Author: The Canadian Press

PICKERING — Police in Durham Region are searching for a suspect in what’s been described as a “sadistic,” unprovoked fatal attack on an elderly woman outside her home in Pickering, Ont. Police issued an emergency alert late Thursday afternoon asking residents to shelter in place after the woman was stabbed. Durham Regional Police Chief Peter […]

RIMOUSKI — Austin Elliott couldn’t have imagined suiting up for the London Knights in the Memorial Cup earlier this season. Back in October, the overage goaltender was manning the crease for a different junior team — in another league. “Crazy how it’s worked out for me,” Elliott said Thursday at Colisée Financière Sun Life. “If […]

Police in Durham Region are asking residents to shelter in place after a woman was fatally assaulted in Pickering, Ont. An emergency alert has been issued, saying police are now searching for a homicide suspect. More to come. The Canadian Press

A new poll suggests nearly 70 per cent of Canadians support mandatory childhood vaccinations, but at least one public health official says she’s uncomfortable with the idea of forcing parents to immunize their kids. The Angus Reid Institute survey landed Thursday as Public Health Ontario said 93 new measles cases have emerged in the province […]

When David Bennett decided to escape Canada’s icy winter with a weeklong trip to the Dominican Republic, he never imagined he’d be fighting to get back on Canadian soil for more than two months. Bennett has finally returned to his Burlington, Ont., home after being arrested in the Caribbean country and accused of smuggling drugs. […]

MONTREAL — The Senate opposition leader says it was “irresponsible” for a federal Crown corporation to spend $330,000 on a rebranding exercise. Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos says the decision to pay an outside marketing firm to help design a new name and brand for a Via Rail subsidiary was another example of wasteful spending by […]

TORONTO — Ontario members of provincial parliament are set to get big raises and access to a pension plan, under legislation introduced by Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy. The government says this comes with the support of all parties in the legislature. The base pay for Ontario’s elected officials has been frozen since 2009 at $116,550, […]

Police investigating the disappearance of a Hamilton woman say partial human remains have been found in their months-long search of a local landfill. Police say they are now waiting on DNA results to confirm an identity. Det. Sgt. Daryl Reid says police believe Shalini Singh was killed in her apartment and her body was removed […]

TORONTO — Ontario First Nations say the provincial government’s last-minute changes to a controversial mining bill are not good enough and have come too late. Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler of Nishnawbe Aski Nation, which represents 49 First Nations in northern Ontario, says the province should scrap Bill 5 and draft new legislation alongside Indigenous leadership. […]

OTTAWA — While the federal government and cities across Canada are making strides on expanding the housing supply, the provinces still need to get serious about building quality homes, a new report released Thursday argues. No province earned a grade higher than C+ in the report assembled by the Task Force for Housing and Climate, […]