who were gathering for an annual summer meeting, also called on the federal government to boost […]
Morningstar DBRS says in a report that wildfires in northern Ontario do not appear to be translating into severe losses for Canada’s insurance industry, but the situation warrants close monitoring. The report, released on Wednesday, says the largest fires remain concentrated in remote areas, which limits the direct effect on property and commercial insurance claims. […]
TORONTO — The number of charges against some of the accused in a sweeping organized crime and police corruption probe in Ontario has been reduced as the case against them moves forward in Superior Court. Seven Toronto police officers and one retired constable were among 27 suspects charged under Project South, a massive investigation by […]
TORONTO — Toronto police say a man is facing a terrorism charge after an investigation into his alleged actions at two pro-Palestinian protests in 2024. Investigators allege the man made public statements calling for harm against Israeli and Jewish people at the demonstrations, which took place in May and September of that year. Police say […]