Author: The Canadian Press

BRANT — A man in southern Ontario has been taken into custody after an hours-long standoff with provincial police. Officers say they were called Saturday to a home in Brant County, west of Hamilton, regarding a health concern. When they arrived, officers knocked on the door of the home, but didn’t get a response. Police […]

TORONTO — A Toronto man accused of sexual assault has been charged with a second case that police say dates back to seven years ago. Toronto Police say the latest charge is for an alleged offence that took place in November 2018. Officers say the complainant was allegedly assaulted after going to a massage clinic […]

EDMONTON — About 20 weather warnings from Environment Canada are set to remain in effect for swaths of the country over the weekend, as the weather agency forecasts more snowfall, blizzards, freezing rain, rain and shivering temperatures from coast to coast. Marianna Greenhough, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, says the best thing Canadians can do […]

NORTH BAY — Annette Dionne, the last surviving Dionne quintuplet and a champion of children’s rights, has died. The Dionne Quints Home Museum in North Bay, Ont., says in a social media post that Annette died on Christmas Eve but did not provide further details. Dionne and her sisters became a global sensation after their […]

TORONTO — Shoppers in some Canadian cities braved heavy snow and wintry conditions on Boxing Day, undeterred by the challenging weather in their hunt for a good deal. Much of southern Ontario stretching from Belleville in the east to Windsor in the south and Sault Ste. Marie in the west was under weather warnings, for […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a person is in life-threatening condition after a man allegedly set a tent on fire while the victim was inside on Friday morning. The accused, 36-year-old Loewen Wolfe of Toronto, has been arrested and charged with mischief endangering life, arson causing bodily harm, arson disregarding human life, arson damaging property […]

Newfoundlanders shouldn’t put away their shovels just yet, as another heavy snowfall is predicted for Friday evening following a white Christmas in much of the province. Environment Canada has all of Newfoundland and much of Labrador under a winter storm warning, with the most hazardous conditions in the Cartwright and Baie Verte areas. In Baie […]

Summer McIntosh continued to blaze a trail in the pool in 2025. The 19-year-old swimmer from Toronto was voted The Canadian Press female athlete of the year for a third straight year. McIntosh won four gold medals at the world championship in Singapore after setting three world records at national trials. She became just the […]

TORONTO — Toronto police are investigating after multiple mezuzahs were stolen outside Jewish homes for the second time this month. Officers were called just before 12:30 p.m. on Christmas Day to a condo building in the Finch Avenue East and Bayview Avenue area, where they say mezuzahs had been taken from three units. A mezuzah […]

Parts of southern Ontario are under weather warnings today, with freezing rain expected in the Windsor region and parts of the Greater Toronto Area into the evening. Environment Canada says some areas north of Toronto could see a mix of ice pellets and snowfall amounts of between five and 12 centimetres. Further north, areas from […]