Author: The Canadian Press

American defensive back Benjie Franklin has re-signed with the Toronto Argonauts as CFL teams across the league shore up their rosters. Franklin returns to Toronto after hitting career highs in tackles (60) and interceptions (four) over 18 games for the Argos last season. The 29-year-old Tarleton State alum has played all three of his CFL […]

SUDBURY — Police in Sudbury, Ont., say a man has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead Monday morning. Greater Sudbury Police Service says officers responded to a welfare check request on Municipal Road 55 in Walden shortly before 7 a.m., after a loved one raised concern about the victim’s safety due […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say a Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for a murder suspect after a woman was found dead in the city’s west end over the weekend. Police have identified the victim as 30-year-old Himanshi Khurana. They say she was reported missing Friday night and found dead Saturday morning inside a residence […]

THUNDER BAY — Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., say they have ended a two-month search at a landfill after finding no new evidence in their investigation into the death of an Indigenous woman last year. Deborah Anishinabie, 42, was reported missing in early December 2024 and confirmed to be dead later that month. A 24-year-old […]

TORONTO — Canada Border Services Agency says a drug smuggling investigation has led to the arrests of two suspects who allegedly used online advertisements to recruit women to smuggle cannabis out of Toronto Pearson International Airport. It says the nine-month investigation, carried out jointly with the RCMP, began after two Canadian women were detained in […]

Police in Niagara Region say a man who was arrested and injured by gunfire after he allegedly shot an officer on Friday remains in hospital and will likely face further charges, as the province’s police watchdog continues to investigate the incident. Niagara regional police had issued a shelter-in-place order in the area of Plymouth Road […]

TORONTO — Changes to how new teachers in Ontario are certified are set to be announced next year and will entail a larger practical component, the education minister is signalling. In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, Education Minister Paul Calandra said he is looking at shortening the length of teachers’ college and has […]

Carter George was unable, at least initially, to fully process what had unfolded. The Canadian goaltender did his part at last year’s world junior hockey championship in Ottawa — a tournament on home soil that looked poised to be a career highlight. It instead turned into a nation’s capital nightmare. Canada crashed out at the […]

Police in York Region say eight people have been arrested and face more than 30 charges in a drug trafficking investigation at the U.S. border and across the province. Police say their investigation began last December in partnership with provincial police and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration after they identified a suspect who was […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog agency says it is investigating the circumstances of a 58-year-old woman’s death in Toronto after it says she fell from a hotel balcony. The Special Investigations Unit says in a news release that Toronto Police Service officers responded Sunday afternoon to a hotel in the area of Colborne Street and […]