Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Ontario’s top court is expected to release its decision today in the case of former fashion mogul Peter Nygard, who is contesting his sexual assault convictions and prison sentence. Nygard, 84, was convicted of four counts of sexual assault in 2023 and sentenced to 11 years in prison, amounting to nearly seven years […]

An Ontario Provincial Police officer has been charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a man in Norfolk County last year. The Special Investigation Unit says the officers on Lake Erie tried to stop the operator of a personal watercraft at the MacDonald Turkey Point Marina on Aug. 12, 2025. The SIU says the […]

Nick Rose has had 11 years to think about what he would do differently if he ever reached the National Lacrosse League final again. Rose will be in between the pipes when his Toronto Rock host the Halifax Thunderbirds on Friday in Game 1 of the best-of-three championship series. It’s the league’s first all-Canadian final […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s solicitor general says the province will expand its jails by 2,500 beds over the next 10 years at a cost of $3 billion to the taxpayers. Michael Kerzner says the province will build new jails, expand current ones and reopen a few that have closed. He says the province will add 255 […]

VAUGHAN — Police north of Toronto have identified two men who were killed in a targeted shooting outside a home in Vaughan, Ont., on Wednesday. York Region police say they were called to a home near Kaiser Drive and Forest Drive around 5:30 p.m. after reports of gunshots. They say when they arrived, they found […]

TORONTO — Honda Canada indefinitely suspended its plans for a $15-billion electric vehicle complex in Ontario, the Japanese automaker said, as it posted its first-ever annual loss. The company said Thursday the decision does not affect the current employment or production levels at its existing manufacturing facility in Alliston, Ont. Honda said it made the […]

TORONTO — Canada’s chief public health officer says the country is taking a “precautionary approach” in monitoring people who may have had indirect contact with passengers who were on the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship. Provincial and territorial public health authorities are asking 26 people across Canada to monitor for symptoms of hantavirus even though […]

AJAX — Police east of Toronto say a man has been charged after he allegedly drove a stolen school bus while impaired and crashed into a McDonald’s drive-thru. Durham regional police say they responded to an impaired driving call around 11:30 p.m. Monday night near Taunton Road and Westney Road in Ajax, Ont. Police say […]

TORONTO — Honda Canada says it has indefinitely suspended its plans for a $15-billion electric vehicle complex in Ontario. The Japanese automaker said Thursday the decision does not affect the current employment or production levels at its existing manufacturing facility in Alliston, Ont. Honda said it made the decision in response to evolving business conditions, […]

TORONTO — As thousands of soccer fans prepare to descend on Toronto and Vancouver next month for the FIFA World Cup, Rogers Communications Inc. says it has kicked in $27 million to upgrade cellular capacity at Canada’s two host venues and surrounding areas. The company announced Thursday it spent $22 million to improve the 5G+ […]