Author: The Canadian Press

KINGSTON — On a chilly November morning, more than 100 volunteers began arriving at a historic cemetery in Kingston, Ont., to help honour soldiers who are buried there. Some came with family members, others were joined by friends and strangers, forming small groups that scattered across the civilian side of the sprawling Cataraqui Cemetery in […]

TORONTO — An Ontario judge has dismissed billionaire businessman Frank Stronach’s bid to quash his committal to stand trial on one of the dozen charges he faces in his Toronto sexual assault case. Stronach, 93, was committed to stand trial on 12 charges following a preliminary hearing in April. The charges stem from alleged incidents […]

TORONTO — Sunday’s snowfall in Toronto brought the largest amount of early-season accumulation in more than five decades, an Environment Canada meteorologist said on Monday. Geoff Coulson said a total of 9.8 centimetres of snow was reported at Pearson International Airport, a significant and rare snowfall amount for this time of year. “That’s the most […]

WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hasn’t repeated President Donald Trump’s musings about making Canada the 51st state during their conversations. Anand will welcome Rubio and other foreign ministers from G7 countries to Ontario’s Niagara region this week to discuss shared economic and security challenges amid geopolitical […]

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says that the United States government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group in that country is being violently persecuted. Trump announced Friday on Truth Social that no U.S. government official will […]

Ontario Provincial Police say officers responded to hundreds of collisions on Greater Toronto Area roads during the first snowfall of the season. OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says officers responded to about 220 crashes on Sunday and on Monday morning. He says officers also received reports of another 120 vehicles stuck in the snow. Environment Canada […]

TORONTO — Craig Berube has a front-row seat to what is quickly becoming a horror show. The Maple Leafs head coach thought his team was coming out of a defensive fog that plagued the group in the early part of the NHL schedule as it pivoted to the weekend. After consecutive home losses accented by […]

HALIFAX — U.S. wine sales to Canada fell by 91 per cent this year, after provinces and territories removed U.S. products from liquor store shelves in retaliation to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, according to the California-based Wine Institute. That drop in sales is mirrored by an 85 per cent drop in sales of U.S. liquor […]

KING TOWNSHIP — Police in the Greater Toronto Area are investigating a Sunday morning shooting between two vehicles. York Regional Police say on social media officers responded to a shooting on the roadway in the area of 15th Sideroad and Dufferin Street in King Township just after 7 a.m. They did not say if there […]

TORONTO — Several parts of southern Ontario could see the first snowfall of the season today. Environment Canada has issued special weather statements for several areas across the province, ranging from London, Ont., to Ottawa as a low pressure system moves through the province. The weather agency says Toronto could receive between two to 10 […]