Author: The Canadian Press

LONDON — A London, Ont., man has been charged after police allege he sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl in the city’s south end over the weekend. Police say the girl was out riding her bike shortly after 8 p.m. on Sunday when a man asked her to stop and talk. They say that when she […]

Invited to watch his first hockey practice at an ice rink in Beijing, Haoxi Wang was no different than any impressionable, wide-eyed four-year-old being fascinated by the equipment the players wore. They resembled superheroes with sticks, uniforms and bulging pads, their faces hidden behind helmeted cages. This was before the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, when […]

SUTTON WEST — Don’t be alarmed if you see a Zamboni-like rover roaming Ontario’s shores this summer – it’s a beach cleaning robot being tested in some provincial parks. The robot, called a BeBot, is a remotely operated and fully electric machine that removes plastic, glass, metal, paper and other debris from beaches with sand-sifting […]

TORONTO — Much has changed on the pro squash scene since Lee Beachill was last in Toronto as a tour player nearly two decades ago. The broadcast product has improved exponentially. Replay challenges have helped match flow and cut down on player-referee interaction. And the biggie, of course, is squash can finally be called an […]

TORONTO — The 2025 NBA draft class has been billed as one of the most talented in years. But for Dan Tolzman, assistant general manager of the Toronto Raptors, there’s potential in every draft. Tolzman spoke to media Monday about Toronto’s options with the ninth pick in Wednesday’s first round and the 39th pick in […]

Shana Calixte-Pitawanakwat and her husband David were spending a quiet Saturday evening at their campsite at Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park when it suddenly became too quiet. In an instant, tree branches began to fall around them, as thunder, lightning and strong winds forced them to hunker down. “The wind and the trees just went […]

Provincial police say a man convicted of killing an Ontario couple in the early 1990s has now been charged in a cold case murder. Ontario Provincial Police say they’ve charged 70-year-old David Alexander Snow with first-degree murder, 34 years after the body of 40-year-old Angelien Quesnelle was found near Apsley, Ont. A spokesperson for the […]

TORONTO — Survivors of a mass shooting in Toronto’s Greektown and their relatives can proceed with a class-action lawsuit against the gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson after Ontario’s top court overturned a ruling that had dismissed their motion to certify the claim. Eighteen-year-old Reese Fallon and 10-year-old Julianna Kozis were killed, and 13 others injured, […]

A couple from Sudbury, Ont., say they’re still reeling after surviving a severe weekend storm in northern Ontario that toppled trees and trapped campers in two provincial parks. David Pitawanakwat says he and his wife Shana were at their trailer in Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park on Saturday when a sudden storm hit the area. […]

Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo picked up another win on grass as Canada’s tennis players continued to prepare for Wimbledon. The 23-year-old Diallo advanced to the second round of the Mallorca Championships with a 7-5, 6-3 win over local favourite Jaume Munar of Spain on Monday, which took just 56 minutes to complete. The six-foot-eight Diallo fired […]